Social Anxiety

Cognitive Distortions – Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Extended)
Fight Or Flight Response
Cognitive Distortions – Unhelpful Thinking Styles (Common)
Therapy Blueprint (Universal)
Social Isolation
Subjugation
Theory A / Theory B
Unmet Emotional Needs
Social Anxiety Formulation
What Are Schemas?
Mistrust/Abuse
Fear Ladder
Habituation
Emotional Deprivation
Exposure Session Record
Failure To Achieve
Understanding Social Anxiety
Catastrophizing
Thought-Action Fusion
Reciprocal CBT Formulation
What Keeps Social Anxiety Going?
Emotional Reasoning
Managing Social Anxiety (Third Edition): Workbook
Exposure Practice Form
Social Comparison
Emotional Inhibition
Defectiveness
Interpersonal Beliefs And Styles
Attention Training Experiment
Entitlement
Therapy Blueprint For Social Anxiety
Stages Of Social Anxiety
Managing Social Anxiety (Third Edition): Therapist Guide
Attention Training Practice Record
Mind Reading
What Is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Magnification And Minimization
Exposures For Fear Of Appearing Anxious
Disqualifying Others
Am I Experiencing Social Anxiety?
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Social Phobia (Clark, Wells, 1995)
Recognizing Social Anxiety Disorder
Links to external resources
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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