Online Social Anxiety therapists in California
Below is a list of therapists offering online sessions in California
Sean Sprigle
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC
Social anxiety can be crippling but you don’t have to live with it forever, it is treatable!
Sam Naimi
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, Psychotherapist, Psychoanalytic Candidate
Social anxiety can feel like a spotlight is constantly shining on you. Together in therapy we will work to understand why that spotlight feels so harsh or scary. By exploring past experiences and the critical voices they may have created, we can weaken their power.
Melanie Goetz
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I hope you can take a moment to celebrate your success in reaching out to start a new relationship. In working with social anxiety, we'll consider the exceptions in your life—the times when you have connected with strangers, when you’ve entered into a new social environment, when you’ve stayed longer at a social event. We’ll bring curiosity to what made those experiences exceptional for you. We’ll then bring those differences, as well as, newly learned skills into corrective experiences in the therapy room and the least risky environments for you outside of therapy. We will likely use EMDR and somatic therapy approaches to work through the engrained difficult messages and bodily experiences of social anxiety from your past to increase your confidence in your capacity for present and future social connections.
Vanessa Wolter Holistic Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I have extensive experience working with social anxiety and also run a social anxiety therapy group called Social Anxiety, Shyness and Highly Sensitive Person Group. Social anxiety is often experienced as intense self-consciousness and a fear of being negatively judged by others and can get in the way of relationships and living the life we want. I help clients get to the root of their social anxiety. Understanding where it came from gives us clues as to what the anxiety is trying to protect or prevent. Often there are social traumas that created an intense vigilance and harsh inner critic as protectors. However, these protections likely have become outdated. With empathy I help clients heal and transform these painful moments to create a more compassionate and empowered self narrative so that they can safe again to connect with the world and people around them.
Heather Marriatori
Psychologist, PhD
Social anxiety can come in many forms from sweaty palms to out right panic attacks. There’s no reason you should have to suffer through it any longer. Drop me a line and let’s talk about how to get you feeling confident and in control.
Dr. Rebecca Scott, Psy.D
Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist, Certified in Holistic Health
I can provide support for social anxiety including CBT techniques and lower overall stress level.
Dr. Glenn Francis
Marriage and Family Therapist, Psy.D., MFT
I know the agony of social anxiety. I am, if you like, an expert in it. Which means, I can help you find compassion for yourself, and the gradual allowance of who and how you are in social life, and the expansion of a certain ease and freedom in this respect that can seem unthinkable at the beginning of the journey.
Christina L. Gietzen-Haraden
Psychologist, Psy.D
Social anxiety is a debilitating condition that impacts millions of people. If left untreated, this condition can worsen over time leading to several negative outcomes. Dr. Christina Gietzen has over 20+ years of experience successfully helping individuals develop tools for recovery from social anxiety utilizing a multimodal approach to treatment including psychotherapy, mindfulness, and neurofeedback.
Shadi Souferian
Psychologist, Psy.D
Social anxiety can be paralyzing and can prevent you from living a fulfilling life. Therapy offers skills and techniques to help reduce anxiety and work through the fears preventing you to connect with others and live the life you want.
Dr. Christina Charlotin
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Social Phobia, performance anxiety, imposture syndrome.
Daniela Bumann
Life Coach, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Coach
Are you tired of destructive habits and social anxiety in your life? Recognize and get past limiting beliefs to live the life you WANT & deserve! In a positive and judgement free zone, learn NEW skills and strategies to achieve your goals and maximize your life - living it on your terms!
Jeffrey Gianelli
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Social Anxiety is one of the toughest things to struggle with because it hits us right where things matter most- our connections with others. It can feel like an oppressive force that won't allow you to be who you are or to experience the connections with others that you would like. However, oftentimes it comes from a place of hurt and trauma, or even just the negative things we learned to tell ourselves based on growing up in a society where we are constantly comparing ourselves to others. But, we can learn to get in touch with the wounded and hurt parts or ourselves, the self critical and judgmental parts, and help them to feel more safe and at ease. Social Anxiety does not have to rule your life! There are some many different tools and skills. You can learn to work with it instead of against yourself.
