Table 1.
Session | Intervention content |
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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 |