Social Anxiety therapists in Bonnyrigg, Scotland Scotland, United Kingdom GB
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Social Anxiety
Heather Macfarlane
Registered Psychotherapist, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Like any type of anxiety, social anxiety, leaves us living a limited, smaller life than we might do without it. I can offer a supportive, understanding environment to help you tackle the crippling emotions related to this condition to help you move towards a more relaxed, fulfilled life.
15 Years Experience
Online in Bonnyrigg, Scotland (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Mario Uosis-Martin
Counsellor/Therapist, PGDip (Level 7) Advanced Psychotherapy
Social anxiety can make everyday interactions feel overwhelming, but online therapy can help you regain confidence and control. I offer support to clients across the UK and EU who are struggling with social anxiety, providing a safe space to explore your fears and anxieties. With my guidance, we will work together to develop coping strategies, challenge negative thought patterns, and empower you to engage more comfortably in social situations.
6 Years Experience
Online in Bonnyrigg, Scotland (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Birgit Schreiber
Psychologist, PhD and MA in Psychology
Our approach includes a gentle step by step - using small but deft steps towards a more satisfying social life.
24 Years Experience
Online in Bonnyrigg, Scotland (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Debbie Debonaire
Counsellor/Therapist, BA Hons, IMTTA, Heartmath Coach
Social anxiety therapy, known as Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) Counseling, is aimed at helping individuals overcome debilitating fears and discomfort in social situations. This therapeutic approach is vital for those experiencing intense anxiety, self-consciousness, or avoidance behaviour in social settings, impacting their personal and professional lives. I include treatments like cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), talk therapy, exposure therapy, and social skills training to assist clients in understanding and managing their anxiety, gradually increasing their confidence and ability to engage socially. Guiding individuals toward greater social ease, improved relationships, and enhanced quality of life.
8 Years Experience
Online in Bonnyrigg, Scotland (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Sara Aicart-Pendlebury
Art Therapist, Human Givens Practitioner (HG.Dip.P), Member of Human Givens Institute, IFS therapist Levels 1&2, Narm Practitioner
We all need to experience some degree of anxiety at times – it would be unnatural not to feel any of its symptoms, such as racing pulse, dry mouth, sweatiness and shallow breathing, just before a big speech or exam, for instance – as it helps get us motivated to act. But excessive anxiety causes problems. Excessive anxiety may develop gradually, starting, perhaps, with loneliness after the loss of a loved one; being too shy to make new friends when moving somewhere new; experiencing unwelcome life changes because of chronic illness and pain; or feeling loaded down with too much responsibility – all cases of unmet emotional needs.
When people worry excessively, it is in essence because important emotional needs, such as for safety, connection or status, are not being met. That’s why the human givens approach, which focuses on helping people in distress find healthy ways to meet their emotional needs, is so effective.
For some people, anxiety can develop suddenly, after they are caught up in some tragic disaster, such as a fire or a crash, or are the victims of violence, and their lives become ruled by fear. (This is known as post-traumatic stress.) Anxiety may also take the form of obsessions, compulsions, phobias or a nagging feeling of foreboding – all of which are attempts to ward off a sense of threat.
Yet, as we know, some people face such circumstances without becoming overly anxious, while others end up almost crippled by anxiety. How we explain the negative events that happen to us has a considerable bearing on whether we are likely to suffer from excessive anxiety. Three particular types of thinking are especially connected with its development and its close partner, depression: how personally people take events (they think everything is their fault or that they didn’t get the job because they weren’t good enough, rather than because the competition was particularly stiff); how pervasive they think the effects will be (if they lose their job, they think everything in their world is going wrong, even though their relationship is still strong and they have their health, good friends, etc); and how permanent(they will never get another job, partner, dream house like that one, etc).
People who suffer badly from anxiety also tend to have a lot of negative thoughts running through their minds that they don’t even notice (“I’ll never cope”; “it’s going to be awful”; “no one likes me”) and commonly catastrophise (“I’m going to be late. My boss will sack me!”) Changing negative self-talk and challenging catastrophic thinking help lower stress levels.
Another major cause of troublesome anxiety is negative over-imagination. Anxious people tend to spend a lot of time worrying “What if?”, coming up with a whole variety of dreadful outcomes for themselves or their loved ones. This keeps them in a constant state of high emotional arousal and can take the extreme forms of phobias or obsessive-compulsive disorders. Learning to use the imagination positively – by calmly rehearsing mentally tried and tested techniques (such as deep breathing and distracting thoughts) for dealing with feared or worrisome situations – is very effective. Calming ourselves down, when anxious, is extremely important because high emotional arousal makes us stupid. We literally can’t think straight and that makes the situation worse.
Human givens practitioners can show people how to relax, so that they can bring their own arousal and stress levels down, and how to use their imaginations positively, to rehearse successful outcomes instead of bad ones. They can also help people overcome phobias, panic attacks and traumatic memories quickly and painlessly. And, very importantly, they will encourage people to find ways to reduce their stress and also focus outwards on fulfilling activities (maybe involving the wellbeing of others as well as themselves) – excellent ways of getting their own needs met.
15 Years Experience
Online in Bonnyrigg, Scotland