How can cognitive behavior therapy and medication help someone with social anxiety?

Changing thinking: Cbt can change ways of thinking and dealing with anxiety related symptoms.

Change: Generally by learning relaxation and visual imagery techniques to replace and combat the physiological arousal and avoidance that is created by anxiety. See: http://cpancf.Com/articles_files/cognitivebehavioralpsychodynamictherapy.Asp and http://cpancf.Com/articles_files/overcomingsocialanxietydisorder.Asp.