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Could a psychologist or a cognitive behavioral therapy solve social anxiety knowing that the patient doesn't like to be social ?

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CBT: Yes! Seek a cognitive-behavioral therapist who specializes in phobias. One method they use is systematic desensitization which slowly and incrementally brings the person closer and closer to the thing they are afraid of in slow, graduated steps that help make the anxiety more tolerable.

Dr Grin agreed

Answered 5/4/2015

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