Counselling and Mental Health Service

Counsellor referral only

This is a 5 week course including one SAPS session on Wednesday 18th March. Attendance at the first session is a requirement to attend the rest of the course.

Managing Social Anxiety

A five session Cognitive Behavioural Therapy course for students at the University of Manchester.

The group is for any student who experiences problems with what is commonly known as Social Anxiety or Social Phobia. This means you and anyone attending is likely to relate to some or most of the following in social and or performance situations:

Fear of embarrassment and or humiliation

Physiological symptoms of anxiety that may include panic attacks in social / performance specific situations

A negative image of yourself and how others perceive you

Avoidance of feared situations or endured with significant distress

A sense that fear is excessive or unreasonable in some way

Interference with every day and or academic / occupational functioning

Course Aims and Objectives:

To gain a better understanding of what maintains social anxiety

To learn and have the opportunity to practice strategies and techniques to improve confidence in social and performance situations and reduce anxiety

To identify personal goals and take steps towards achieving them

NB This group will include attendance at a peer led group, Social Anxiety Practice Sessions (SAPS), a description of this group is on our website and you will be told more about this in the first session.