Danielle LaRoche
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, CCTP
Through the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other evidence based practices, clients are able to find relief through changing thought patterns and creating new associations. My approach includes helping your autonomic nervous system to return to a calm state even while experiencing triggering situations.
Dr. Ingrid Solano
Psychologist, PhD
I work with both adults and adolescents on an individual basis. Individual psychotherapy helps clients deal with particular issues, symptoms, and stressors. My goal is to provide a safe, non judgmental space for you to explore who you are, how you relate to others, and what supports you on your journey to become your best self. I lean into, listen, understand, and enhance authentic expression. Together we create a collaborative process of transformation. What that means and what that looks like is different for everyone...
I offer evidence-based therapies from a curious, nonjudgmental philosophy. No matter where you have been, evidence-based therapies focus on changing the now. I strive to help my clients experience the world mindfully, and in accordance with their personal values. Through our work in cultivating an affirming, authentic, and non-judgmental therapeutic relationship, I provide support while we collaboratively deconstruct what is causing distress in your life and preventing you from being your most effective and authentic self. Individual therapy facilitates insight and growth, becoming more effective at actualizing your values, and building more authentic relationships with yourself and with others.
While there are many forms of therapy you can pursue, my expertise is in time-limited, evidence-based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies (CBT), the Unified Protocol for emotional disorders, and third wave CBT such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness based interventions. (I do have experience in, and practice, an eclectic arrangement of other modalities as well-- when applicable or specifically requested.) We explore thoughts, beliefs, and understanding, while also prioritizing behavioral processes that focus on your contexts and the functions of how you relate to your internal experiences. CBT is designed to help individuals notice and shift their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in order to get relief from painful emotions such as anxiety and sadness.
Third wave interventions also promote well-being through developing coping skills, personal values, and metacognition that complement traditional CBT interventions. I provide flexible, customizable approaches that look different with each patient. I empower my clients to discover their strength, clarity, creativity, autonomy, resilience, motivation, and confidence in meeting whatever happens next. I provide individualized tools to use in everyday decision-making that will help those changes last. With these modalities I treat individuals who are impacted by depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationship distress, burnout, divorce, loss, uncertainty, stigma, and other life experiences, diagnoses, and stressors. We explore the sources, experiences, and beliefs that impact how you relate with the world and implement change in your life. You are the expert on you, but are you your most effective and content self?
Raquel Molina
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Most of the clients I work with have some form of social anxiety. I enjoy supporting my clients by giving them tools and skills they can use to overcome fear and increase the ability to tolerate and enjoy social interactions.
John Jakubowski
Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT, APCC
Social anxiety, in my opinion, is a completely normal reaction to a world that has become increasingly hard to navigate, interpret and understand. The last few years have been devastating for people trying to function, yet alone trying to make sense of the world around them.
I work with clients to reframe their experience into an affirming, compassionate narrative that helps them see the beauty in both themselves and their environment.
Liv Hua
Life Coach, Board Certified Coach from the Centre of Credentialing Education , PhD in Educational Psychology from the Department of Education and Counselling Psychology, McGill University
Navigate the journey from shyness and social anxiety to social confidence with a coach who brings a nuanced understanding of social anxiety's roots in neurobiology and life experiences. Leveraging strategies proven to enhance social skills and self-esteem, I specialize in transforming the fear of judgment and rejection into opportunities for growth. My approach, informed by the latest research and tailored to individual needs, empowers you to overcome social anxiety by fostering positive self-perception and mastering effective social interaction techniques. With me, you'll learn not just to manage social anxiety but to thrive in the connections you've always desired.
Shaudi Adel - Online / Virtual Therapy
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
FREE consultations! I have worked with many clients with social anxiety and perceiving judgments from others in social settings. Together, we will identify barriers to enhancing your interpersonal skills so you can build fulfilling relationships that allow you to engage in the present moment.
David Strah
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
I work with my clients to help them identify strengths and then apply them to areas of their life they are not as confident in
Teresa Rimmer
Marriage and Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Social Anxiety can be debilitating. There are techniques and exercises that can be learned to help manage these symptoms. Once the symptoms are under control, we can delve into the underlying factors of the anxiety and pain.