Essential Strategies for Social Anxiety

Essential Strategies for Social Anxiety
Author: Alison McKleroy, Lmft
Publisher: Rockridge Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781646119301

Embrace confidence--proven strategies to break free from social anxiety Social connections are an integral part of a healthy and fulfilling life, yet when you're held back by anxious thoughts and feelings, you often try to avoid social situations. Essential Strategies for Social Anxiety provides you with an effective toolbox to face your fears and empower you to feel comfortable whether you're just having a conversation, interviewing for a job, or speaking publicly. Drawing on a variety of practices--like CBT, ACT, and mindfulness--this guide not only teaches you all about social anxiety but also helps you employ actionable techniques to handle it. Learn to calm both body and mind, silence your inner critic, and restructure negative thoughts with practice dialogues, exposure exercises, meditation, and more. Essential Strategies for Social Anxiety features: Exercises for everyone--No matter how your social anxiety manifests, discover powerful ways to overcome it and connect with people in a more fulfilling way. Easy-to-follow advice--Each chapter covers a different approach to dealing with your social anxiety, allowing you to focus on what you feel will be most effective for you. Everyday examples--Realize you aren't alone with real-life anecdotes that demonstrate how these techniques have helped other people dealing with social anxiety. Start down the path to a healthier and more satisfying social life with this easy-to-use guide.

Essential Strategies for Social Anxiety

Essential Strategies for Social Anxiety
Author: Alison McKleroy MA, LMFT
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2020-08-18
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1646119312

Embrace confidence—proven strategies to break free from social anxiety Social connections are an integral part of a joyful life, yet when you're held back by self-conscious thoughts and feelings, you can get stuck in a pattern of avoiding social situations. Essential Strategies for Social Anxiety provides you with an effective toolbox to face your fears and feel confident whether you're having a conversation, interviewing for a job, or speaking publicly. Drawing on a variety of practices—like CBT, ACT, and mindfulness—this guide not only teaches you all about social anxiety but also helps you employ actionable techniques to transform it. Learn to calm both body and mind, silence your inner critic, and restructure negative thoughts with practice dialogues, exposure exercises, meditation, and more. Essential Strategies for Social Anxiety features: Exercises for everyone—No matter how your social anxiety manifests, discover powerful ways to overcome it and connect with people in a more comfortable way. Easy-to-follow advice—Each chapter covers a different approach to dealing with your social anxiety, with step-by-step exercises to get the results you want in your life. Everyday examples—Get inspired by real-life anecdotes that demonstrate how these techniques have helped other people achieve breakthroughs in dealing with social anxiety. Start down the path to confidence and joy in your social life with this easy-to-use guide.

How to Be Yourself

How to Be Yourself
Author: Ellen Hendriksen
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1250122236

Picking up where Quiet ended, How to Be Yourself is the best book you’ll ever read about how to conquer social anxiety. “This book is also a groundbreaking road map to finally being your true, authentic self.” —Susan Cain, New York Times, USA Today and nationally bestselling author of Quiet Up to 40% of people consider themselves shy. You might say you’re introverted or awkward, or that you're fine around friends but just can't speak up in a meeting or at a party. Maybe you're usually confident but have recently moved or started a new job, only to feel isolated and unsure. If you get nervous in social situations—meeting your partner's friends, public speaking, standing awkwardly in the elevator with your boss—you've probably been told, “Just be yourself!” But that's easier said than done—especially if you're prone to social anxiety. Weaving together cutting-edge science, concrete tips, and the compelling stories of real people who have risen above their social anxiety, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen proposes a groundbreaking idea: you already have everything you need to succeed in any unfamiliar social situation. As someone who lives with social anxiety, Dr. Hendriksen has devoted her career to helping her clients overcome the same obstacles she has. With familiarity, humor, and authority, Dr. Hendriksen takes the reader through the roots of social anxiety and why it endures, how we can rewire our brains through our behavior, and—at long last—exactly how to quiet your Inner Critic, the pesky voice that whispers, "Everyone will judge you." Using her techniques to develop confidence, think through the buzz of anxiety, and feel comfortable in any situation, you can finally be your true, authentic self.

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness, 2nd Edition

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness, 2nd Edition
Author: Gillian Butler
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1472120442

Everyone feels foolish, embarrassed, judged or criticised at times, but this becomes a problem when it undermines your confidence and prevents you from doing what you want to do. Extreme social anxiety and shyness can be crippling but they are readily treated using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). In this fully revised and updated edition, Dr Gillian Butler provides a practical, easy-to-use self-help course which will be invaluable for those suffering from all degrees of social anxiety. Overcoming self-help guides use effective therapeutic techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme.

