| When discussing Social phobia, we can refer to it the | | | | people sharing the same symptoms. These groups are |
| same as we refer to agoraphobia and simple phobia, in | | | | lead by psychologists and psychotherapists that did a |
| terms if causes and treatment. Due to the fact that I | | | | prior private talk with each of the participants. |
| believe in natural treatments only, I will discuss only | | | | Hypnotherapy |
| methods that do not require any drugs for social | | | | In this treatment the hypnotherapist recognizes the |
| phobia treatment. | | | | parts in the subconscious of the patient, which are part |
| Psychological treatment | | | | of his phobia, and reprograms them in a way that will |
| First I have to say that psychological treatment alone | | | | minimize the phobia symptoms. The problem with this |
| cannot guarantee results. Sometimes the disorder | | | | treatment is that some people don't like the fact they |
| becomes rooted in a person's life in such a degree, | | | | give someone else control over them. |
| that it makes him think that it is part of his personality, | | | | NLP -Neuro Linguistic Programming |
| and not an outside learned behavior, which is what it | | | | NLP practices that way we create our reality. Social |
| actually is. When talking about psychological treatment, | | | | phobia, from NLP viewpoint, is the result of constructs |
| the most efficient treatment is behavioral-cognitive | | | | that we created ourselves and don't work well. With |
| therapy. | | | | the help of NLP these actions are revealed and fixed, |
| This method consists on training a person to detect | | | | so that social phobia is minimized or even eliminated. |
| the thoughts which do not contribute to his quality of | | | | Energy Psychology |
| life. The behavioral side consists on exposing him In a | | | | The last treatment that we'll discuss here is actually a |
| controlled way to the situations that cause anxiety. | | | | few thousand years old. It has the same foundations |
| Gradually, the anxiety caused by these situations, will | | | | as acupuncture, but without using any needles. The |
| decrease to a level that the person can control. | | | | treatment is more emotional, and has a lot of benefits |
| Self-help groups | | | | over other treatments. This treatment can be done by |
| Due to the characteristics of social phobia, self-help | | | | you without a therapist. This not only saves you time |
| groups may be difficult to set up, but they can be a | | | | and money, but also gives you total control over your |
| great opportunity to exchange information with other | | | | life, and usually it is permanent. |