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BRINGING YOUR SOCIAL ANXIETY WITH YOU FOR THE HOLIDAYS

By Anna Lock, PhD, A-CBT December 8, 2015

Bringing Your Social Anxiety With You For The Holidays
We have waited all year and they are finally here: The Winter Holidays. Holidays can be a time of excitement, fun, and celebration. They often brings us together with loved ones near and far, giving us the opportunity to reconnect and strengthen our relationships. The holidays are also a time to… Continue reading

SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?: SOCIAL ANXIETY AND AVOIDANCE

By Anna Lock, PhD, A-CBT June 23, 2015

Social Anxiety and The Desire To Avoid
For those of you who suffer from social anxiety, you have most likely experienced the urge to avoid being around others. Whether its attending a party, going to lunch with colleagues, or giving a presentation, if you are socially anxious, almost any social situation can create the urge to run. But does avoidance… Continue reading

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How to Get Help for Social Anxiety

The National Social Anxiety Center (NSAC) is an association of independent Regional Clinics and Associates throughout the United States with certified cognitive-behavioral therapists (CBT) specializing in social anxiety and other anxiety-related problems.

Find an NSAC Regional Clinic or Associate which is licensed to help people in the state where you are located.

Places where NSAC Regional Clinics and Associates are Based

ARIZONA: Phoenix ● CALIFORNIA: Bixby Knolls ● Long Beach ● Los Angeles ● Newport Beach / Orange County ● San Diego ● San Francisco ● Santa Barbara ● Silicon Valley / San Jose ● COLORADO: Denver ● CONNECTICUT: Avon ● DELAWARE: Coastal Delaware ● DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Washington, DC ● FLORIDA: South Florida ● IDAHO: South Central Idaho ● ILLINOIS: Chicago ● Chicago Associate ● IOWA: Des Moines ● KENTUCKY: Louisville ● MARYLAND: Baltimore ● Montgomery County ● MASSACHUSETTS: Western Massachusetts ● Children & Teens ● MICHIGAN: Kalamazoo ● MISSOURI: St. Louis ● MONTANA: Bozeman ● NEW JERSEY: North Jersey ● NEW YORK: Brooklyn ● New York City ● Staten Island ● NORTH CAROLINA: Asheville / Western North Carolina ● PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia ● Pittsburgh ● TEXAS: Houston / Sugar Land

Social Anxiety Self-Help Books by NSAC Therapists

Overcoming Shame-Based Social Anxiety & Shyness: A CBT Workbook
by Larry Cohen, LICSW, A-CBT
— NSAC cofounder and Chair
— Representing NSAC District of Columbia

Social Anxiety for Dummies by Laura Johnson, LMFT, LPCC, A-CBT
— Representing NSAC Silicon Valley / San Jose

Click here for more information about these and other CBT books by NSAC therapists.

Standing Up for Marginalized Persons

There is rising violence, abuse and discrimination in the United States directed against Blacks, Jews, Hispanics, Asians, Muslims, women, LGBTQ persons, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. The National Social Anxiety Center (NSAC) stands for the welfare, dignity and equality of all people, regardless of individual differences and societal standards. In all our clinical and educational work, NSAC stands against racism, antisemitism, misogyny, homophobia and all other forms of bigotry and abuse.

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