The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook

The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook
Author: Martin M. Antony
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2008-07-02
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1608820718

There's nothing wrong with being shy. But if social anxiety keeps you from forming relationships with others, advancing in your education or your career, or carrying on with everyday activities, you may need to confront your fears to live an enjoyable, satisfying life. This new edition of The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook offers a comprehensive program to help you do just that. As you complete the activities in this workbook, you'll learn to: •Find your strengths and weaknesses with a self-evaluation •Explore and examine your fears •Create a personalized plan for change •Put your plan into action through gentle and gradual exposure to social situations Information about therapy, medications, and other resources is also included. After completing this program, you'll be well-equipped to make connections with the people around you. Soon, you'll be on your way to enjoying all the benefits of being actively involved in the social world. This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.

Social Anxiety Disorder

Social Anxiety Disorder
Author: National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781909726031

Social anxiety disorder is persistent fear of (or anxiety about) one or more social situations that is out of proportion to the actual threat posed by the situation and can be severely detrimental to quality of life. Only a minority of people with social anxiety disorder receive help. Effective treatments do exist and this book aims to increase identification and assessment to encourage more people to access interventions. Covers adults, children and young people and compares the effects of pharmacological and psychological interventions. Commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). The CD-ROM contains all of the evidence on which the recommendations are based, presented as profile tables (that analyse quality of data) and forest plots (plus, info on using/interpreting forest plots). This material is not available in print anywhere else.

The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens

The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens
Author: Jennifer Shannon
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1608821897

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just flick a switch and make your shyness go away? No more worrying about what others think about you, no more embarrassment in front of other people. You could just relax and feel comfortable and confident, the way you probably think everyone else feels. If you struggle with shyness, you’re all too familiar with the feeling of not knowing what to do or say, and you’ll do anything to avoid feeling that way. But, most likely, you also know that you’re missing out on a lot—friendships, potential relationships, and fun. You’ve chosen this book because you’re ready to stop hiding behind your shyness and start enjoying everything life has to offer. The worksheets and exercises in The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens will help you learn to handle awkward social situations with grace and confidence, so you can make real connections with people you want to get to know. Based in proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the skills you learn will also help you speak up for yourself when you need to and stop dreading class projects that put you on the spot. Actually, there’s no aspect of your life that this workbook won’t help. So why let shyness rule your life one day longer? Let this workbook guide the way to a more confident, outgoing you.

Managing Social Anxiety

Managing Social Anxiety
Author: Debra A. Hope
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2010
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0195336682

As described in this newly updated and revised therapist guide, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most efficacious psychological treatment for social anxiety disorder. It can be used successfully with most clients, including those currently taking medication. --

Helping Students Overcome Social Anxiety

Helping Students Overcome Social Anxiety
Author: Carrie Masia Warner
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2018-03-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1462534600

Social anxiety disorder causes significant distress and academic impairment for many adolescents. This unique book gives front-line school professionals innovative, easy-to-use tools for identifying and intervening with socially anxious students in grades 6?12. It presents Skills for Academic and Social Success (SASS), a school-based intervention with demonstrated effectiveness. Case examples and sample scripts demonstrate how to implement psychoeducation, cognitive strategies, social skills training, exposure, and relapse prevention with groups and individual students. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the book includes 22 reproducible handouts. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by T. Chris Riley-Tillman.

Thriving with Social Anxiety

Thriving with Social Anxiety
Author: Hattie C Cooper
Publisher: Althea Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-07-13
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781623156237

Hattie Cooper, the blogger behind The Anxious Girl’s Guide to Dating, knows anxiety. She has lived with Generalized Anxiety Disorder for years. Reading this book is like getting advice from a friend who has been there. Hattie shares immediate, easy-to-use strategies for tackling your Social Anxiety Disorder and creating healthy habits. Featuring expert advice from foreword writer and registered psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald, the tools in these pages will help you beat your anxiety and reveal your most confident self. Does this sound familiar? You reluctantly decide to attend a networking event with a coworker who backs out at the last minute. The idea of going alone fills you with debilitating anxiety. You dread an upcoming job interview. Giving a presentation at work keeps you awake at night. For the millions of Americans affected by social anxiety disorder (SAD), it can make them avoid situations that have the potential to lead to positive outcomes. Fortunately, social anxiety can be overcome. In Thriving with Social Anxiety, you’ll get a practical, accessible primer from someone who knows what it’s like to live with social anxiety—and in-the-moment strategies to manage and overcome your anxiety. Hattie Cooper guides you to reframe negative thoughts, achieve goals, better understand your disorder and—through the process—better understand yourself.Using the strategies in this book as part of your treatment plan, you will learn quick, effective ways to manage your social anxiety and put your most confident self forward in any social situation. Learn valuable methods for managing your anxiety, with: 5, 10, and 30-minute therapeutic strategies Sample daily schedules, quick quizzes, and worksheets A brief brain-body primer detailing the connection between your thoughts and physical reactions Mindfulness activities, including meditation, essential oils, and exercise Celebrity tips for coping with social anxiety (including singer Adele and actress Jennifer Lawrence)