Exposure therapy for social anxiety: how to use self compassion

Описание: Exposure therapy is very effective for social anxiety. However, if we do it the wrong way, it can hurt rather than help. If we try to take on too much, it can increase our anxiety, lead us to start avoiding even more, and can feel like torture. We combine exposure therapy with self-compassion.


We'll talk about:

0:00 - Don’t torture yourself with exposure therapy
0:33 - Be compassionate to yourself with exposure therapy
0:46 - What is the right pace of exposure for YOU?
1:17 - Identifying the best goals for Social Anxiety exposure
2:21 - The common reasons exposure doesn’t work
3:20 - Be a good parent to YOURSELF
4:09 - The deeper goal of exposure therapy for social anxiety


I'm Dr. Thomas Smithyman, a clinical psychologist making videos to help people overcome social anxiety.

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