Interventions for fear of negative evaluation, safety behaviours, and self-focused attention in social situations.
A formulation based on Clark and Wells' cognitive model of social anxiety — mapping self-focused attention, the observer-perspective self-image, and safety behaviours.
~25 min
Record and reflect on social situations to identify the role of self-focused attention, safety behaviours, and predictions.
~15 min
Compare your internal self-image with how you actually appear on video to challenge distorted self-perception in social anxiety.
~20 min
Identify the distorted observer-perspective self-image that drives social anxiety — the "felt sense" of how you appear to others.
~20 min
Monitor and challenge the post-mortem rumination that follows social situations — a key maintenance factor in social anxiety.
~15 min
Compare the effects of self-focused attention vs external focus during social situations to test whether self-focus makes anxiety worse.
~10 min
Track changes in a specific social belief across multiple experiments — building cumulative evidence for an updated view of yourself in social situations.
~10 min
Track key belief conviction ratings before and after each therapy session to measure progress across treatment.
~5 min