Links & Resources

Self-Help, chatrooms, forums
www.social-anxiety.org.uk This is the one of the sites that we both found early on in our discovery of social anxiety disorder. It is a UK based site with many members, a good place to meet and chat with other sufferers of social anxiety. You can find many local UK groups on here.

www.socialanxiety.co.uk Nick Hanlon once suffered from social anxiety disorder and now runs a great website on how to overcome social anxiety, with tips, blog and videos.

www.sawest.org Nick Hanlon runs a great social anxiety support group in Bristol and has been running it for many years now. Emma and I met at this group back in 2005.

www.socialanxietysupport.com Learn about various treatment options for social anxiety with the latest treatment experiences and lots of good info about social anxiety on this site.

Please view self help groups for a comprehensive list

Inspiration

www.youtube.com/Therearenomistakes I met Janey through YouTube and she is a huge inspiration to social anxiety sufferers all over the world. At 22, she is still suffering with social anxiety but still finds the courage to share many videos via YouTube about her experiences and battles with SA. Subscribe to her now!

Social anxiety disorder – A shy 35 year old male writes about daily life while dealing with this extreme form of shyness
www.shyandquiet.com

www.diaryofashyblackwoman.org A really inspiring woman from New York, she shares her experiences of suffering with social anxiety on her blog and podcasts.

www.shok999.wordpress.com A blog from a good friend of mine, a young man living in the North of England writing about his life with social anxiety.

www.youtube.com/NoSocialAnxiety another YouTube Channel from an Australian girl who is struggling with social anxiety. There are some really good videos here.

www.youtube.com/spiffyrich Another SA sufferer with some good insights to this disorder. He is based in the U.S.

www.youtube.com/BulletProofMonkeon Yet another inspiration on YouTube, check out his videos. He is based in the U.K.

www.socialanxietydisorder.org.uk A website ran by a former sufferer.  This site offers advice on cognitive behavioural therapy techniques, and articles.

Anxiety Charities

www.anxietyuk.org.uk “ANXIETY UK is a national registered charity formed 30 years ago by a sufferer of agoraphobia for those affected by anxiety disorders. Today we are still a user-led organisation, run by sufferers and ex-sufferers of anxiety disorders supported by a high-profile medical advisory panel.”

www.anxietycare.org.uk An anxiety charity based in the east end of London. There is some good information and services available.

www.anxietyalliance.org.uk An anxiety charity based in the Warwickshire, UK.

www.socialphobia.org The social phobia/social anxiety association based in the U.S. There is some good information on here.

www.nopanic.org.uk UK based charity with help lines in Ireland and France.

Depression Charities

www.depressionalliance.org Help & information about depression; depression symptoms and self help groups.

Courses, Therapies and other Associations

www.shyclinic.com Walter Friedman’s shyness clinic is based in London, England. The Clinic is a comprehensive twenty week programme for overcoming shyness, becoming more assertive and improving your social skills. The methods used in the Clinic are grounded in proven, easily learned cognitive-behavioural techniques.

www.babcp.com Website of the British Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapists – the central UK organisation co-coordinating and regulating therapists. Contains general information about the organisation and its aims, and most usefully, a searchable database of CBT practitioners by region throughout the UK. The organisation seems to define behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy as broadly as possible, so you should still check exactly what a therapist practices if you seek one through this site.

www.nacbt.org National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists based in the U.S.

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