Social Anxiety therapists in Arroyo Grande, California CA
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Social Anxiety
Miriam Adrianowicz
Psychologist, PsyD
Humans are social creatures, so when interacting with others creates anxiety, it interferes with our wellbeing. Together, we'll explore your thoughts and feelings and find ways to challenge avoidance and raise self-esteem.
11 Years Experience
Online in Arroyo Grande, California
Social Anxiety
Make Marriage Better
Psychologist, Ph.D.
At Make Marriage Better, we approach social anxiety with the understanding that it often arises from deeply rooted fears of judgment, rejection, or inadequacy. Our method focuses on uncovering the most fundamental layer of this, or the "core fear", and identifying the “chief defense” individuals develop to protect themselves, such as avoidance, excessive people-pleasing, or self-criticism. Using the Deconstructing Anxiety™ model, we guide clients to do the opposite of these defenses, allowing them to gradually face their fears in a safe, supportive way. This approach helps clients build confidence, enhance their communication skills, and experience greater ease in social settings. As they gain a stronger sense of self, individuals find their relationships and social connections improve, fostering a more fulfilling and connected life.
39 Years Experience
Online in Arroyo Grande, California (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Dr. David Shapiro
Psychologist, California Licensed Psychologist (License# PSY17495)
Social Anxiety is a frequent presenting concern for clients. Often this results in and is perpetuated by avoidance of social situations, and quite frequently is accompanies by uncomfortable physiologic reactions in social situations experienced as threatening. Usually it is the avoidance of the threatening situations that prevent the person from becoming desensitized. On a very simple level, supporting my clients in developing effective ways to calm themselves such as through relaxation training, meditation, or even clinical hypnosis then can be used to help them be able to tolerate gradually increasing their exposure to the threatening situations. If desired, I can support clients in applying a behavioral approach to social anxiety using techniques such as systematic desensitization. Frequently too do I augment this with clinical hypnosis in preparing clients for successfully expanding their social activity. In other cases, working with the beliefs and expectations they have can be helpful using cognitive therapy, either formally or in a more conversational approach. A guiding principal I apply is to empower the client to be actively involved in planning the approach and to continually emphasize the choices they are making rather than have them experience themselves as passively participating in a treatment.
24 Years Experience
Online in Arroyo Grande, California
Social Anxiety
Stacy Costopoulos Smith
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, PAT-P
If you're a highly sensitive person, adult diagnosed late in life with some form or neurocomplexity, shy, "slow to warm" or any description in this vicinity, please know that you are in like company with me. I listen to what life is like for you and help you shift into relating to yourself in a way that honors all of the individual uniqueness you hold. It is absolutely possible to live in the world authentically and feel connected to others. Through IFS and other trauma-focused approaches if appropriate, we will gain clarity what your system needs in order to connect with others. We'll introduce safety internally and embark on a healing journey that will help you invest in safe relationships externally.
7 Years Experience
Online in Arroyo Grande, California
Social Anxiety
Mitsue Nakagaki Karaman
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC
Anxiety is a part of all of our lives, often as a way to keep us safe. While it isn't inherently bad, it may feel overwhelming at times and social anxiety in particular can be challenging as it keeps us from creating the connections we wish to have. I support teens and adults of all ages navigate anxiety and overwhelm to begin to participate in interpersonal situations in new and different ways. Because anxiety expresses itself in our minds and bodies, I use a holistic approach that explores and integrates our cognitions, emotions and physical responses.
6 Years Experience
Online in Arroyo Grande, California (Online Only)