In therapy, self-help work, or a supported CBT programme, this module can help someone look more carefully at the way they believe they appear to others when anxious. It focuses on negative self-imagery in social anxiety, especially fears about blushing, shaking, sweating, stuttering, mind blanks, and looking visibly nervous.
This social anxiety negative self-imagery CBT PDF is a structured printable module for exploring the mental pictures people hold of themselves in social or performance situations. It is designed for guided therapy, supported self-help, or careful independent reflection, and can be used with adults or older teenagers who notice a strong fear of being judged, noticed, or seen as unable to cope.
The resource helps users compare a feared self-image with observable evidence, using practical CBT methods such as behavioural experiments and video feedback. It explains how attention can turn inwards during anxiety, making symptoms feel more visible than they may appear to other people. This can support discussion about avoidance, safety behaviours, escape urges, and predictions about the cost of blushing, shaking, sweating, stumbling over words, or going blank.
Inside the downloadable worksheet-style guide, you will find prompts, common examples, suggested recorded experiments, and a completed behavioural experiment record. It can be used within CBT sessions, between-session tasks, social anxiety revision, supervision preparation, collaborative formulation, or a home learning plan. The wording is clear enough for clients to revisit after a session, while still giving practitioners a practical structure for planning and review. View, download, and print the resource when you need a clear framework for testing social anxiety predictions in real situations.
