Our aim is to provide help and resources for individuals suffering from social anxiety and social phobia, alongside providing general educational information on this common yet often under-publicised mental health problem.
Social anxiety involves an excessive fear of social or performance situations. Sufferers fear being embarrassed or negatively evaluated by others. Anticipatory anxiety and situational avoidance are common, and individuals may endure social situations with a high level of discomfort. The scope of the anxiety may be focused on specific types of social situations or generalised to almost any social encounter.
The Social Anxiety Alliance seeks to promote a better understanding of social anxiety, where appropriate treatment options are open and accessible, where support and information is easily available and where nobody feels ashamed to say they have social anxiety or to ask for help.
The immediate aim is to create a website to provide the following:
(1) links to UK and internet based social anxiety discussion boards, chat rooms and meetup groups
(2) links to self-help resources including social anxiety therapy courses, videos, worksheets and self-help books
(3) summaries/links to the best social anxiety articles from the web
(4) links to the latest research about social anxiety
(5) content/audio/video produced by specialists in the field or from or volunteers about their own lived experience of SA
(7) information on accessing NHS therapy
(8) links to UK organisations providing private therapy
Social Anxiety Alliance UK is a developing charity looking for an experienced Treasurer with a background in financial management and accounting....
Social Anxiety Alliance UK is a young and developing charity looking for an experienced Trustee.
