Help, My Teen Has Social Anxiety: A Teen Skill Building Social Anxiety Group
Summer Session: Preparing Teens for Next Year
Our Teen Social Anxiety Group will assist your teen in developing the skills necessary to break free from avoidance and isolations and move forward towards social interactions.
Is your teen struggling with:
| Starting or joining a conversation | Walking in the hallways or hanging out |
| Answering questions in class | Asking a teacher a question, or for help |
| Inviting a friend to get together | Using school or public bathrooms |
| Entering a room where others are already seated | Eating in front of others |
| Writing on the whiteboard or chalkboard | Writing or Reading in front of others |
| Posting comments or photos on social media | Answering or talking on the phone |
| Working with a group of teens | Dating |
| Participating in P.E. class | Attending parties, dances, or school activity nights |
There is no reason for your child to continue struggling with social anxiety and feel alone. They are not alone.
HELP IS HERE
If they are willing to do the work.
Our Social Anxiety Group will equip your teen to:
- Identify the triggers and physiological responses.
- Learn how to master their physiological responses, negative thoughts, and feelings.
- Adjust their expectations, both of others and themselves.
- Learn how to cope with peer and internalized criticism.
- Learn how to become more social and set boundaries with social media.
- Have fun while learning in a safe and caring environment.
- Receive support from counselors and peers.
Online Group Details:
Jul 18, 2023 to August 30
High School Tuesdays: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Junior High Wednesdays: 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Group Pricing: The cost per group session is usually $100. If you register by Jul 10, 2023 it is $75 for 8 sessions on Tuesday evenings 6:30p to 8:00p.
Curriculum: Teens will receive a link to download the workbook
More information: The Social Anxiety Group for Teens is here to equip your teen with the necessary skills to identify triggers, calm their automatic physical response, and reframe their thinking. We will encourage your teen to put the lessons into action. They will complete two lessons weekly and attend an hour and half-group session for eight weeks with peers in their age group led by an experienced master-level counselor. This online group is only for teens in New Jersey. This group involves discussion, exercises, and home practice lessons.
It is hard to watch our kids struggle with fears of going into the store, to a public bathroom, to school, or socializing with peers. Anxiety can make them feel alone, messed up, and think everyone else is stronger and more confident. It can attack their self-worth. It is not true that they are messed up. They need support and skills to help them to reframe their thinking to overcome their social fears. Your teen is struggling right now with social anxiety. It doesn’t have to be a life sentence.
Social anxiety, also known as social phobia, refers to an intense and persistent fear of social or performance situations where an individual is exposed to possible scrutiny or evaluation by others. People with social anxiety often experience excessive self-consciousness and a strong desire to avoid social interactions or endure them with intense discomfort or distress.
Because social media posts and comments can live online permanently, today’s teens risk being criticized in ways that previous generations have not. The carefully chosen images and posts in social media streams can give the impression that others are always doing fun things in groups, triggering feelings of being left out or rejected. The negative judgments and social comparisons social media can foster are directly linked to increased social anxiety and depression among teens.
Of course, your teen went through a pandemic that fostered isolation and decreased their exposure to peers during a critical development stage. Teens naturally become more self-conscious in their early teen years as they undergo body changes. Unfortunately, with the influence of social media and the pandemic impact, our teens are struggling through this stage of development. You may feel helpless in helping them. Let us help you! Help them!
Healing Quest is here to help! We have over 15 years of experience assisting teens in reframing their thinking patterns and managing their fears.
There is no reason for your child to continue struggling with social anxiety and feel alone. They are not alone.
HELP IS HERE, if they are willing to do the work.
Phone
(856)-605-7332
Mailing Address
126 New Jersey Ave.
Newfield, NJ 08344