Plan de intervención del trastorno de ansiedad social desde el enfoque cognitivo conductual

Abstract

Anxiety is an alarm system that is activated in advance and is temporary, it occurs only in cases where the subject perceives a danger, which causes a state of restlessness, agitation and concern. When anxiety manifests itself mildly, it can be considered adaptive and positive because it prepares us to face risky situations, but when anxiety is repetitive and persistent, we can be talking about an anxiety disorder which is characterized by fear, worry and fear. excessive. Within the anxiety disorder we find the social anxiety disorder, this is characterized by the presence of anxiety or fear excessively recurrently in one or more social situations, especially when the subject is exposed to a possible evaluation by other subjects. Cognitive behavioral therapy works with maladaptive physical, emotional, cognitive and behavioral responses of a learned nature, they are habits that the person has had all along, their psychological treatment is short-term and focuses on modifying negative thoughts, feelings and behaviors, this therapy has a variety of techniques that can be applied progressively to ensure that escape and avoidance behaviors do not occur. The intervention proposal included psychoeducation techniques on social anxiety, cognitive restructuring for automatic thoughts of negative evaluation and live exposure to social situations, exposure in imagination, thought stopping, systematic sensitization technique, relaxation techniques.