Online Social Anxiety therapists in United Kingdom
Below is a list of therapists offering online sessions in Kingdom
Social Anxiety
Claudia Behnke
Registered Psychotherapist, Ma (Psych), PGDip Psychosynthesis Psychology, Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, UKCP accredited
Living with social anxiety can feel like an ongoing battle, impacting your ability to connect and thrive. I've worked with numerous clients facing the intricate challenges social anxiety presents. Our sessions offer a secure space for you to confront your fears head-on, delving into the underlying issues that trigger anxious feelings in social settings. Together, we'll develop tailored strategies aimed at easing your discomfort, enhancing your communication skills, and bolstering your self-confidence. Ultimately, the work aims to lessen the grip of social anxiety, enabling more meaningful interactions and a richer life experience.
6 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Sara Aicart-Pendlebury
Art Therapist, Human Givens Practitioner (HG.Dip.P), Member of Human Givens Institute, IFS therapist Levels 1&2, Narm Practitioner
We all need to experience some degree of anxiety at times – it would be unnatural not to feel any of its symptoms, such as racing pulse, dry mouth, sweatiness and shallow breathing, just before a big speech or exam, for instance – as it helps get us motivated to act. But excessive anxiety causes problems. Excessive anxiety may develop gradually, starting, perhaps, with loneliness after the loss of a loved one; being too shy to make new friends when moving somewhere new; experiencing unwelcome life changes because of chronic illness and pain; or feeling loaded down with too much responsibility – all cases of unmet emotional needs.
When people worry excessively, it is in essence because important emotional needs, such as for safety, connection or status, are not being met. That’s why the human givens approach, which focuses on helping people in distress find healthy ways to meet their emotional needs, is so effective.
For some people, anxiety can develop suddenly, after they are caught up in some tragic disaster, such as a fire or a crash, or are the victims of violence, and their lives become ruled by fear. (This is known as post-traumatic stress.) Anxiety may also take the form of obsessions, compulsions, phobias or a nagging feeling of foreboding – all of which are attempts to ward off a sense of threat.
Yet, as we know, some people face such circumstances without becoming overly anxious, while others end up almost crippled by anxiety. How we explain the negative events that happen to us has a considerable bearing on whether we are likely to suffer from excessive anxiety. Three particular types of thinking are especially connected with its development and its close partner, depression: how personally people take events (they think everything is their fault or that they didn’t get the job because they weren’t good enough, rather than because the competition was particularly stiff); how pervasive they think the effects will be (if they lose their job, they think everything in their world is going wrong, even though their relationship is still strong and they have their health, good friends, etc); and how permanent(they will never get another job, partner, dream house like that one, etc).
People who suffer badly from anxiety also tend to have a lot of negative thoughts running through their minds that they don’t even notice (“I’ll never cope”; “it’s going to be awful”; “no one likes me”) and commonly catastrophise (“I’m going to be late. My boss will sack me!”) Changing negative self-talk and challenging catastrophic thinking help lower stress levels.
Another major cause of troublesome anxiety is negative over-imagination. Anxious people tend to spend a lot of time worrying “What if?”, coming up with a whole variety of dreadful outcomes for themselves or their loved ones. This keeps them in a constant state of high emotional arousal and can take the extreme forms of phobias or obsessive-compulsive disorders. Learning to use the imagination positively – by calmly rehearsing mentally tried and tested techniques (such as deep breathing and distracting thoughts) for dealing with feared or worrisome situations – is very effective. Calming ourselves down, when anxious, is extremely important because high emotional arousal makes us stupid. We literally can’t think straight and that makes the situation worse.
Human givens practitioners can show people how to relax, so that they can bring their own arousal and stress levels down, and how to use their imaginations positively, to rehearse successful outcomes instead of bad ones. They can also help people overcome phobias, panic attacks and traumatic memories quickly and painlessly. And, very importantly, they will encourage people to find ways to reduce their stress and also focus outwards on fulfilling activities (maybe involving the wellbeing of others as well as themselves) – excellent ways of getting their own needs met.
15 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Aleksei Panov
Registered Psychotherapist, MA Psy, MS Psy, RP
For dealing with social anxiety, first of all, I help my clients to manage their physical symptoms of anxiety and then they are able to take control of their bodies, secondly we try to identify automatic negative thoughts and learn how to deal with them and challenge them. We learn how to accept ourselves, and stop worrying about other people's opinions.
15 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Heather Macfarlane
Registered Psychotherapist, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Like any type of anxiety, social anxiety, leaves us living a limited, smaller life than we might do without it. I can offer a supportive, understanding environment to help you tackle the crippling emotions related to this condition to help you move towards a more relaxed, fulfilled life.
15 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Alison Edwards Therapy, Coaching & Supervision
Psychologist, CBT Therapist, FMBPsS, MA (Hons), MSc, CertCouns, MSc
I provide Cognitive Behaviour Therapy which is the recommended psychological therapy for social anxiety/ social phobia. I have several years experience of supporting clients who have been bullied at school or gone through workplace bullying or harassment. I can also provide CBT for traumas and PTSD.
