Online program | By: Mental Health Online

Social Anxiety Online Program is designed to help you learn and implement skills and strategies that help manage social anxiety and improve your overall mental health and wellbeing. This program is based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and has been developed by psychologists and researchers from the National eTherapy Centre at Swinburne University.

If you reside in Australia, you can also sign up to their free Therapist Assist option to access 12 weeks of support from their therapists while you use the program.

Social Anxiety Online has 12 modules that you can do in your own time and have access to for 12 months. It provides information about social anxiety and introduces skills and strategies that can help you to:

• Identify and monitor the symptoms of social anxiety
• Learn relaxation and breathing techniques to reduce social anxiety symptoms
• Discover and challenge unhelpful thoughts
• Boost your wellbeing by making lifestyle changes
• Face feared social situations using exposure therapy
• Plan to maintain your mental health gains after the course

^{NOTE: This online program is provided by one of Healthdirect Australia's trusted information partners. Please consider if this online program is appropriate for your own individual circumstances. There may be costs to use the online program or it may be free. You may also be charged for data from your telecommunications provider. For 24-hour health advice call healthdirect - 1800 022 222 or if you need help now these emergency and crisis helplines can provide immediate support.}