Cognitive Defusion Strategies for Social Anxiety

In this presentation, our faculty member Dr. Brian Pilecki talks about the case of Charles, a client with social anxiety disorder.

In this section, he talks about cognitive defusion strategies for social anxiety, and how they help clients to change the relationship with such difficult thoughts as, “I’m an idiot,” or, “I can’t meet new people.”

Here are some highlights we’ve extracted from the video:

Cognitive defusion refers to the process of classifying thoughts as just thoughts, not necessarily facts.
Metaphors can be used to demonstrate the idea that instead of buying into our thoughts, we can choose which ones to prioritize.
Thought suppression exercises can be implemented to show that the more we try to push thoughts away, the more powerful they become.

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