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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ( Cbt ) And With Exposure Therapy

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Specific Aims Social anxiety is usually treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and with exposure therapy. However, I think that integrating components of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) would improve the efficacy of the treatment for social anxiety. I am proposing to incorporate a skills training group and a mandatory diary in addition to the CBT and the exposure therapy; I also plan to really focus on creating a life worth living. I think that aggregating these two components will improve the effectiveness of the gold standard treatment, especially for adolescents (13-18 years old). Having a community to learn ways to reduce social anxiety and develop ways to combat avoidance behavior will be particularly beneficial for the treatment of adolescents. Having a mandatory diary will promote mindfulness, and this will help maintain the motivation of the participants high and thus being more effective than the gold standard treatment. Background and Significance Social anxiety is a debilitating disorder that often leads to significant social impairment, but impairment can transfer over to other domains of a person’s life (Ranta et al., 2007). That is, social anxiety to can lead to being socially incompetent and this can affect a persons work, education, and quality of relationships as well. Adolescents are especially susceptible to social anxiety because it is a developmental time when peer evaluation and social acceptance is very important; putting too much

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