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Welcome
SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
**Refresher CBT Session and new course - see below**
Welcome to the Social Anxiety Therapy website. We specialise in providing therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)for sufferers like you, particularly if you are within travelling distance of Ealing, Twickenham, West London and Guildford/Surrey.
Social anxiety is the fear of social situations and the interaction with other people that can automatically bring on feelings of self-consciousness, judgment, evaluation, low self esteem, low self confidence and inferiority.
Put another way, social anxiety is the fear and anxiety of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people, leading to feelings of inadequacy, embarrassment, humiliation, and depression.
If a person usually becomes anxious in social situations, but seems fine when they are alone, then "social anxiety" may be the problem.
Social anxiety disorder (formerly termed "social phobia") is a much more common problem than past estimates have led us to believe. Millions of people all over the world suffer from this devastating and traumatic problem every day, either from a specific social anxiety or from a more generalized social anxiety. It is estimated that at any one time 7-8% of the population of the UK are suffering and that there is a one in eight chance of a person suffering from Social Anxiety Disorder during their lifetime.
We have been running successful Social Anxiety Therapy groups for over 6 years. The groups are run solely for sufferers of Social Anxiety as this has been proven to be the best method.
'Conquering Social Anxiety - A Structured CBT Course' is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach as, again, this has been shown to be most effective. It is based largely on the work of Dr Thomas Richards of The Social Anxiety Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, Professor Ron Rapee of Maquarie University in Sidney, Australia, Gillian Butler and Professor David Clark. The full course covers 15 sessions and these are split into cognitive and behavioural activities. There is also an optional 5 week S.A. Life Skills course which follows on from the main course.
Individuals will be accepted for group therapy only after their suitability is established at a one-to-one session, normally held in Staines or Twickenham. Group sessions are currently held on Monday and Wednesday evenings in the Twickenham Therapy Centre; additional daytime groups may be organised in other locations.
If you feel that you may suffer from Social Anxiety Disorder, contact us for an initial assessment and further details
Call 07811 395 868 or 0208 892 7610
or email pr@peterralph.com
Latest News
A new CBT Therapy Course will be starting on 8th March and assessment sessions are now being carried out in order to allocate places. For further details see the "Therapy Groups" page.
A 5 week Life Skills Coaching course will run from Tuseday 8th March. This is especially structured for individuals who have completed the 15 week "Conquering Social Anxiety" course.
Contact Peter on 07811 395868 or pr@peterralph.com for further details.
A CBT Refresher Session for past and present attendees of the TwickenhamSA CBT Therapy Course is taking place on the morning of Saturday 27th March from 10.00 - 12.00 at the Twickenham Therapy Centre, 1st Floor, 100 Heath Road, Twickenham TW1 4BW
These sessions are now held monthly, on the last Saturday of each month, due to popular demand/listening to fedback.
The event is structured to give you a "top-up" and a chance to meet ot listening to feedbackher SA people. So, to Refresh, Rejuvinate and Reinforce your strategies, come along!
The morning will start with various cognitive strategies for future use, so please try to arrive promptly. You will then have the opportunity to practise Conversations, Mingling and Small Talk during the break, followed by behaviourals. Please think about any current issues that you may have so that we can discuss how to handle them within the group. I will be available, by prior arrangement, to discuss matters with you on an individual basis before or after the main session if required.
Refreshments will be provided and a nominal charge of just £5 will be made to cover the use of the venue, handout material and refreshments.
We are also experienced in helping clients who have experienced difficulties with :
- Stress
- Relationships
- Panic Attacks
- Anxiety
- Self Esteem
- Self Confidence
- Financial Anxiety
- Bereavement
- Redundancy
- Depression
- Addiction
- Smoking
We work with both individuals and couples on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it more fully. We are also trained to work with children with anxiety and depression issues, including Social Anxiety Disorder. We are based at the Twickenham Therapy Centre in the centre of Twickenham, London.
www.peterralph.com
1st Floor, 100 Heath Road, Twickenham TW1 4BW
07811 395868
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