CDs

AUDIO SESSION #1:   

Introduction to the series, introduction to Dr. Richards, definition of social anxiety disorder and related issues, explanation of cognitive and behavioral therapy and how it works separately and together, the scope of the problem, history, statistics, degrees, severity,  or "levels" of social anxiety, how long it takes to get "better" and what this means, avoidant personality disorder, what we know today about overcoming social anxiety.

AUDIO SESSION #2:   

How and when to practice on your printed handouts (worksheets) in the accompanying booklet, the physiological picture (i.e., what is really going on inside the brain as we get better), how we will begin changing our neural pathways in the brain.  

Specific cognitive therapy methods we discuss, 
with a full explanation and printed handout: 

1. How to calm yourself in social situations and remain in control
This is a specific strategy that will begin to work fairly quickly -- although everything must be given time to work.  You will be able to begin slowing and calming yourself down anywhere.  In social situations, this method will allow you to be calmer while you keep your focus external (i.e., on other people and what is happening around you).  When you practice this method until it is automatic, anxiety will not be able to fog up your mind and cloud your concentration much longer.

2. How to stop automatic negative thoughts (ANTs),  part #1 
we begin to notice and catch our ANTs, stop them, and then learn not to use them -- as much as possible during the first week 

3. Using rational coping statements for social anxiety
we sink two or three rational (truthful) facts into our minds about anxiety -- and we keep practicing (i.e., rehearsing and repeating) these two or three rational statements until they occur to you naturally when you are in a typical social anxiety situation

AUDIO SESSION #3:   

Review and check of how you did in week #2. 

Specific cognitive therapy methods we discuss, 
with a full explanation and printed handout: 

1.  How to stop automatic negative thoughts (ANTs), part #2 
how to begin catching and then stopping our automatic negative thinking... 
how they keep us stuck in the vicious cycle of anxiety and what we can do about it. 

2.  The relaxation/calmness audio tape 
is explained. How to bring the feeling of calmness and peace out into real-world, every day settings.  

AUDIO SESSION #4:   

The relaxation/calmness tape.  

We become familiar with this relaxation method and the feelings of calmness and peace it brings on.  Then, we learn to use these calm and peaceful feelings outside our home.  The importance of this tape is that you learn to control your feelings of peace and calmness first at home, and then practice and use this control in real world settings.

AUDIO SESSION #5:  

Specific cognitive therapy methods we discuss, 
with a full explanation and printed handout: 

1.  What we need to stop doing that keeps us stuck in the vicious cycle of anxiety.  
This is the opposite of what we expect....but it is essential to overcoming social anxiety.

2.  How to reduce anticipatory anxiety.

3.  How we perceive ourselves and the world, and why and how our thoughts and beliefs can become more realistic and rational.

AUDIO SESSION #6:

Specific cognitive therapy methods we discuss, 
with a full explanation and printed handout: 

1.  How to use attitude statements (beliefs) to deflate anxiety.

2.  Why you have setbacks: You can't be "set back" without making some progress.  How to see setbacks differently and turn them around for our good.

3.  How to see ourselves more realistically, part two, and how and why our view of ourselves and the world may be inaccurate.  How to start the process of seeing things from a rational, as opposed to emotional, standpoint.

4.  The power of "belief".  What belief does to you, and how we can start using our beliefs to overcome social anxiety.

AUDIO SESSION #7:

Specific cognitive therapy methods we discuss, 
with a full explanation and printed handout: 

1.  Simple strategies to "de-stress" a situation.

2.  How people may be viewing you, and what you can do about it.

3.  How and why to accept yourself right now this very moment...and why this is important to overcoming social anxiety.

4.  How to turn the tables on the ANTs, part 1.  That is, now that we have learned to stop and catch automatic negative thinking, we need to slowly and systemically introduce new thoughts to our mind in a rational manner.  How to do this in a way that will work.

AUDIO SESSION #8:

Specific cognitive therapy methods we discuss, 
with a full explanation and printed handout: 

1.  How to turn the tables on the ANTs, part two.

2.  How to turn the tables on the ANTs, part three
Why it is necessary to first go "neutral" with our anxious thoughts instead of going positive.  What your brain will accept...and what it won't.

3.  How you are changing your brain chemistry permanently:
What is really going on inside your brain as you get better.

4.  How to "Mingle" with other people and make small talk easier.
After all, small talk is called small talk...because it is...small.

5.  How to carry on a conversation with other people comfortably.  How to be more at ease and remember what other people are saying to you.  

AUDIOTAPE #9:

Specific cognitive therapy methods we discuss, 
with a full explanation and printed handout: 

1.  We have every right to feel good about ourselves.  How and why we deserve it and how to make our thinking more rational.

2.  How to respond to socially-anxious feelings:  
What we can learn from the bears and the bees.

3.  Why "feelings" can be wrong.  Why they "lie" to us, and why we must stop believing irrational feelings.  Then, how to stop believing anxious, irrational feelings.

4.  How to stop worrying and move forward with your life.
Worry never contains a solution, and it always leads you in the wrong direction.  How and why to stop worrying and start living.  

AUDIOTAPE #10

Specific cognitive therapy methods we discuss, 
with a full explanation and printed handout: 

1.   We know that ANTs are bullying liars.  What we can do to stop the bully in its tracks.  

2.  The importance of knowing why some thoughts are poisonous to us, and how we can take the initiative and act against them.

3.  How we were brainwashed into social anxiety, and how we will "wash our brain" to overcome it.

4.  How to think in a rational and positive direction.  New, rational thoughts we need to sink down into our brain deeply.  

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Content of Audio Sessions #11-20
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You will find testimony and observations about people already using this specifically targeted therapy for social anxiety.

Important Note:  We would not want anyone to purchase this audio series unless they fully understood that simply listening to the tapes is not going to help you overcome social anxiety.  Listening to the tapes and then setting aside a thirty (30) minute period of time EVERY DAY -- while you are alone -- to practice, repeat, reiterate, and reinforce these methods and strategies is essential.  So, there is considerable work involved in this process, and it is important that you are motivated to overcome SA -- by keeping up with your 30-minute practice time every day.  The tapes explain very explicitly how to do this.  Cognitive therapy is not difficult.  The difficult part is being persistent and consistent with your practicing -- 30 minutes every day until each new method and each new strategy begins to occur automatically in your daily life.