Overcome Social Anxiety & Build Confidence

Feel secure and confident in yourself. Take charge of your social life again!

What you'll learn
Create strategic plan to overcome social anxiety
Identify triggers and manage them
Learn to create distance from anxious thoughts
Mindfulness exercises for anxiety
Connecting with inner self for confidence
Requirements
No
Description
Your mind races. Your palms sweat. The words don’t come out of your mouth right, if they come at all. We’ve all been there at one time or another. And some of us get it worse than others, and more frequently. Social anxiety. Nobody wants to look stupid or be embarrassed. You might know someone with social anxiety if you have a friend or loved one who does their best to avoid social situations—or appears overwhelmed whenever they are introduced to new people. Social anxiety disorder is the second most common type of anxiety disorder in the U.S. and is said to affect 15 million adults.What is social anxiety?Social anxiety is anxiety that occurs when anticipating or engaging in some type of social situation, such as public speaking, meeting new people or going to a party. “Most people experience some worry in different social situations, however, when it becomes such an intense fear over a long period of time and leads to avoidance or suffering through of most social interactions, this is what in practice is termed social anxiety disorder or social phobia.To an outsider, a person with social anxiety disorder is often mistaken for being shy or timid, but experts note that the situation is much more serious than that. Social anxiety is not just nervousness that anyone might experience before interacting with others. It is highly crippling, even painful to deal with.In this course you will learn the diagnosis of social anxiety, GAD, and shyness so that you can be more aware of specific symptoms. You will also learn how to identify the triggers that cause you anxiety. And at last you will learn how to manage these triggers and physical sensations of anxiety. You will be able to create a anxiety coping plan so that you come out of it and become confident enough to join social gatherings and spend quality time.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Lecture 1 Course Introduction - Acceptance and Commitment for Social Anxiety

Lecture 2 Course Structure

Lecture 3 What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?

Lecture 4 Psychological Flexibility

Section 2: Understanding Social Anxiety

Lecture 5 What is Social Anxiety?

Lecture 6 DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder

Lecture 7 DSM-IV-TR Criteria for SAD

Lecture 8 Identifying triggers that cause social anxiety

Lecture 9 SPIN social phobia inventory

Lecture 10 Safety Mode: The costs of pursuing "Safety"

Lecture 11 Understanding Safety Mode

Lecture 12 Different types of Safety Behaviours

Lecture 13 Outright Avoidance

Lecture 14 Other safety behaviors

Section 3: Mindfulness Skills of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Lecture 15 Understanding Mindfulness

Lecture 16 Three Aspects of Mindfulness

Lecture 17 Guided Mindfulness Breathing Exercise

Lecture 18 Mindfulness Breathing 2

Lecture 19 Focusing on single minute

Lecture 20 Focusing on single object

Lecture 21 Guided Focusing on Single Object

Lecture 22 Band of light

Lecture 23 Inner outer meditation

Lecture 24 Record 3 Minutes of your thoughts

Lecture 25 Describing your emotions

Section 4: Acceptance of ABS with Observation

Lecture 26 Paying Mindful Attention to Your Body in Stillness

Lecture 27 Strengthening your ABS

Lecture 28 Acceptance of Anxiety

Lecture 29 Words of Acceptance

Lecture 30 Exploring Acceptance

Section 5: Muscle Relaxation Exercises

Lecture 31 CBT Relaxation Exercises

Lecture 32 Managing Anxiety

Lecture 33 Abdominal Breathing

Lecture 34 Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Lecture 35 Relaxation without Tension

Lecture 36 Cue Controlled Relaxation

Section 6: Commitment to Values

Lecture 37 Section Overview

Lecture 38 The compass metaphor

Lecture 39 Uncovering your Values and Goals

Lecture 40 What is important to you?

Lecture 41 Identifying your values and goals

Section 7: 15 Thought Defusion Techniques

Lecture 42 Section Overview

Lecture 43 Introduction

Lecture 44 What is Cognitive Defusion

Lecture 45 Self as Context

Lecture 46 Anxious Thoughts

Lecture 47 Limited Thinking Patterns

Lecture 48 Composing Balanced Thoughts

Lecture 49 The Thought That

Lecture 50 Labeling your thoughts

Lecture 51 Ditching the meaning of thoughts

Lecture 52 Waterfall Metaphore

Lecture 53 Helpful questions for unhelpful thoughts

Lecture 54 Leaves Floating

Lecture 55 19 Metaphors for Thoughts

Lecture 56 Exercise 1: The sky & the weather

Lecture 57 Exercise 2: Name the story

Lecture 58 Exercise 3: Type it out

Lecture 59 Exercise 4: Passengers on the bus

Lecture 60 Exercise 5: Carrying Cards

Lecture 61 Exercise 6: Say it slowly

Section 8: Taking Committed Action

Lecture 62 Committed Action

Lecture 63 VITAL - How to take action

Lecture 64 Bringing it all together

Lecture 65 Conclusion

Lecture 66 Course Completion

Anyone struggling with social anxiety