Module 3: Overcoming Avoidance
Overview
This CBT handout from the Centre for Clinical Interventions explains how avoidance behaviors maintain social anxiety by preventing clients from testing negative thoughts or gaining positive experiences. It outlines the long-term consequences of avoidance, such as reduced self-esteem and spreading anxiety, and introduces behavioral experiments as a method to challenge these patterns. The resource is designed for clients to understand the cycle of anxiety and practice step-by-step exposure techniques.
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@misc{allodium:e86719d6001643d3,
title = {Module 3: Overcoming Avoidance},
organization = {Centre for Clinical Interventions},
url = {https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Consumer-Modules/Stepping-out-of-Social-Anxiety/Stepping-out-of-Social-Anxiety---Module-3---Overcoming-Avoidance.pdf}
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TY - GEN TI - Module 3: Overcoming Avoidance PB - Centre for Clinical Interventions UR - https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Consumer-Modules/Stepping-out-of-Social-Anxiety/Stepping-out-of-Social-Anxiety---Module-3---Overcoming-Avoidance.pdf ER -
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Module 3: Overcoming Avoidance. (n.d.). Centre for Clinical Interventions. https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/CCI/Consumer-Modules/Stepping-out-of-Social-Anxiety/Stepping-out-of-Social-Anxiety---Module-3---Overcoming-Avoidance.pdf
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