Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: This paper explores the case analysis and CBT process of social anxiety disorder through a case of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for social anxiety disorder. Firstly, an in-depth analysis of the visitor’s core problems was conducted from both cognitive and behavioural levels, and based on this, a conceptual model of the case was developed to clarify the mechanisms that sustained her social anxiety and to provide a theoretical basis for the subsequent treatment. A total of 18 sessions of systematic CBT were conducted, focusing on cognitive restructuring, exposure practice and attention training, which resulted in a significant reduction of social anxiety and normalisation of the visitor’s scale results. The results show that CBT with cognitive restructuring and exposure training as the core methods can effectively help visitors with social anxiety disorder to improve their negative beliefs and avoidance behaviours, and enhance their real-life coping abilities, which has good practical value.
Author: Zhao Luyao
Institution: Soochow University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4410312292