Online Social Anxiety therapists in Parkersburg, West Virginia WV
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Social Anxiety
Josh Dolin: Life Coach | Purpose Pathfinder
Life Coach
Struggling with social anxiety can make everyday interactions feel overwhelming, but with the right strategies, you can build confidence and manage those fears. My coaching approach focuses on helping you understand the root causes of your anxiety, while developing practical tools to overcome social discomfort. Together, we’ll work on building your confidence, improving communication skills, and creating a personalized plan to help you navigate social situations with greater ease. Schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation to begin your journey toward a more confident, socially connected life.
9 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Elisha S Lee
Counselor/Therapist, NCCA CTCC CPC
Specialty Blurb on Social Anxiety
Social Anxiety counseling services cater to individuals experiencing overwhelming fear and discomfort in social situations, which can significantly impede personal and professional relationships. Understanding the profound influence social anxiety has on one's day-to-day life, our approach combines warmth, confidentiality, and professional expertise. We aim to offer a supportive environment where individuals can confront their fears, develop social skills, and foster self-confidence.
Techniques and Supports for Social Anxiety
* Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for challenging and changing negative thought patterns associated with social situations.
* Exposure therapy to gradually and safely face social settings, reducing fear over time.
* Social skills training to enhance communication abilities and comfort in various social interactions.
* Mindfulness and stress reduction techniques to lower anxiety levels and promote a calm state of mind.
* Group counseling sessions that provide a supportive arena for practicing new skills and receiving feedback in a controlled atmosphere.
Goals of Social Anxiety Counseling
Our Social Anxiety Counseling is designed to:
* Equip individuals with effective coping mechanisms for managing anxiety in social scenarios.
* Improve self-esteem and assertiveness in interpersonal relationships.
* Increase understanding of social anxiety's triggers and effects to better navigate challenging situations.
* Guide you in creating and maintaining meaningful relationships.
* Encourage positive social interactions through practical exercises and real-life applications.
* Addressing social anxiety requires patience and a personalized therapeutic approach. Our services are tailored to help individuals overcome the barriers posed by social anxiety, allowing them to live more freely and confidently. By breaking the cycle of fear and avoidance, we support our clients in navigating social environments with ease and developing lasting, fulfilling connections.
9 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV
Social Anxiety
Rachael Keyser, PsyD
Psychologist, PsyD
Social anxiety can limit opportunities for personal and professional growth. I guide clients in gradually confronting social fears, building confidence, and learning practical skills to reduce anxiety in social settings, so they can experience more meaningful interactions and a fulfilling social life.
4 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV
Social Anxiety
Dr. Jeannine Pablo
Psychologist, LP, LCMHC, MLADC
Social anxiety can turn everyday interactions, meetings, and public speaking into exhausting sources of dread. Utilizing evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and gradual exposure frameworks, I help clients identify and challenge catastrophic thinking patterns and fears of negative evaluation. Our clinical work focuses on disrupting avoidance behaviors, lowering physiological hyperarousal, and building authentic communication confidence so you can engage in professional and social spaces on your own terms.
23 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Kelli Tahaney
Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D.
My clinical training is rooted in CBT for anxiety disorders as my initial experience with clients/patients was in a world-renowned anxiety clinic in Boston. I continue to provide such evidence based therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Phobias.
5 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV
Social Anxiety
Dr. Cara Bussell, PhD, LLC
Psychologist
Social anxiety can make everyday interactions feel stressful, exhausting, or even impossible. I work with adults who feel anxious in social situations, worry about being judged, or avoid activities they used to enjoy. Using evidence-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), psychoeducation, and mindfulness-informed strategies, I help clients build confidence, reduce avoidance, and engage more fully in their lives. If social anxiety is keeping you from feeling connected or comfortable, I invite you to reach out for a free consultation.
11 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Linda Michlin Ludwig
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Social anxiety is very common and very painful. Even though social anxiety is a common condition, each of us feels it in our own way. I have learned that social anxiety can best be treated with a combination of individual therapy and group therapy. At the beginning of individual therapy people are often reluctant to join a group. But even if you never choose to engage in group therapy, individual therapy can help. If you prefer, I can suggest a workbook for out of session help with social anxiety.
50 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV (Online Only)
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 Parkersburg, WV (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Dr. Aretha Steele (Mindful Healing Counseling)
Psychologist, PsyD
(Note: We have specific therapists who specialize in this area at our practice. See our website for more information)
17 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Clear Path Counseling and Wellness Center
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA. LPC
Brad provides trauma-informed therapy for social anxiety and related challenges, including fear of judgment, excessive self-consciousness, avoidance of social situations, difficulty speaking in groups, performance anxiety, and discomfort in interpersonal interactions. Social anxiety can significantly impact relationships, work performance, confidence, and overall quality of life, often leading to isolation, stress, and reduced self-esteem.
Brad takes a holistic and trauma-focused approach to social anxiety therapy, helping clients understand and address the underlying emotional and psychological factors that contribute to fear and avoidance in social settings. Many individuals with social anxiety have experienced past criticism, embarrassment, rejection, bullying, or other distressing social experiences that continue to shape how they perceive and respond to social environments.
