Social Anxiety therapists in Queenswood Heights, Ontario ON, Canada CA
North Star Therapy-- Cleo Haber
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
We all have feelings of worry from time to time. However if these thoughts and feelings are persistent and you find you have constant worries about social interactions, what people may be thinking about you, how others perceive you and self-doubt in social situations, you may be struggling with social anxiety. Psychotherapy is a powerful tool to help manage and mitigate symptoms of social anxiety by uncovering the root cause of your worries. By understanding your fears and triggers, you can better navigate anxiety provoking situations and move through them with more ease and confidence.
23 Years Experience
Philippa Klein
Counsellor/Therapist, PSW, MSW
More and more people are suffering from social anxiety. The last few years have certainly not helped. Fortunately, social anxiety is one of the most treatable issues with therapy. The first step might be connecting with a therapist so that they can help you start to work on issues of fear and esteem. Taking this first step might be daunting, but the rewards of challenging social anxiety are so rewarding
11 Years Experience
Sierra Goldfinger
Registered Psychotherapist, RP (Qualifying)
As a therapist, and someone who has experienced social anxiety myself, I know how much effort it can take to navigate it. During therapy, it can often be helpful to get to know the social anxiety to feel more in control of it. This can allow us to develop a unique toolkit, best suited to you, to move through the anxiety and live your most meaningful and authentic life. I am here to support you in creating and applying this toolkit. Connect with me today for a free consultation to begin your journey.
3 Years Experience
Beyond Talk Psychotherapy
Licensed Psychoanalyst, RP, CAT, CCC, ATPQ, ACNN
A CBT and Narrative approach will be used to explore social anxiety. A narrative approach will be used to externalize social anxiety and understand the impact it is having on your life. A CBT approach will be used by focusing on the thoughts, behaviours, and your reaction to the situations to help lessen the anxious and fearful thoughts.
2 Years Experience
Kathleen King
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, Registered Social Worker
Social anxiety can feel debilitating, like an unhelpful voice telling you all the ways in which you aren't enough and how you will mess up. In therapy, we will use strategies to identify this voice outside of yourself, notice how it shows up in your body (e.g. tight chest, constricted throat), and challenge the unhelpful thoughts that feel so convincing.
9 Years Experience
Theresa Gregory, Lightbridge Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Masters in the Arts
Social anxiety can feel isolating, as our fear limits our lives in not being able to connect freely with others in a meaningful way. I can help you to explore your core issues that are holding you back from leading a happy and fulfilling life, so that you can feel more confident and self-assured in your social interactions.
4 Years Experience
Dr. Corinna Elliott
Psychologist, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Dr. Elliott administers Empirically Supported Treatments (EST's) within the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach for Social Anxiety Disorder including behavioural experiments and exposure and response prevention (ERP). She can also treat comorbid panic attacks.
12 Years Experience
Blake Anderson
Registered Social Worker, RSW, MSW, BA
I have worked with clients who struggle with social anxiety. I have worked have helped clients with social develop challenges, including struggling with reading social cues. I have helped my clients with greater confidence when engaging socially.
12 Years Experience
Emily Beeckmans
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, B.A., B.S.W., M.S.W., RSW, CHRP
I teach you different ways of thinking, behaving, and reacting to situations to help you feel less anxious and fearful.
26 Years Experience
EMDR Therapy Toronto - Heal Anxiety, PTSD, Childhood Trauma - Ayan Mukherjee
Registered Psychotherapist, Certified EMDR Therapist & Consultant
Social anxiety often originates in early teens when the child experiences social attachment deficits and experiences significant social rejection of some sort. It can also be exacerbated by lots of relocations, new schools, being ripped apart from one's established peer group, bullying, social ostracization, etc. It causes the person to develop an adaptation called "mind-reading" and being extremely self-conscious, self-critical and internally-focused during social interactions. I work with social anxiety by desensitizing and neutralizing root-cause trauma memories and imagined worst-case scenarios with EMDR Therapy. Guided imagery and Resource Tapping of an imaginary Ideal Friend who was always present in childhood school-related memories and always had your back, helps to further heal the social attachment deficit. The goal is to calm your survival brain in social situations, so that the relationship and connection-oriented parts of your nervous system can take over and help you feel calm and social. Email me for a free 30-min phone consultation to discuss more.
7 Years Experience