Overcoming Shame-Based Social Anxiety and Shyness: A CBT Workbook to Move Past Feelings of Self-Consciousness or Defectiveness and Live with Confidence

By Larry Cohen, LICSW, A-CBT

This easy-to-use, comprehensive workbook will guide you, step by step, in learning and practicing the best evidence-based strategies and skills to overcome social anxiety and shame, and to build self-confidence and pride. This user-friendly workbook is helpful for both those suffering from social anxiety, and the therapists seeking to help them more effectively. This book has been endorsed by the foremost social anxiety researchers around the world (Richard Heimberg – US, David M. Clark – UK, Stefan Hofmann – Germany, Ronald Rapee – Australia), and a major leader and disseminator of CBT (Judith Beck – US). Learn how to conduct behavioral experiments to test and change your anxious thinking. Learn to identify, challenge and change your shame-based core beliefs. Learn how to focus mindfully on the conversation or activity in the moment, and treat your distressing thoughts like background noise. Learn how to drop self-defeating behaviors you’ve  been leaning on like crutches, and overcome self-critical rumination and worry. Extensive chapter supplements on specialized topics, as well as worksheets, questionnaires and resources are available online for free with this book.
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Watch this interview with Larry Cohen, cofounder and Chair Emeritus of the National Social Anxiety Center, about his CBT for social anxiety workbook he authored: Overcoming Shame-Based Social Anxiety and Shyness. The interview was conducted by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) on January 22, 2026.