Detached Mindfulness in Social Anxiety

Some brief notes on applying Detached Mindfulness, from Metacognitive Therapy (MCT), to social anxiety situations.

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Cognitive Therapy of Social Anxiety: Re-appraisal Form

This detailed set of questions is designed to help you, with support from a therapist, evaluate your thinking about socially-anxious situations.

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Video About Social Anxiety from NHS Choices

This is a short (5 minute) video clip from NHS Choices showing a patient describing the symptoms of social anxiety disorder, her experience of living with it, and how she benefitted from computer-based CBT.

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Social Anxiety: Causes and Cures

This short article summarises some key features of social anxiety and discusses the conceptualisation and treatment employed in cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT).

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Cognitive Models of Social Anxiety: Part 1

This short article outlines a cognitive-behavioural conceptualisation of social anxiety from a broad chronological perspective.

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Learn to Cope with Anxiety (Part 2)

This is the first part of an introductory handout about anxiety for cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) clients.

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Four Types of Social Anxiety

Psychologists have struggled to distinguish between different subtypes of social phobia. However, there are some rough distinctions that can be made between four different categories of feared situation.

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Self-Consciousness in Social Anxiety

This short article looks at the role of self-consciousness or self-focused attention in social anxiety and how to cope better with the problems it causes.

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