What is Social Anxiety and how can therapy help?

What is Social Anxiety Disorder And How Can CBT Therapy Help?

what is Social Anxiety?

Social anxiety disorder is when someone has an intense anxiety and fear in social situations. This anxiety leads to avoidance and excessive attempts to manage how they are being perceived in social situations.

Individuals wi

Common symptoms of social anxiety include:

-Physical symptoms such as feeling sick, sweating, trembling or a pounding heartbeat (palpitations).
-Have panic attacks due to social situations.
-Worry leading up to social situations.
-Being in your hea

How can CBT Help with social anxiety?

Like most anxiety disorders, social anxiety is highly treatable.

Those with social anxiety have a highly negative view of how they come across in social situations due to a perception that they are not good eno

Why use CBT for social anxiety?

1) It works: CBT has been shown to be highly effective treatment for social anxiety compared to other forms of therapy.

2) It’s understandable: CBT makes sense. Unlike other types of therapy that talk about the uncon

What to expect in therapy?

A focus on understanding: CBT is all about understanding your problem in a non-judgmental way. Your therapist will help you understand why you feel socially anxious.

Your therapist will help you:

Set your own goals.

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