Social Anxiety Group for Teens & Young Adults ages 16-25
WHAT: Social Anxiety Support Group
WHO: Age 16-25, Maximum 10 people
WHEN: Sundays 1:30PM - 3:00PM, begins June 20, 10 weeks, No meeting on July 4th
Length: 90 minutes, weekly
WHERE: Willamette Sky Counseling, in person (masks required)
MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED, call or email for enrollment. 541.600.2034, scheduling@wskycounseling.com
Facilitated by Cortney Madeira, LPC with Kimberly Beltran
Social Anxiety is very common in teens and young adults. If you worry a lot about what other people think, about being judged, not knowing what to say, or having to interact with new or large groups of people, you may benefit from this group.
This 10 week group will use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure to help you recognize the thoughts that trigger anxiety, related feelings/emotions, and the behaviors that are working against you and make anxiety worse. Along the way, you will learn different coping skills to manage physical and mental symptoms, practice social skills with others in a safe environment, and engage in exposures in the community (COVID-19 permitting).
In this group you will:
This 10 week group will use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure to help you recognize the thoughts that trigger anxiety, related feelings/emotions, and the behaviors that are working against you and make anxiety worse. Along the way, you will learn different coping skills to manage physical and mental symptoms, practice social skills with others in a safe environment, and engage in exposures in the community (COVID-19 permitting).
In this group you will:
- learn how to recognize the difference between anxiety, fear, panic and worry
- identify and face your inner critic
- discover the relationship between your thoughts, feelings and behaviors
- learn about self-care
- identify when your boundaries have been crossed and how to set healthy boundaries to reduce anxiety
- learn how to communicate your needs to family, friends and teachers
- learn and practice creative physical and mental grounding techniques to reduce your anxiety in the moment