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very different from the well-meaning
but unhelpful advice that you should
just jump in at the deep end and try to
swim—an approach that might work,
but more likely will produce panic, further
encoding in your brain a cycle of
dread, fear, and shame.
I found myself in good company.
There were about fifteen people in the
class, which was led by Charles di
Cagno, a wiry, compact man with
warm brown eyes and a sophisticated
sense of humor. Charles is himself a
veteran of exposure therapy. Public
speaking anxiety doesn’t keep him up
at night anymore, he says, but fear is a
wily enemy and he’s always working to
get the better of it.
The workshop had been in session for
a few weeks before I joined, but Charles
assured me that newcomers were welcome.
The group was more diverse than
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