What Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Why It Helps Social Anxiety
If you have read anything about treating anxiety, you have probably encountered the term cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). It is the approach with the st...
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Habits That Support Recovery From Social Anxiety
Overcoming social anxiety is mainly about the psychological work of facing fears and changing your relationship with anxious thoughts. But that work happen...
Self-Help Versus Professional Help: How to Choose
When you are working on social anxiety, a natural question arises: can I do this on my own, or do I need professional help? The honest answer is that it de...
How to Support Someone With Social Anxiety
If someone you care about lives with social anxiety, you may feel unsure how to help. You want to support them, but you worry about pushing too hard or, at...
How to Talk to Your Doctor About Social Anxiety
For many people, the family doctor is the natural first stop for getting help with social anxiety, a gateway to therapy, other support, and guidance. But r...
When Social Anxiety Overlaps With Depression
Social anxiety often does not travel alone. One of its most common companions is depression, and the two can feed each other in ways that make both harder...
Progress Is Not a Straight Line: Staying With It for the Long Haul
Anyone working to overcome social anxiety eventually runs into the same discouraging reality: progress is not a straight line. You have brave weeks and fri...
How to Find a Therapist for Social Anxiety
For social anxiety that is intense, persistent, or shrinking your world, working with a therapist can speed your progress enormously and is one of the wise...
What to Expect From Therapy for Social Anxiety
If you have never been to therapy, the unknown can be its own barrier: what actually happens in those sessions, will you be judged, will you have to relive...