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Changes in picturing of ‘self’ in social anxiety disorder: a case report
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by significant distress regarding social performance situations. Patients experience strong embarrassment about how they are perceived by others due to increased self-focused attention. This case report presents two cases of SAD and the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) on ‘picturing of self’ (e.g. self-picturing and self-projection). The goal was to demonstrate the changes in ‘picturing of self’ using brief video feedback (VF) as a treatment and projective drawing as an assessment method of CBT, especially with SAD. The CBT consisted of psychoeducation and case formulation, cognitive restructuring, and behavioural experiments. In one case VF was used to provide additional means by showing the patient's own actual moving figure, the self-picture. For the other case, the patient was instructed to ‘draw a person’ and the changes in drawing style were assessed. Through the course of CBT, Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale scores reduced significantly in both cases. ‘Picturing of self’ changed as a result of the use of CBT. Brief VF and projective drawing would be useful for individuals to see the change in themselves.
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- Psychotherapist
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Cognitive restructuring
Social anxiety
Embarrassment
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Liebowitz social anxiety scale
Cognition
Clinical Psychology
Distress
Psychoeducation
medicine
Projective test
Psychology
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Clinical psychology
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- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fe9c0c8c5e20003573c169bdd053c3b5