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Social Anxiety Therapy London

What Is Social Anxiety?

Social anxiety is far more than shyness. It is an intense, persistent fear of being judged, criticised, or humiliated in social situations — and it can make even everyday interactions feel overwhelming. Social anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental health conditions in the UK, yet it remains widely underdiagnosed and undertreated.

Our Practitioners Who Work with Social Anxiety

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Olena

Individual and Couples Psychotherapist

Indu Dua London Trusted Therapy: Professional relational and trauma-informed Counsellor providing expert mental health and trauma support.

Indu

Individual and Couples Psychotherapist

Tina Foley London Trusted Therapy: Expert Individual and Couples Psychotherapist specializing in EMDR and professional mental health care.

Tina

Individual and Couples Psychotherapist EMDR

Ardavan Nikaeen London Trusted Therapy: Expert Individual, Family, and Young People Psychotherapist providing professional mental health care.

Ardavan

Individual Family and Young People Psychotherapist

Karima El Haddad London Trusted Therapy: Expert Individual, Couples, and Family Psychotherapist providing professional mental health care.

Karima

Individual Couples and Family Psychotherapist

Rebecca Myers London Trusted Therapy: Expert Individual and Couples Psychotherapist providing professional care for mental wellbeing.

Rebecca

Individual and Couples Psychotherapist

Nikki Holmes London Trusted Therapy: Expert Individual, Couples, and Family Psychotherapist providing professional mental health support.

Nikki

Individual Couples Family Psychotherapist

Sabine Tendas London Trusted Therapy | Counselling Psychologist

Sabine

Counselling Psychologist Individual Couples and Family Psychotherapist

CBT Therapist London | Shuja Hoda

Shuja

Individual Couples and Family Psychotherapist

Clinical Psychologist London for Children | Dr Sagari Sarkar

Sagari

Clinical Psychologist Individual Couples and Family Psychotherapist

Dr Saz Guscott HCPC Practitioner Psychologist Neurodiversity Specialist CBT ACT CFT IFS ADHD Autism Support Harley Street and Online

Saz

Counselling Psychologist Individual and Couples Psychotherapist EMDR

Housam Ebrahim Individual Couples Family and Group Psychotherapist EMDR

Housam

Individual Couples Family and Group Psychotherapist EMDR

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Haneyeh

Counselling Psychologist Individual and Family Psychotherapist EMDR

Tatiana Kazantseva Psychotherapist London Trusted Therapy Harley Street

Tatiana

Psychotherapist

Dr Emma Corcoran | Clinical Psychologist and Therapist London A woman with straight brown hair and fair skin is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a brown and white patterned jumper and is posed in front of a plain white background.

Emma

Clinical Psychologist Individual and Family Psychotherapist

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How We Treat Social Anxiety

We draw on CBT, Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), ACT, and psychodynamic approaches. For those whose social anxiety is rooted in earlier experiences or trauma, EMDR and trauma-informed therapy can also be highly effective.

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Signs You May Be Experiencing Social Anxiety

  • Intense fear of embarrassing yourself in front of others
  • Avoiding social situations, networking events, or group settings
  • Physical symptoms such as blushing, sweating, trembling, or a racing heart
  • Difficulty speaking up at work or in groups
  • Excessive worry before and after social interactions
  • Low self-confidence in relationships or professional settings

Why Choose London Trusted Therapy for Social Anxiety?

Social anxiety is not simply shyness, and it deserves more than a generic approach. At London Trusted Therapy, we understand that the experience of social anxiety is deeply personal — shaped by your history, your nervous system, and the meaning you have come to attach to how others perceive you. Our work begins there.

A clinically led, multidisciplinary team

Every practitioner at London Trusted Therapy holds substantial postgraduate training and professional accreditation, with a minimum of five years of clinical experience and an average of fifteen to twenty years across the team. Our practitioners include chartered and counselling psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors accredited with the BACP, UKCP, COSRT and HCPC- all working under the clinical direction of Dr Olena Edwards-Skadowska, BACP Accredited Psychotherapist, MBPsS, FMBPsS, and actively practising clinician.

Dr Edwards-Skadowska is the recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award for Services to Mental Health, presented at the Health 2.0 Global Conference 2024 — a recognition that reflects the values of excellence, integrity, and genuine clinical commitment that run through everything London Trusted Therapy does.

At London Trusted Therapy, you will be seen by a practitioner who is an expert in social anxiety — someone who brings deep, focused expertise to your presentation, rather than whoever is next available.

What Our Clients Say About Us

4.86 rating based on Doctify, Google and Trustpilot reviews

A M

  • 2025-01-06
Nikki took social anxiety that made everyday interactions exhausting seriously from day one, leaning on practical CBT tools, which unpicked things slowly and carefully. Six months in, I stopped waiting to feel ready and just started living again. Not every therapist gets that right, but Nikki did.

J R

  • 2025-05-21
I walked in dreading another conversation about social anxiety that made everyday interactions exhausting. Instead, Ardavan made it feel possible, through Compassion-Focused work, which finally gave a name to what had been happening. Looking back, the change has been slow, but it's been consistent, which says more than I can put into words.

J E

  • 2025-05-11
Tatiana is fantastic. I came in dealing with social anxiety that made everyday interactions exhausting, and drawing on mindfulness throughout, which brought real depth without ever feeling heavy. Even now, I feel equipped rather than overwhelmed, after everything.
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The Breadth to Meet Your Full Picture

 London Trusted Therapy is a genuinely multidisciplinary practice, which means that your care is not limited to a single therapeutic modality. Where your needs are complex or where one approach alone is unlikely to be sufficient, we are able to facilitate internal cross-referrals across the team — to EMDR specialists for trauma that underlies social anxiety, to psychiatry for assessment and medication review, or to other disciplines within the practice. This means your treatment can evolve with you, without the disruption and delay of starting again somewhere new.

A holistic, integrative approach

London Trusted Therapy is a holistic practice. We do not begin with a protocol and fit you to it — we begin with you.

For social anxiety, this means integrating mindfulness-based approaches to help you develop a different relationship with anxious thought and sensation; Somatic Experiencing to work with the nervous system directly, where anxiety is held in the body as much as the mind; and existential and psychodynamic exploration to understand the deeper meanings and relational roots of your fear of others’ judgement. Where structured skill-building is indicated, we draw on CBT and ACT as complementary tools within this broader framework. Where neurodevelopmental factors are relevant, our ADOS-2-trained clinicians bring additional sensitivity and expertise.

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  • No GP referral required. Appointments typically within one week.
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  • 95% of our clients say they would return to us or recommend us to family and friends.
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