Social Anxiety
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Cognitive Distortions – Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Extended)
Cognitive distortions (or ‘unhelpful thinking styles’) are ways that our thoughts become biased. Different cognitive biases are associated with di ...
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Cognitive Distortions – Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Common)
Cognitive distortions (or ‘unhelpful thinking styles’) are ways that our thoughts become biased. Different cognitive biases are associated with di ...
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Fight Or Flight Response
The fight or flight response is an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening. The perception of threa ...
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Therapy Blueprint (Universal)
A therapy blueprint is CBT tool which summarizes the work a therapist and patient have completed together. It represents the past (the problems, what ...
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Theory A / Theory B
People naturally seek to understand their world and develop explanations based on their experiences. When these beliefs are inaccurate or only partial ...
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Unrelenting Standards
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
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Unmet Emotional Needs
Unmet emotional needs can give rise to early maladaptive schemas, and other forms of maladaptive coping. This Unmet Emotional Needs handout forms part ...
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Social Anxiety Formulation
People suffering from social anxiety disorder (previously known as social phobia) experience persistent fear or anxiety concerning social or performan ...
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Habituation
The Habituation information sheets are designed to help clinicians to explain the concept of habituation and its role in exposure therapy. The handout ...
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Fear Ladder
The Fear Ladder is a tool for exploring and ranking the contexts or situations in which a client experiences fear. It is designed to help the client a ...
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What Are Schemas?
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and peoples’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-are-schemas/
Managing Social Anxiety (Third Edition): Workbook
Managing Social Anxiety – A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach comes in two volumes. This page is for the Workbook. Click on the following link t ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/managing-social-anxiety-workbook/
Exposure Session Record
The Exposure Session Record is a tool for recording clients’ use of exposure. The worksheet guides clients to identify a specific fear they are will ...
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Reciprocal CBT Formulation
CBT therapists often describe finding it difficult to apply CBT skills when clients bring relational problems to therapy. Familiar methods of visu ...
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Understanding Social Anxiety
Our ‘Understanding…’ series is a collection of psychoeducation guides for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, they are co ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/understanding-social-anxiety/
Catastrophizing
The Catastrophizing information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series. It is designed to help clients and therapists to work more eff ...
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Thought-Action Fusion
The Thought-Action Fusion information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series, designed to help clients and therapists to work more eff ...
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Exposure Practice Form
Exposure is an effective treatment for many forms of anxiety. The Exposure Practice Form is a CBT worksheet which guides therapists and clients throug ...
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Social Isolation
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/social-isolation/
Emotional Inhibition
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/emotional-inhibition/
Emotional Deprivation
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/emotional-deprivation/
Interpersonal Beliefs And Styles
Interpersonal issues and relationship problems form an important part of what clients bring to therapy: they might present as clients’ current conce ...
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Mistrust/Abuse
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
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Social Comparison
The Social Comparison information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series, designed to help clients and therapists to work more effecti ...
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What Keeps Social Anxiety Going?
The "What Keeps It Going?" series is a set of one-page diagrams explaining how common mental health conditions are maintained. Friendly and concise, t ...
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Emotional Reasoning
The Emotional Reasoning information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series, designed to help clients and therapists to work more effec ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/emotional-reasoning/
Subjugation
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/subjugation/
Managing Social Anxiety (Third Edition): Therapist Guide
Managing Social Anxiety – A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach comes in two volumes. This page is for the Therapist Guide. Click on the following ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/managing-social-anxiety-therapist-guide/
Defectiveness
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
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Failure To Achieve
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/failure-to-achieve/
Attention Training Experiment
Self-focused attention can make people less likely to see their social performance in a positive light, and contributes to the maintenance of social a ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/attention-training-experiment/
Therapy Blueprint For Social Anxiety
A therapy blueprint represents the past (the problems, what maintained them), the present (the therapy itself, new knowledge learned and skills develo ...
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Attention Training Practice Record
When people struggle to control the focus of their attention, they find it much harder to interrupt cycles of worry, rumination, and other forms of se ...
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Stages Of Social Anxiety
The Stages Of Social Anxiety worksheet is a tool to record unhelpful socially anxious responses to social situations, and to map alternative ways of t ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/stages-of-social-anxiety/
Entitlement
Schema therapy posits that psychological difficulties stem from early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and clients’ characteristic responses to them, refer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/entitlement/
Mind Reading
The Mind Reading information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series, designed to help clients and therapists to work more effectively ...
