Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder

Evidence-Based and Disorder-Specific Treatment Techniques

Stefan G. Hofmann, Michael W. Otto

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN: 9780415954037
• eBook ISBN: 9781135919887
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychologie
• Subtopic: Kognitive Psychologie & Kognition

Social phobia, or social anxiety disorder, is among the most common (and debilitating) of the anxiety disorders, and at any given time it effects somewhere between 3 and 5% of the US population, with similar statistics found in countries around the world. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been demonstrated to be the most effective form of treatment for social phobia, but research has shown that conventional CBT principles and general interventions fall short of the mark. With this in mind, Hofmann and Otto have composed an organized treatment approach that includes specifically designed interventions to strengthen the relevant CBT strategies. This volume builds upon empirical research to address the psychopathology and heterogeneity of social phobia, creating a series of specific interventions with numerous case examples.

Table of contents

• PRACTICAL CLINICAL GUIDEBOOKS SERIES
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• CHAPTER 1 Characterizing Social Anxiety Disorder
• CHAPTER 2 Overall Description of Treatment Strategy
• CHAPTER 3 Session-by-Session Outline
• CHAPTER 4 Research Basis for the Treatment Model
• CHAPTER 5 Treatment in Action
• CHAPTER 6 Complicating Factors
• CHAPTER 7 Maintenance and Follow-Up Strategies
• References
• APPENDIX A Handout 1
• APPENDIX B Handout 2
• APPENDIX C Handout 3
• APPENDIX D Handout 4
• APPENDIX E Handout 5
• APPENDIX F Self-Defeating Thoughts
• APPENDIX G Worksheet for Challenging Automatic Thoughts
• APPENDIX H Fear and Avoidance Hierarchy
• APPENDIX I Social Fear Worksheet for Exposure Planning
• APPENDIX J The Maintaining Variables of Social Anxiety
• APPENDIX K Examples of In Vivo Exposure Tasks to Challenge Estimated Social Cost
• APPENDIX L Booster Worksheet for Exposure Planning
• Author Index
• Subject Index