Social anxiety disorder keeps people trapped in fear, avoiding opportunities, relationships, and experiences due to overwhelming dread of judgment and rejection. For Draper, Utah residents whose lives have been limited by social fear, our virtual intensive outpatient program provides evidence-based treatment from home. Through proven therapeutic approaches, clients learn to face social situations with growing confidence and move beyond the fear that has held them back.
Our virtual program brings specialized social anxiety treatment to Draper residents, allowing you to begin recovery without the added challenge of navigating unfamiliar social situations just to access care.
What Is Social Anxiety Disorder?
Social anxiety disorder is a mental health condition characterized by intense, persistent fear of social or performance situations where one might be negatively evaluated, embarrassed, or rejected. This fear exceeds normal nervousness and causes significant avoidance, distress when avoidance fails, and interference with important life areas.
Common fears include appearing awkward or incompetent, showing visible signs of anxiety, being criticized or rejected, or saying something embarrassing. These fears lead to avoiding work situations, social gatherings, phone calls, or any interaction involving potential scrutiny.
The Avoidance Trap
Avoidance is the central problem in social anxiety. While avoiding feared situations brings temporary relief, it prevents learning that social situations are manageable and reinforces beliefs that they are threatening. Over time, avoidance causes the world to shrink.
How Social Anxiety Is Treated
Evidence-based treatment includes exposure therapy and cognitive approaches. Exposure therapy involves gradually facing feared social situations while resisting avoidance and safety behaviors. Cognitive approaches address the thinking patterns that maintain social fear.
Our intensive outpatient program provides treatment three hours daily, Monday through Friday. This concentrated format offers consistent opportunities for social practice, leading to faster progress than weekly therapy within our 16-week program.
Safety Behaviors
Safety behaviors are subtle strategies used to feel safer in social situations, like rehearsing conversations, avoiding eye contact, or staying quiet. While these feel protective, they prevent authentic connection and maintain anxiety. Treatment helps identify and reduce these behaviors.
Virtual Social Anxiety Treatment in Draper, Utah
Our virtual intensive outpatient program serves Draper, Utah residents through secure video technology. Research confirms that virtual treatment produces the same outcomes as in-person care, with clients achieving a 64% average symptom reduction.
The group format provides natural exposure opportunities. Clients practice social interactions with peers who understand social anxiety, building skills in a supportive environment before applying them in everyday life.
Program Details
Our program meets three hours daily, Monday through Friday, with adult sessions from 12 pm to 3 pm. The 8:1 client-to-staff ratio ensures personalized attention while the group setting provides practice opportunities throughout the 16-week program.
What Recovery Looks Like
Recovery means freedom to engage without constant fear of judgment. Clients learn to tolerate uncertainty in social situations, handle awkward moments with resilience, and focus on genuine connection rather than self-monitoring.
Our 79% recovery rate and 92% client satisfaction reflect meaningful life changes. Clients report pursuing career opportunities, building friendships, and feeling genuinely present rather than constantly evaluating their performance.
Authentic Confidence
Treatment builds genuine confidence, not better performance skills. Rather than learning to hide anxiety more effectively, clients develop comfort with being themselves. This authentic confidence proves far more sustainable and fulfilling.
Getting Started
Our program serves individuals ages 8 and older with social anxiety. If fear of social situations limits your life, evidence-based treatment can help. Taking the first step requires courage, but our clinicians understand social anxiety and will support you through the process.
Many people with social anxiety have struggled for years without knowing effective treatment exists. Connection is possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is social anxiety treatment available in Draper, Utah?
Yes, our virtual intensive outpatient program serves Draper, Utah residents, providing specialized social anxiety treatment from home through secure video technology.
What causes social anxiety disorder?
Social anxiety develops through a combination of genetic factors, temperament, and life experiences. Regardless of cause, evidence-based treatment effectively reduces symptoms and improves functioning.
How does group treatment help social anxiety?
Group treatment provides natural opportunities to practice social skills with peers who understand social anxiety. The group becomes a supportive environment for trying new behaviors before applying them elsewhere.
Can social anxiety be treated from home?
Yes, research confirms that virtual treatment produces the same outcomes as in-person care. Our program achieves a 64% average symptom reduction through evidence-based treatment via secure video.
How long does social anxiety treatment take?
Our intensive outpatient program runs for 16 weeks, meeting three hours daily, Monday through Friday. This format provides consistent practice opportunities.
What if I am too anxious to participate?
Feeling anxious is expected and understood. Our clinicians support you through initial discomfort, and the anxiety becomes therapeutic material. Most clients find their comfort increases significantly as treatment progresses.
Social anxiety does not have to limit your life. Our virtual intensive outpatient program provides Draper, Utah residents with evidence-based treatment that helps you move beyond fear of judgment. Contact us at 866-303-4227 to learn how our program can help.