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Exposures For Fear Of Appearing Anxious
Concerns about appearing anxious in front of others plays a central role in social anxiety. Exposure is an effective treatment for tackling these fear ...
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What Is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Our ‘What Is … ?’ series is a collection of one-page information handouts for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, handout ...
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Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Social Phobia (Clark, Wells, 1995)
People suffering from social anxiety disorder (previously known as social phobia) experience persistent fear or anxiety concerning social or performan ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-behavioral-model-of-social-phobia-clark-wells-1995/
Am I Experiencing Social Anxiety?
Social anxiety disorder is characterized by persistent fear or anxiety concerning social or performance situations that is out of proportion to the ac ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/am-i-experiencing-social-anxiety/
Disqualifying Others
This Disqualifying Others information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series, designed to help clients and therapists to work more eff ...
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Magnification And Minimization
The Magnification And Minimization information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series, designed to help clients and therapists to work ...
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Recognizing Social Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder is characterized by excessive fear regarding one or more social situations. People with social anxiety are concerned about bei ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/recognizing-social-anxiety-disorder/
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Assessment
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Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN)
| Connor, Davidson, Churchill, Sherwood, Weisler, Foa | 2000
- Scale
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Social Phobia Scale
| Mattick, Clarke | 1995
- Scale
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Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale
| Leary | 1983
- Scale
Guides and workbooks
- Social phobia: patient treatment manual | Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression (CRUfAD)
- Social Anxiety (An NHS Self-Help Guide) | Lesley Maunder, Lorna Cameron | 2020
Information Handouts
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Social Anxiety (Information Handouts)
| Centre For Clinical Interventions
- What is social anxiety?
- What can be done about social anxiety?
- Breathing retraining
- Progressive muscle relaxation
- Improving how you feel
- Thinking and feeling
- Analysing your thinking
- Changing your thinking
- Unhelpful thinking styles
- What are core beliefs?
- Situational exposure
- What are safety behaviors?
- Staying healthy
Information (Professional)
- Assertive defense of the self (A more effective treatment focus for social phobia?) | Padesky | 1985
Presentations
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Social Anxiety Disorder: Integrating the 3 Waves of Evidence-Based Therapy | Larry Cohen | 2022
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Social Anxiety Disorder: Integrating the 3 Waves of Evidence-Based Therapy | Larry Cohen
Self-Help Programmes
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Stepping Out Of Social Anxiety (Workbook)
| Centre For Clinical Interventions | 2020
- Module 1: Understanding Social Anxiety
- Module 2: Overcoming Negative Thinking
- Module 3: Overcoming Avoidance
- Module 4: Behavioral Experiment Stepladders
- Module 5: Safety Behaviors
- Module 6: The Role Of Attention
- Module 7: How I Think I Appear To Others
- Module 8: Challenging Core Beliefs
- Module 9: Strengthening New Core Beliefs
- Module 10: Maintaining Your Gains And Dealing With Setbacks
Treatment Guide
- Mindfulness and acceptance-based group therapy for social anxiety disorder: a treatment manual | Fleming, Kocovski | 2009
- Comprehensive cognitive behavior therapy for social phobia: a treatment manual | Deborah Roth Ledley, Edna B. Foa, Jonathan D. Huppert (in consultation with David M. Clark) | 2005
- Comprehensive cognitive behavior therapy for social phobia: a treatment manual | Ledley, Foa, Huppert, Clark | 2006
- NICE Guidelines For Social Anxiety Disorder | NICE | 2013
Worksheets
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Social Anxiety (Worksheets)
| Centre For Clinical Interventions
- Anxiety symptoms record
- Breathing rate record
- Monitoring your relaxation level
- Weekly activity schedule
- Weekly goals record
- Making the connection
- Thought diary 1
- Thought diary 2
- Thought diary 3
- Thought diary (tri-fold)
- Core beliefs worksheet
- Situational exposure: building steps
- Behavioral experiments
- Healthy me
- Goal setting: end of therapy
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Anxiety (Worksheets)
| Centre For Clinical Interventions
- Anxiety Symptoms Record
- Breathing Rate Record
- Monitoring Relaxation
- Situational Exposure Diary
- Making The Connection
- Thought Diary 1
- Thought Diary 2
- Thought Diary 3
- Thought Diary (Tri-Fold)
- Behavioral Experiment Worksheet
Recommended Reading
- Task concentration training and fear of blushing | Bögels, Mulkens, De Jong | 1997