Dr. Ellen Hendriksen on Social Anxiety
The One You Feed
Understanding the Dual Nature of Social Anxiety
This chapter delves into social anxiety through a parable about two wolves, representing the internal conflict of positive and negative traits. It highlights how social anxiety, while often viewed negatively, can foster empathy and personal growth.
Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical psychologist who helps millions calm their anxiety and be their authentic selves through her award-winning podcast, The Savvy Psychologist, and in the clinic at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. In this episode, she and Eric discuss her debut book is, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety. If you suffer from social anxiety, you will learn a lot of practical tools to use to help you overcome it and suffer less.
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In This Interview, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen and I Discuss…
- Her book, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety
- The positive qualities that often accompany social anxiety in a person
- That the opposite of social anxiety is actually psychopathy
- The neuroscience of social anxiety
- How if you face your fears you can change your brain
- The problematic nature of avoidance when it comes to social anxiety
- Overt avoidance
- Covert avoidance
- Thinking that the worst case scenario is a foregone conclusion
- Avoidance means we never see what actually happens
- The inner critic
- The buckets that the Inner Critic likes to attack: Appearance, the Signs of Anxiety Themselves, Social Skills, One’s Entire Personality
- Social Anxiety Mad Libs: When I ______, it will become obvious that I _______
- The tool, Replace
- Anxiety is vague – ask, what particular thing are you afraid of?
- 4 Magic Questions: What’s the worst that can happen? How bad is that? What are the odds that the worst case scenario will actually happen? How will I cope?/What will I do?
- The tool, Embrace
- The role of mindfulness in anxiety
- Making your inner world a kinder, more hospitable environment
- Self-compassion
- Creating structure in our social situations – giving yourself a mission to fulfill, a purpose, a goal
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