Therapy Blueprint For Social Anxiety

The Therapy Blueprint For Social Anxiety is an extended relapse prevention worksheet tailored for clients who have struggled with social anxiety disorder.

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Professional version

Offers theory, guidance, and prompts for mental health professionals. Downloads are in Fillable PDF format where appropriate.

Client version

Includes client-friendly guidance. Downloads are in Fillable PDF format where appropriate.

Editable version (PPT)

An editable Microsoft PowerPoint version of the resource.

Overview

Therapy blueprints capture important information about the client's past (the problems they struggled with, what maintained them), the present (their experience of therapy, knowledge learned, and skills developed) and their future (goals, plans, and strategies to manage setbacks). Therapy blueprints also act as a form of relapse prevention – by making new knowledge more accessible, clients are more able to cope effectively with future setbacks. The Therapy Blueprint For Social Anxiety is a relapse prevention worksheet tailored for clients who are completing a course of therapy for social anxiety disorder. It encourages a particular focus on client’s self-impressions and self-images, the way they focus their attention, and the way that they think and act.

Why Use This Resource?

The therapy blueprint provides a structured framework for reinforcing clients' therapeutic gains and planning for future challenges.

  • Encourages reflection on the progress achieved and any potential future challenges.
  • Emphasizes tools and challenges that are specific to social anxiety, including self-focused attention and attention training.
  • Serves as a method of relapse prevention by making new knowledge and therapeutic strategies easily accessible.

Key Benefits

Reflect

Encourages self-reflection what has been achieved in therapy.

Identify

Helps clients identify and consolidate the strategies that work best for them.

Plan

Guides clients in planning for difficult situations and potential setbacks.

Progress

Increases long-term engagement with therapeutic tools and techniques.

Who is this for?

Social Anxiety Disorder

Tailored for individuals who have struggled with social anxiety.

Integrating it into your practice

01

Introduce

Explain the purpose and value of developing therapy blueprint.

02

Reflect

Help the client describe the problems that brought them to therapy and what kept them going.

03

Review

Identify the knowledge and skills the client has found most helpful in addressing their social anxiety.

04

Explore

Help the client describe helpful changes in their thinking, behavior, and focus of attention.

05

Plan

Identify future goals and potential difficulties that could lead to setbacks (including plans for dealing with them).

Theoretical Background & Therapist Guidance

The therapy blueprint helps consolidate progress in therapy and prevent relapse through structured reflection. It helps clients summarize their gains in therapy and prepare for challenges that could lead to setbacks.

The Therapy Blueprint For Social Anxiety is a relapse prevention worksheet tailored for clients who are completing a course of therapy for social anxiety. Informed by cognitive models of social anxiety, it encourages a particular focus on clients' self-impressions and self-images, the way they focus their attention, and the way that they think and act.

What's inside

  • An overview of relapse prevention and the use of blueprints in therapy.
  • An accessible resource specifically developed for clients who have struggled with social anxiety.
  • Therapist guidance and instructions for introducing and using the blueprint most effectively.
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FAQs

A therapy blueprint is a reflective tool that helps clients consolidate their learning, recognize their progress, and plan for future challenges.
Blueprints can be introduced early on in therapy, but should be completed before the client reaches the end of therapy.

How This Resource Improves Clinical Outcomes

The Therapy Blueprint helps solidify therapeutic gains by:

  • Reinforcing learning and skill development.
  • Preparing clients for potential future challenges through relapse prevention.
  • Highlighting clients' achievements in therapy.

Clinicians benefit from:

  • A structured tool that supports relapse prevention.
  • Detailed guidance for completing the blueprint with socially anxious clients.

References And Further Reading

  • Wells, A. (1997). Cognitive therapy of anxiety disorders: A practice manual and conceptual guide. Hoboken, NJ, US: John Wiley & Sons Inc.