Overcome Social Anxiety & Build Confidence

Feel secure and confident in yourself. Take charge of your social life again!
What you'll learn
Create strategic plan to overcome social anxiety
Identify triggers and manage them
Learn to create distance from anxious thoughts
Mindfulness exercises for anxiety
Connecting with inner self for confidence
Requirements
No
Description
Your mind races. Your palms sweat. The words don't come out of your mouth right, if they come at all. We've all been there at one time or another. And some of us get it worse than others, and more frequently. Social anxiety. Nobody wants to look stupid or be embarrassed. You might know someone with social anxiety if you have a friend or loved one who does their best to avoid social situations—or appears overwhelmed whenever they are introduced to new people. Social anxiety disorder is the second most common type of anxiety disorder in the U.S. and is said to affect 15 million adults.What is social anxiety?Social anxiety is anxiety that occurs when anticipating or engaging in some type of social situation, such as public speaking, meeting new people or going to a party. "Most people experience some worry in different social situations, however, when it becomes such an intense fear over a long period of time and leads to avoidance or suffering through of most social interactions, this is what in practice is termed social anxiety disorder or social phobia.To an outsider, a person with social anxiety disorder is often mistaken for being shy or timid, but experts note that the situation is much more serious than that. Social anxiety is not just nervousness that anyone might experience before interacting with others. It is highly crippling, even painful to deal with.In this course you will learn the diagnosis of social anxiety, GAD, and shyness so that you can be more aware of specific symptoms. You will also learn how to identify the triggers that cause you anxiety. And at last you will learn how to manage these triggers and physical sensations of anxiety. You will be able to create a anxiety coping plan so that you come out of it and become confident enough to join social gatherings and spend quality time.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Lecture 1 Course Introduction - Acceptance and Commitment for Social Anxiety
Lecture 2 Course Structure
Lecture 3 What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?
Lecture 4 Psychological Flexibility
Section 2: Understanding Social Anxiety
Lecture 5 What is Social Anxiety?
Lecture 6 DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder
Lecture 7 DSM-IV-TR Criteria for SAD
Lecture 8 Identifying triggers that cause social anxiety
Lecture 9 SPIN social phobia inventory
Lecture 10 Safety Mode: The costs of pursuing "Safety"
Lecture 11 Understanding Safety Mode
Lecture 12 Different types of Safety Behaviours
Lecture 13 Outright Avoidance
Lecture 14 Other safety behaviors
Section 3: Mindfulness Skills of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Lecture 15 Understanding Mindfulness
Lecture 16 Three Aspects of Mindfulness
Lecture 17 Guided Mindfulness Breathing Exercise
Lecture 18 Mindfulness Breathing 2
Lecture 19 Focusing on single minute
Lecture 20 Focusing on single object
Lecture 21 Guided Focusing on Single Object
Lecture 22 Band of light
Lecture 23 Inner outer meditation
Lecture 24 Record 3 Minutes of your thoughts
Lecture 25 Describing your emotions
Section 4: Acceptance of ABS with Observation
Lecture 26 Paying Mindful Attention to Your Body in Stillness
Lecture 27 Strengthening your ABS
Lecture 28 Acceptance of Anxiety
Lecture 29 Words of Acceptance
Lecture 30 Exploring Acceptance
Section 5: Muscle Relaxation Exercises
Lecture 31 CBT Relaxation Exercises
Lecture 32 Managing Anxiety
Lecture 33 Abdominal Breathing
Lecture 34 Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Lecture 35 Relaxation without Tension
Lecture 36 Cue Controlled Relaxation
Section 6: Commitment to Values
Lecture 37 Section Overview
Lecture 38 The compass metaphor
Lecture 39 Uncovering your Values and Goals
Lecture 40 What is important to you?
Lecture 41 Identifying your values and goals
Section 7: 15 Thought Defusion Techniques
Lecture 42 Section Overview
Lecture 43 Introduction
Lecture 44 What is Cognitive Defusion
Lecture 45 Self as Context
Lecture 46 Anxious Thoughts
Lecture 47 Limited Thinking Patterns
Lecture 48 Composing Balanced Thoughts
Lecture 49 The Thought That
Lecture 50 Labeling your thoughts
Lecture 51 Ditching the meaning of thoughts
Lecture 52 Waterfall Metaphore
Lecture 53 Helpful questions for unhelpful thoughts
Lecture 54 Leaves Floating
Lecture 55 19 Metaphors for Thoughts
Lecture 56 Exercise 1: The sky & the weather
Lecture 57 Exercise 2: Name the story
Lecture 58 Exercise 3: Type it out
Lecture 59 Exercise 4: Passengers on the bus
Lecture 60 Exercise 5: Carrying Cards
Lecture 61 Exercise 6: Say it slowly
Section 8: Taking Committed Action
Lecture 62 Committed Action
Lecture 63 VITAL - How to take action
Lecture 64 Bringing it all together
Lecture 65 Conclusion
Lecture 66 Course Completion
Anyone struggling with social anxiety
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