What does social anxiety make you think of? For Ella, it’s parties. For others, it’s sometimes broader regarding identity and how other people’s opinions may threaten our identity. If you’ve ever had an excited or anxious anticipation of what someone’s text reply is going to be, it doesn’t necessarily mean you have social anxiety, but you know the feeling that someone with chronic social anxiety experiences on a regular basis.
Books we mentioned:
Person-Centred Counselling in Action by Dave Mearns and Brian Thorne
Rogers' Therapeutic Conditions: Evolution Theory and Practice edited by Gill Wyatt
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