Online Social Anxiety therapists in Sorrento Valley, California CA
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Social Anxiety
Holly Hall, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Social anxiety can make everyday interactions feel overwhelming—whether it's speaking up in meetings, attending social gatherings, meeting new people, or even making small talk. The fear of being judged, embarrassed, or rejected can lead to avoidance that limits your personal and professional life, leaving you feeling isolated and frustrated.
I specialize in helping clients overcome social anxiety using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the most effective evidence-based treatment for this condition. Together, we'll identify the anxious thoughts that fuel your fear—beliefs like "everyone will think I'm stupid" or "I'll embarrass myself"—and learn to challenge and reframe them with more realistic, balanced thinking. My goal is to help you engage more fully in life—to pursue opportunities, build meaningful connections, and feel comfortable being yourself in social situations. Social anxiety is highly treatable, and with the right tools and support, you can experience genuine freedom and confidence.
6 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Barry Ross
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I am a psychologist, marriage family therapist, bioenergetic analyst, and psychoanalyst with more than 30 years of clinical experience in treating adolescents, adults, and marital couples. I am skilled in helping a person to feel understood and related to in a new and helpful way.
42 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Sean Brennan
Marriage and Family Therapist, AMFT
Social Anxiety feels like a prison. It's too difficult to be your authentic self, and you feel lonely - but it's preferred over how it feels to be around other people. Informed by my own experience with social anxiety, what we will uncover is that social anxiety is a set of learned behaviors and social conditioning - which can be unlearned and unconditioned. If you're ready to stop being at war with your own nervous system - lets get to work!
2 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Dr. Aleksandra Drecun
Psychologist, Psy.D.
Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric illnesses affecting children and adults. Approximately, 40 million American adults suffer from anxiety disorders. Sadly, about one-third of those individuals suffering from an anxiety disorder receive treatment. Increase in public awareness is essential in informing the public that anxiety disorders are highly treatable.
If you experience anxiety that is persistent, seemingly uncontrollable, and overwhelming it may be indicative of an anxiety disorder. If it is an excessive, illogical fear of everyday situations, it can be disabling. When anxiety interferes with your daily activities, you may have an anxiety disorder.
Social anxiety may seem overwhelming and are stopping you from living your life in a manner that suits you, you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder. Gratefully, many treatments and self-help strategies for social anxiety can help you significantly decrease your anxiety symptoms, manage anxiety attacks, and reclaim your life.
25 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Briana Marshall
Marriage and Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Social interactions can feel overwhelming, whether it’s overthinking what to say, worrying about being judged, or replaying conversations long after they’ve ended. Many clients describe feeling stuck between wanting connection and fearing embarrassment or rejection. Together, we’ll explore the root of these fears while building tools to help you feel more confident and present in social situations. Over time, the goal is to help you engage with others in a way that feels more natural, less draining, and more aligned with who you are.
11 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Dr Pamela Helen Polcyn
Marriage and Family Therapist, Phd, MFT
Social anxiety or social phobia make living in the world a challenge. Fear of judgment and feeling embarrassed about possible inappropriate behavior or perceived failures to perform up to some standard make it difficult to function many social situations. Confidence can be regained.
35 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Lois Lorback
Hypnotherapist, CCHt
Assisting clients with social anxiety is one of my specialties. I will share with you many tools and coping mechanisms, as well as help you feel the way you would like to feel when challenged in social situations.
12 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Hiroko Saeki, MA, LMFT, RDT
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Registered Drama Therapist
Is your social anxiety getting in your way of living a fulfilling life? I would love to help you. I am a Registered Drama Therapist trained in the therapeutic use of drama and other expressive arts. Together, we can explore what might be at the root of your anxiety, find helpful strategies to reduce the anxiety, and rehearse new behaviors/attitude to build your confidence.
11 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Christina Dee
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A. LMFT
I work with individuals experiencing social anxiety who feel held back by fear, overthinking, and self-consciousness. Together, we build tools to manage anxiety, challenge unhelpful thoughts, and cultivate greater ease, confidence, and authenticity in relationships.
11 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Amy Price, AMP Family Therapy Inc.
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
A number of people in this generation experience social anxiety. You are not alone in that. The reliance on social media, the effect of covid-era lockdowns, depression, anxiety and a general sense of low self-esteem can all be contributing factors to being in social situations that feel overwhelming. We can examine and determine the most reasonable ways to diminish or eliminate social anxiety through behavioral change, EMDR and talk therapy.
23 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Lauren Chavis
Psychologist, PsyD
I completed my doctoral research on social anxiety and interventions to best address the symptoms.
