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Social Anxiety: Doing exposure without feeling bad?

I answer janpaulvb's question about how to do exposure exercises without feeling bad afterwards. I discuss how social anxiety exposure can be different from exposure with other fears, comparing ourselves to others and automatic negative thoughts.

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Why Behavioral Therapy Alone Does Not Work for Social Anxiety

By Dr. Richards, director of Social Anxiety Institute *I found this handout yesterday and it gave me an aha as to why my progress was not moving faster. We need the cognitive material really, really sunk into our brains before going out and doing extreme high exposure. Hopefully this will give you some insight into how CBT works. (HUGS!) to everybody who needs one.

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