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What is Social Anxiety?
Social Anxiety is characterised by a clinically significant anxiety caused by exposure to certain types of situations or social interactions with other people, which often lead to avoidance behaviour. The average age of Social Anxiety onset ranges between 8 and 15 years old and is often associated with high levels of early school leaving. Contact us for Social Anxiety counselling in London.
Signs of Social Anxiety
The term Social Anxiety Disorder (also known as Social Phobia Disorder) is commonly used to describe an anxiety disorder, characterised by the following signs (DSM-V criteria):
A. A persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is exposed to unfamiliar people or to possible scrutiny by others. The individual fears that he or she will act in a way (or show anxiety symptoms) that will be embarrassing and humiliating.
B. Exposure to the feared situation almost invariably provokes anxiety, which may take the form of a situationally bound or situationally pre-disposed Panic Attack.
C. The person recognizes that this fear is unreasonable or excessive.
D. The feared situations are avoided or else are endured with intense anxiety and distress.
E. The avoidance, anxious anticipation, or distress in the feared social or performance situation(s) interferes significantly with the person's normal routine, occupational (academic) functioning, or social activities or relationships, or there is marked distress about having the phobia.
F. The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is persistent, typically lasting 6 or more months.
G. The fear or avoidance is not due to direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., drugs, medications) or a general medical condition not better accounted for by another mental disorder.
Treatment for Social Anxiety in London
Research has shown that most effective treatment for Social Anxiety is Cognitive Behavioural therapy.
For more information about talking therapy and treatment programmes available at our Clinics in London please visit our Treatment page.
Getting Therapy for Social Anxiety in London
We offer Psychological Therapy for Social Anxiety treatment to Adults, Children and Teenagers at our clinics in Central London.
Social Anxiety Counselling Team in London
All our Therapists offer Psychological Therapies for Social Anxiety to Adults, Children and Teenagers. Click here to meet the Team.
Social Anxiety Counselling Fees in London
Sessions with our Psychologists are by prepaid appointments only. You can find out more about our fees on our Fees Page.
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