Cognitive therapy for social phobia: individual versus group treatment

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Sosyal Fobi ile Başa Çıkmalarında Çözüm Odaklı Grupla Psikolojik Danışmanın Etkisinin İncelenmesi

“…In this sense, it has been considered that individuals having competence for coping with social phobia and psychological counseling provided on this aspect are important. When the studies carried out depending upon a specific psychological counseling approach related to coping with social phobia were analyzed, these studies were noticed to be efficient upon individuals' coping with social phobia, in general (Beidel, Turner, Samuel & Morris, 2000;Cederlund & Öst, 2011;Mörtberg, Clark, Sundin & Wistedt, 2007;Palancı, 2004;Richard et al, 1998;Stangier, Heidenreich, Peitz, Lauterbach & Clark, 2003). In reference to the results of both this study and other studies, social phobia can be mentioned as a surmountable problem.…”

Identifying and Targeting Idiosyncratic Cognitive Processes in Group Therapy for Social Phobia: The Case of Vumile

“…In a German randomized controlled trial involving over 70 patients, also in progress while we were conducting our study, Stangier et al (2003) CTSP. (Of note was the fact that effect sizes for individual CTSP were considerably lower than those obtained by Clark et al [2003]).…”

“…(Of note was the fact that effect sizes for individual CTSP were considerably lower than those obtained by Clark et al [2003]). Stangier et al (2003) hypothesized that in their group format therapists may not have been able to "devote as much attention to identifying idiosyncratic behavior, strategies and beliefs and using this information to maximise the cognitive change achieved by the main treatment components" (pp. 1002-1003).…”

“…Developing each individual's model of their socially phobic behavior was achieved by psycho-education; by group exercises in pairs in which group members helped each other to identify examples from their own experience; by guidance from the group leaders, who used examples from the participants' experience to illustrate aspects of the process; and by a series of homework tasks. We devoted much more time to this than in Clark's CTSP, where the model was generated in the first two sessions; or in the Stangier et al (2003) program, where it was generated in an initial individual session. After the first five sessions, a seven-week break followed due to university examinations and a vacation.…”

“…This case study provides evidence that these strategies enabled us to approximate the conditions of individual therapy in terms of information-gathering and case formulation. Further research will be needed to establish whether this approach would improve on the rather low effect size of group treatment relative to individual treatment reported by Stangier et al (2003).…”