Table 1.

Session content for the SAD internet-based self-help program

Session	Intervention content
Session 1 Motivational enhancement	Reasons to initiate change, defining goals and recoding introspection of difficult social situations with help of an anxiety protocol
Session 2 Psychoeducation	Information on SAD and maintaining factors such as negative thoughts, safety behaviors and self-focused attention
	Development of an individual model for SAD
Session 3 Cognitive restructuring	Identification and modification of negative thoughts (dysfunctional assumptions) with the help of a thought diary
Session 4 Fear of positive (social) evaluation	Information about FPE (examples and explanatory models)
	Identifying FPE using a diary
	Recognizing the devaluation of own achievements, the benefit and the risks of positive evaluation using a diary
	Endorsing positive evaluations and emotions applying a self-compassion-interventions
Session 5 Self-focused attention	Various exercises to reduce self-focused attention
Session 6 Behavioral experiments	Planning and conducting in-vivo exposures
Session 7 Summary and revision	Summary of the key elements of the training
	Highlighting the importance of revising the exercises (e.g. in-vivo exposure)
Session 8 Healthy lifestyle and problem solving	Information about healthy lifestyle (e.g. sports, nutrition)
	Conveying problem solving skills
Session 9 Relapse prevention	Strategies to maintain the acquired skills
	Preparing for possible relapses