“…Given that SM's primary symptom presentation is characterized by avoidant/inhibited behavior, as well as the high comorbidity of SM with anxiety disorders and high familial loadings between SM and anxiety, there is increasing consensus that anxiety is indeed a core process underlying SM (Beidel & Turner, 2005;Black & Uhde, 1995;Dow, Sonies, Scheib, Moss, & Leonard, 1995). Furthermore, the behavioral techniques demonstrating support in the treatment of SM are very similar to many that are wellestablished for the treatment of anxiety problems-e.g., contingency management, shaping, stimulus fading, systematic desensitization, and self-modeling (Bergman, Gonzalez, Piacentini, & Keller, 2013;Bunnell & Beidel, 2013;Lang, Regester, Mulloy, Rispoli, & Botout, 2011;Vecchio & Kearney, 2009). There has also been some support for the use of more cognitive-behavioral treatment formats for SM that are similar to standard cognitivebehavioral protocols for child anxiety disorders (e.g., Fung, Manassis, Kenny, & Fiksenbaum, 2002;Reuther, Davis, Moree, & Matson, 2011;Suveg, Comer, Furr, & Kendall, 2006).…”