April 30, 2019

Dr. Ellen Hendriksen on Social Anxiety

46 minutes

Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical psychologist who helps millions calm their anxiety and be their authentic selves through her award-winning podcast, The Savvy Psychologist, and in the clinic at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. In this episode, she and Eric discuss her debut book is, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety. If you suffer from social anxiety, you will learn a lot of practical tools to use to help you overcome it and suffer less.

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In This Interview, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen and I Discuss…

Her book, How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety

The positive qualities that often accompany social anxiety in a person

That the opposite of social anxiety is actually psychopathy

The neuroscience of social anxiety

How if you face your fears you can change your brain

The problematic nature of avoidance when it comes to social anxiety

Overt avoidance

Covert avoidance

Thinking that the worst case scenario is a foregone conclusion

Avoidance means we never see what actually happens

The inner critic

The buckets that the Inner Critic likes to attack: Appearance, the Signs of Anxiety Themselves, Social Skills, One’s Entire Personality

Social Anxiety Mad Libs: When I ______, it will become obvious that I _______

The tool, Replace

Anxiety is vague – ask, what particular thing are you afraid of?

4 Magic Questions: What’s the worst that can happen? How bad is that? What are the odds that the worst case scenario will actually happen? How will I cope?/What will I do?

The tool, Embrace

The role of mindfulness in anxiety

Making your inner world a kinder, more hospitable environment

Self-compassion

Creating structure in our social situations – giving yourself a mission to fulfill, a purpose, a goal

Dr. Ellen Hendrisken Links:

ellenhendriksen.com

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