As an experienced trauma therapist and EMDR therapist, Brad integrates EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), trauma-informed counseling, emotional regulation strategies, and holistic therapeutic approaches to help clients process past experiences, reduce anxiety responses, and build greater confidence in social situations. Therapy focuses on calming the nervous system, shifting negative beliefs about self and others, and developing healthier patterns of interaction.
Brad works collaboratively with clients to identify triggers, explore underlying fears, and develop practical tools for managing anxiety in real-world social settings. Treatment is personalized and supportive, helping clients gradually increase comfort, confidence, and authenticity in their interactions with others.
The goal of therapy is not to eliminate personality or force social performance, but to help clients feel more at ease being themselves, build meaningful connections, and reduce the fear and avoidance that interfere with daily life.
Healing is possible. With the right support, clients can move beyond social anxiety, feel more grounded in social situations, and engage with others in a way that feels natural, confident, and authentic.
28 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Karen Queller
Art Therapist, M.A Expressive Arts Therapy
Discover what your unique process is and how it can actually help you transform social anxiety, develop self-expression, build confidence, and cultivate authentic connections with others.
7 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV
Social Anxiety
Dorothy Brown
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Social anxiety often results in avoidance of many activities. In these cases, fear is running the show. I work to unpack the fear of rejection and encourage people to slowly go out of their comfort zone.
36 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV
Social Anxiety
Paul Losoff
Psychologist, PsyD
That negative inner voice can be relentless, especially when social anxiety is in the mix. I offer a safe space to understand these patterns, develop strategies to manage them, and build confidence in social situations. Let's work together to quiet your inner critic and find greater enjoyment in connecting with others.
18 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV
Social Anxiety
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Center of Northern Virginia
Psychologist, PhD
CBT and exposure-based approaches for this challenging condition
26 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Dr. David Brooks
Psychologist, PhD,ABPP,ABN,EMDR Certified Therapist
Social anxiety is very common and creates isolation and much discomfort in social settings. Social anxiety can often be effectively remediated using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy
37 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV
Social Anxiety
Dr. Lyndsay Elliott
Psychologist, PsyD.
Social anxiety goes far deeper than shyness — it is a persistent, exhausting fear of judgment, embarrassment, or saying the wrong thing that can quietly shrink your world over time. As a licensed clinical psychologist with 20+ years of experience, I help adults and high-achieving professionals navigate social anxiety disorder, performance anxiety, fear of judgment, public speaking anxiety, and the social avoidance that keeps so many capable people from fully engaging in their personal and professional lives. Using cognitive-behavioral therapy, exposure-based techniques, and psychodynamic insight, I help clients build genuine confidence and meaningful connection. Telehealth therapy for social anxiety available across 40+ states.
21 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
David Schaffer, MSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (WV), Licensed Independent Social Worker (OH)
I particularly like working with people who experience anxiety of all forms. The first area of anxiety I developed a special interest in is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It really strikes me how "crazy" people feel when they struggle with obsessive thoughts and the compulsions that go along with them. When you are able to help people change their reaction to their obsessive thoughts, it is remarkable the improvement they can experience.
I enjoy the whole range of anxiety disorders from the worry of generalized anxiety to the body focus of panic to the avoidance reminders of traumatic experiences from posttraumatic stress. It feels like this is an area where I understand people's experiences and where the ways I tend to work with people seem to make a difference, often very quickly.
28 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV
Social Anxiety
Gregor Nathanael Schwarz
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I specialize in treating social anxiety, helping individuals overcome the fear of judgment and the avoidance patterns that often limit one’s social and professional life. My approach is rooted in evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), where we collaboratively work to challenge negative beliefs about yourself and others while using gradual, supported exposure to help you build real-world social confidence. Whether your anxiety centers on performance situations, meeting new people, or navigating everyday social interactions, I provide a compassionate, skills-based environment to help you learn to trust yourself, communicate assertively, and engage authentically in the life you want to lead.
3 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV
Social Anxiety
Rick Brodsky
Psychologist, PsyD, MA
Social anxiety can block us from the way we would like to live our lives. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy provide many approaches to decreasing social anxiety.
24 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV (Online Only)
Social Anxiety
Dr. Michael M. Grant
Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist PhD, MBA
Anxiety is the fear of future pain. Social anxiety is the fear that others will judge us and that their judgments will result in rejection and that such will be painful. Let's work together to challenge and undo that painful process so you can be freer with others and connect more with them.
24 Years Experience
Online in Parkersburg, WV
Social Anxiety therapists in Parkersburg, West Virginia Statistics
Social Anxiety therapists in Parkersburg, West Virginia average 17 years of experience and charge around $209 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Social Anxiety (100%), Anxiety or Fears (98%), and Depression (83%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$209
Gender ID
| 58% |
Female |
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| 38% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 54% |
In Person and Online |
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| 46% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Social Anxiety |
| 98% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 83% | Depression |
| 77% | Stress |
| 69% | Self Esteem |
| 59% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 56% | Loss or Grief |