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Social Anxiety Online Therapy

By: Patrick Beckett

Published: June 8, 2010
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Social Anxiety Online Therapy is being used successfully online. This is a huge success since social anxiety such as social phobia is among the third highest in numbers when it comes to mental health care troubles in the world. Over 6% of the United States population suffers from one form or another. Symptoms include always feeling watched when in public, fear of speaking in public, feeling as if you are troubling someone by simply asking a question. There are now a few websites that offers social anxiety online therapy.

CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) is commonly the therapy being used to treat social anxiety online. CBT has been used for over 50 years as treatment of these phobias, and science shows that CBT online therapy can be just as beneficial to a person who undergoes one on one therapy in an office setting with a professional. Online sites that offer therapy for CBT online will require therapy sessions to be attended through the site. These sessions will vary based on the site visited, as well as the severity of the social anxiety. These sessions can take as long as you need, as you will set up preferences when you join the website to begin treatment.

During the CBT online therapy, you will probably have access to tools that are meant to help you keep track of progress and notes on your therapy sessions. These notes and tools such as an online diary, worksheets and activity sheets will help to exercise the things you are learning in social anxiety online therapy sessions, and will also help you to see your progress by looking back. Even though your sessions may be over in a few days or weeks, the learning and coping mechanisms you learn will be available for life. Activities may require that you speak out loud to someone you don’t know, or even call a company you do not know and ask for information. All of the activities and worksheets are created for your situation and needs, and should be followed for the desired outcome.

When you first join the website where you plan to take your social anxiety online therapy, you may be asked to take an exam. This will be an online test that asks questions regarding the type of social phobia you have, the severity of attacks and feelings associated with the phobia, and the triggers of your phobia. This test is primarily used for customizing your online therapy plan, but sometimes is available for you to look at during social anxiety online therapy to see your progress as well. There are generally forums and chat rooms available on websites of this nature that allow others who are suffering from the same phobias as yourself, to be able to communicate effectively. There are almost always professionals on staff that monitor the site and are able to answer questions within a short period of time. These sites should not be used as a way of diagnosing any phobia, as a professional in an office setting should be used for this purpose.

The Social Anxiety Online Therapy is based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which is particularly effective in overcoming social anxiety, with 80-85% of people being cured within 8 online therapy sessions. For details visit www.Online-Therapy.com.


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