Use it in CBT sessions, self-help work or between-session practice to plan gradual steps towards feared social situations, rather than avoiding them. The module focuses on social anxiety avoidance, explaining why avoidance brings short-term relief but keeps anxiety going, then shows how to use behavioural experiments to test anxious predictions in a structured way.
This social anxiety avoidance CBT behavioural experiments resource is a printable FREE PDF for planning manageable, gradual practice with situations that are usually avoided. It helps the user move from a broad fear, such as speaking to someone, making a call or being noticed in public, to a specific experiment with a clear prediction and a realistic task.
The worksheet style makes it suitable for use during therapy sessions, guided self-help, wellbeing support, or home learning between appointments. Practitioners can use it to introduce the link between anxiety, safety behaviours and avoidance, while clients can use the prompts to record what they expect to happen, what they will do, how anxious they feel before and after, and what they learn from the outcome.
Use the pages as a structured handout, a session planning tool, or a between-session worksheet for graded exposure work. The format encourages small steps, observation and reflection rather than reassurance seeking or avoidance. It can also support review conversations, helping the user compare predictions with evidence and decide on the next manageable step for future practice. View, download or print the PDF to support practical CBT work around social confidence and everyday feared situations.