16 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Tamzin Brain@HypnoChange4U
Therapist, Ad.Dip.CP, DipHyp CS, Dip CP, MNCS (Acc), MHS, Counselling Cert, CACHE3, B.A. Honours Degree PsyCrim
"Before I tried hypnotherapy I heard many stories how people lost weight without having operation, stopped smoking, got rid of different fears. My problem was I couldn’t answer the phone in the office while my colleagues were working close to my desk. I was not confident dealing with people on the phone and it was destroying me every day. This was my first experience having hypnotherapy. The session itself was very pleasant, I was so relaxed and calm like never before. After the hypnotherapy I started feeling different. It is strange, I got this confidence that I was always lacking. I couldn’t get this confidence myself and during the hypnosis session my unconscious mind was told to be confident. It is amazing how well it works! Our brain is powerful to change everything but sometimes we need a little help." (Lina)
13 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Adrian Sonnex, Wellbeing Hypnotherapy & Mindfulness
Therapist, DCH, DHP, MCH, MBCT, SQHP
We help many of our clients resolve / beat their social anxiety and other anxieties, such as performance anxiety and General Anxiety Disorder (GAD). We use a combination of Hypnotherapy and Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for Anxiety. Let us help you now.
17 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Dr Aneliya Gonsard
Psychologist, DClinPscy, MSc, BA
Through my training and practice I have come to understand social anxiety as another expression of interpersonal and communication difficulties that can bring much suffering to peole who experience it. Not only due to the feelings of often intense anxiety itself, but also through avoiding anxiety-inducing situations and thus often missing out on opportunities to be with others, develop and enjoy life.
I work psychoanalytically, which means that what I offer is a space to think about these experiences in a deeper way - as part of your overall functioning and inner life, as opposed to focusing solely on symptom reduction.
14 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Dr Grenville Major
Therapist, MBchB, MRCpsych, MSc psychological therapies
Social anxiety, like many other conditions that present with anxiety is amenable to therapy. Often there are unique features but working through these can help detoxify the fear and panic and help you into a more normal life. I would like to meet with you to see what can be done to help you. This will enable us to get to know each other and see if we can work together. It’s important for you to work with someone you trust and feel safe with.
43 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Jerry Ramsden
Counsellor/Therapist, (Dip.Couns)
Experienced and knowledgeable in working with social anxiety.
20 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Dr. L. Pittman
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I have worked throughout my career to help individuals (children, adolescents, and adults) identify who and/or what contributes to their social anxiety. I help them subsequently identify what is in their control as they anticipate being in those settings in an effort to take the power away from what has historically contributed to their fears associated with their anxiety in those settings.
21 Years Experience
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Social Anxiety
Donna Mitchell
Registered Psychotherapist, MA
I find the way we feel around others has a lot do with how we feel towards ourselves. I naturally see the best in people and can work with you to be more on your own team and less self critical. We can work to increase your confidence by changing how you see yourself and talk to yourself.
6 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Josh Dolin: Purpose Pathfinder
Life Coach
For social anxiety, therapy aims at understanding the underlying fears and developing skills to manage anxiety in social situations. Strategies may include gradual exposure to feared situations and cognitive restructuring. Embark on your journey to manage social anxiety by scheduling a complimentary 15-minute consultation, where we'll discuss personalized treatment strategies.
21 Years Experience
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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Multiple Canadian Provinces
Social Anxiety
Janine & ComposurePsychology Team
Psychologist, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, HCPC & BPS registered, DClinPsy, CSAccred.(AAC), MPhil (cantab)
All of our Clinical Psychologists at ComposurePsychology are highly experienced in helping people understand, manage and overcome social anxiety, fears, nervousness, worry and panic. We draw from evidence based therapies including; CBT, ACT, CFT, SFT, DBT, EMDR, systemic, narrative, psychodynamic and others.
11 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Dr David Tilbrook
Psychologist, Chartered Clinical Psychologist Specialising in Psychotherapy with Senior Practitioner Status
Underlying concerns about how others might be seeing us is often a mixture of important and complex feelings about how we have been treated in the past and our responses to those experiences, along with our desires and wishes for satisfying relationships and interactions. We will work effectively to clarify these processes and support you to work through and overcome any internal emotional obstacles so you can feel confident and strong in your relationships.
24 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Lakis Elezoglou
Psychologist, Psychologist (Merit), Positive Thinking Counsellor (Excellent), Biomedical Scientist (BSc. - Hons), Pharmacy (MSc. - Distinction)
My personal journey in social anxiety and the techniques I use, can help you.
4 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Mary Knoblock
Hypnotherapist, Licensed RTT Practitioner, Clinical Hypnotist, Duke Certified Health Coach, Spiritual Counselor
We help reduce your social anxiety and help you find your inner strength and self confidence to be comfortable in social settings again. RTT, Hypnosis, the emotion code, health coaching and spiritual counseling can all help you feel better and move through the social anxiety.
9 Years Experience
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Multiple Canadian Provinces
Social Anxiety
Estelle Dooley
Counsellor/Therapist, Accredited, MA in Counselling & Psychotherapy, MBACP Reg
I offer compassionate support and evidence-based strategies to help individuals overcome the debilitating effects of social anxiety. With a deep understanding of the challenges faced by those grappling with social anxiety, I provide a safe and non-judgmental environment for clients to explore their fears and develop effective coping mechanisms. Drawing upon my expertise and extensive experience, I empower clients to gradually face their social fears, build confidence, and ultimately thrive in social situations with greater ease and comfort.
18 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Kamran Bedi
Therapist, Advanced Anxiety/PTSD treatment and Confidence building. Fast results. IEMT, NLP, Hypnotherapy.
I am experienced working with anxiety and can offer tools and resources to help improve anxiety and confidence.
11 Years Experience
Social Anxiety
Melissa Pickett, LPCC
Licensed Professional Counsellor
I normally treat social anxiety with CBT, ACT and/or ERP. ERP has been shown to be effective in treating social anxiety disorders, coming up with ways to challenge the anxiety and fears.
My plan is to start with less anxiety provoking situations (even imaginary situations!) and working our way up to more challenging ones as we accomplish the smaller goals.
9 Years Experience