10 evidence-based resources for Social Anxiety. Preview any worksheet, then assign it to a client as an interactive digital worksheet.
The worksheets in this area are grounded in Clark and Wells' cognitive model of social anxiety (1995), which explains why feared social catastrophes survive hundreds of apparently contradictory encounters: self-focused attention, safety behaviours, and a distorted observer-perspective self-image keep disconfirming evidence from ever landing. Start with the Social Anxiety Formulation (Clark & Wells) to map the model collaboratively, then work the maintaining processes one by one — the Social Situation Record captures predictions and safety behaviours around real encounters, attention refocusing and video feedback experiments target self-focused attention and the distorted self-image, and a post-event processing record tackles the rumination that follows exposure.
Psychoeducation handouts and a session-by-session belief ratings tracker complete the pathway from assessment through intervention to progress review. The model itself is free to explore as an interactive formulation diagram, with the primary sources it draws on.
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A formulation based on Clark and Wells' cognitive model of social anxiety — mapping self-focused attention, the observer-perspective self-image, and safety behaviours.
Record and reflect on social situations to identify the role of self-focused attention, safety behaviours, and predictions.
Compare your internal self-image with how you actually appear on video to challenge distorted self-perception in social anxiety.
Identify the distorted observer-perspective self-image that drives social anxiety — the "felt sense" of how you appear to others.
Monitor and challenge the post-mortem rumination that follows social situations — a key maintenance factor in social anxiety.
Compare the effects of self-focused attention vs external focus during social situations to test whether self-focus makes anxiety worse.
Track changes in a specific social belief across multiple experiments — building cumulative evidence for an updated view of yourself in social situations.
Track key belief conviction ratings before and after each therapy session to measure progress across treatment.
A plain-language explainer on what social anxiety is, why it happens, and how self-focused attention and the spotlight effect keep the fear of being judged alive.
A maintenance-cycle explainer on how self-focused attention, safety behaviours, and going over events beforehand and afterwards keep social anxiety going, and how to break the cycle.
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Request a worksheetA cognitive model (1995) explaining why social fears persist despite repeated exposure: on entering feared situations, attention turns inward, a distorted observer-perspective self-image takes over, and safety behaviours stop disconfirming evidence from registering. Individual CBT based on the Clark and Wells model is one of the treatments NICE recommends for social anxiety disorder in adults. The formulation worksheet and the interactive diagram both follow the published model.
Three directly: the Attention Refocusing Experiment Record (shifting attention outward during real interactions), the Self-Image Identification Worksheet (surfacing the observer-perspective image), and the Video Feedback Worksheet (testing that image against recorded evidence). The Social Situation Record also captures self-focused attention alongside predictions and safety behaviours.
Yes — assigned worksheets open as interactive digital worksheets on any device, including phones, which suits records best completed close to the moment, such as social situation records and post-event processing. You review responses before the next session, and print-ready PDF export is there when paper fits better.