This story is a fictional case, but is made up of REAL clinical experiences from my 15+ years treating people with Social Anxiety Disorder. To read previous therapy sessions with John, see the links below: Session 1: Do I Have Social Anxiety? Meet John.  Session 2: Help, My Boss Scares Me (more from John) Today’s session…

How to Treat Social Anxiety? There are many decades of psychotherapy and psychiatric literature on the treatment of social anxiety. Learn more about the different methods to successfully treat social anxiety Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a well-established treatment approach for many mental health problems including Social Anxiety Disorder.  Find out more about how Cognitive…

Social Anxiety Body Language (Video Blog) by Kyle MacDonald in in Public, Posture There’s a lot of information out there about social anxiety body language, how it affects your state of mind and emotions, and certain physical behaviours that are typical for people who suffer from social phobia. I think the first thing that we…

Relationship Problems: How Social Anxiety Affects Intimacy by Kyle MacDonald in Mindfulness Over the next few weeks I’m going to focus on how living with social anxiety alters the way in which we treat those closest to us. As with so much surrounding anxiety, there’s a mix of positive and negative – sure, those nagging…

Someone once said to me, when they were talking about the importance of the attachment system and human relationships “no one ever lies dying on the battlefield screaming for their car, soldiers call out for their mothers.” It’s a graphic illustration of just how hard wired we all are to seek out and need comfort…

So you’ve done it. You have survived several years of exam pressure and of dealing with stressful social situations, and you have graduated. And now “they” want you to stand up in front of a crowd and be the center of attention in a graduation ceremony? “Is there no end to the ways the world…