16 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Su Boudreau, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Domestic Violence Counselor
Social anxiety can inhibit clients from living their life to the fullest or to their full capacity. I have helped clients to overcome their social anxiety by identifying the triggers and finding coping skills to better manage their anxieties.
11 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Rising Pines Counseling Services
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
I support individuals who feel anxious in social situations or fear judgment from others. Therapy focuses on confidence-building, skill development, and reducing avoidance patterns.
11 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Sean Sprigle
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC
Social anxiety can be crippling but you don’t have to live with it forever, it is treatable!
9 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Melanie Goetz
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I hope you can take a moment to celebrate your success in reaching out to start a new relationship. In working with social anxiety, we'll consider the exceptions in your life—the times when you have connected with strangers, when you’ve entered into a new social environment, when you’ve stayed longer at a social event. We’ll bring curiosity to what made those experiences exceptional for you. We’ll then bring those differences, as well as, newly learned skills into corrective experiences in the therapy room and the least risky environments for you outside of therapy. We will likely use EMDR and somatic therapy approaches to work through the engrained difficult messages and bodily experiences of social anxiety from your past to increase your confidence in your capacity for present and future social connections.
10 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
New Beginnings Counseling Center (NBCC)
Pre-Licensed Professional
We offer individual and group therapy to address social anxiety with a focus on emotional regulation and coping strategies.
66 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Stephanie Morfitt, LCSW More Fit Mental Health
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
When You Worry What Others Think
If you find yourself replaying conversations, worrying you said the “wrong” thing, or avoiding situations where you might be judged, you may be struggling with social anxiety. You might appear confident and put-together on the outside but inside feel tense, self-conscious, or on high alert. Even small interactions — meetings, text replies, or social plans — can feel like high-stakes performances. Social anxiety is not just shyness. It’s your brain trying to protect you from rejection or embarrassment — often by over-analyzing and keeping you stuck.
In therapy, we’ll use a structured, evidence-based approach called TEAM-CBT to help you feel calm and authentic around others. You’ll learn how to:
Identify and challenge the beliefs that drive fear of judgment
Rewire the inner dialogue that fuels self-criticism and avoidance
Build emotional tolerance for uncertainty and vulnerability
Practice real-world experiments that retrain your brain’s social safety system
Experience connection and confidence without overthinking every move
Our work blends compassion and science — using daily tools, feedback, and measurable progress to create lasting change. Most clients notice significant relief from social anxiety within 8 to 12 weeks.
I BELIEVE:
You deserve to feel safe being yourself — not performing for others.
Confidence isn’t the absence of anxiety; it’s learning to show up anyway.
Connection grows when we stop chasing perfection and start allowing authenticity.
Fear loses power when it’s met with curiosity instead of avoidance.
Laughter, empathy, and courage are the antidotes to shame.
Also Integrated In Our Work:
• Interpersonal Work – to strengthen connection and empower you to be yourself using The 5 Secrets of Effective Communication
• Mindful Self-Compassion – to cultivate a gentler, kinder inner voice through the work of Dr. Kristin Neff
• Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) – to regulate the nervous system and support trauma recovery alongside cognitive tools for a well-rounded approach
10 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Stuart Kaplowitz / Serene Pathways Counseling
Counselor/Therapist, MFT
Social anxiety can keep us disconnected and without our needs being met. There is a process and support we can help with
33 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety
Aaron Kapin
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, SEP, LMT
For some people, their social anxiety is largely a physical response: Their heart pounds, their palms get sweaty, they get so flooded with stress hormones that it's hard for them to think straight.
We can work together to teach the body how to move more efficiently through that stress so it can feel safer sooner...and better yet, start addressing the original trigger so that social situations don't need to cause such a stressful reaction to beging with.
11 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
C&C Center for Healing
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, PMHNP
We help individuals overcome social anxiety and build confidence in relationships, work, and daily interactions. Treatment is personalized and may include therapy and psychiatric care when appropriate, helping clients reduce fear, improve self-confidence, and feel more at ease socially.
8 Years Experience
Online in Sorrento Valley, CA
Social Anxiety therapists in Sorrento Valley, California Statistics
Social Anxiety therapists in Sorrento Valley, California average 15 years of experience and charge around $206 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Social Anxiety (100%), Anxiety or Fears (91%), and Depression (79%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$206
Gender ID
| 64% |
Female |
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| 30% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 64% |
In Person and Online |
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| 36% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Social Anxiety |
| 91% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 79% | Depression |
| 78% | Stress |
| 77% | Self Esteem |
| 72% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 62% | Loss or Grief |