Social Anxiety Help

Video Introduction to
Larry Cohen, LICSW & Social Anxiety Help

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Hi. My name is Larry Cohen. In my work with clients, I use a really practical, active and results-oriented approach called cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). I don’t spend much time at all on trying to figure out the past origins and history of your problems. Instead, I help you learn and apply specific strategies, skills and techniques so you can overcome your problems in the present, and achieve whatever personal therapy goals you choose for yourself, such as: socializing, making friends, forming relationships, being assertive, public speaking, advancing your career, and improving your mood and self-confidence.

Together with you, we figure our the vicious cycles you unintentionally engage in–cycles of distorted thoughts, upsetting feelings, unhealthy core beliefs, and self-defeating behaviors–cycles that help cause your problems and make you feel stuck. And then, we experiment with different ways of breaking those vicious cycles by applying the strategies, skills and techniques that I train and guide you in.

It’ll take hard work and determination on both of our parts. But if you’re really committed to doing the therapy homework regularly–homework that you choose for yourself in collaboration with me–you’re very likely to be making significant progress toward your goals in a matter of a few months.

It’s my objective to help train you to become your own personal therapist. In other words, when we end our work together, I leave you with insights, strategies, skills and techniques that you can continue using on your own to help you reach further goals and handle future problems.

Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you.

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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