Social Anxiety Therapy in New Jersey
Evidence-Based Treatment for Social Anxiety, Panic, OCD, and Fear-Based Anxiety Disorders in Bergen County, NJ.
On the outside, you’re functioning. On the inside, anxiety, overthinking, or panic are running your life and you’re exhausted from holding it together.
You don’t need to manage anxiety better…you need a different relationship with it.
Does This Sound Like You?
Constant fear of being judged, watched, or evaluated by others
Avoiding meetings, social events, phone calls, or speaking up
Panic or anxiety attacks before, during, or after social situations
Replaying conversations for hours or days afterward
Fear of saying the wrong thing, looking anxious, or losing control
Physical symptoms such as blushing, sweating, shaking, nausea, or racing heart
Feeling like anxiety controls your career, relationships, or social life
Perfectionism and over-preparing to avoid mistakes
Relief after avoiding situations, followed by regret and self-criticism
Many clients describe feeling frustrated because they know their fears are irrational, yet their body reacts automatically anyway. We offer specialized care to help people with these symptoms across Bergen County, Englewood, Tenafly, Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Monmouth County.
Social Anxiety, Panic Disorder, OCD & Phobias: How They Overlap
Social anxiety often overlaps with:
Panic disorder and anxiety attacks
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Performance anxiety and fear-based phobias
Perfectionism and high-achiever burnout
Avoidance, reassurance-seeking, safety behaviors, and mental checking may reduce anxiety in the moment but they quietly train the brain to stay afraid. Over time, fear generalizes, panic symptoms increase, and more situations feel unsafe. This pattern is common among individuals seeking specialized anxiety, OCD, and panic disorder treatment in North Jersey and throughout New Jersey via virtual therapy.
Our Specialized Approach: CBT, ERP & ACT Therapy
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns that fuel social anxiety, including:
Catastrophizing ("Everyone will notice"),
Mind reading ("They think I’m awkward"),
Black-and-white thinking,
Personalizing neutral reactions,
Magnification and filtering.
CBT teaches you how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and how to respond differently instead of automatically avoiding.
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Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
ERP is the gold-standard treatment for anxiety disorders, panic disorder, OCD, and phobias.
For social anxiety, ERP involves:
Gradually approaching feared social situations
Reducing avoidance and safety behaviors
Allowing anxiety to rise and fall naturally
Learning that feared outcomes do not occur or are tolerable
ERP helps retrain the nervous system so anxiety no longer controls your choices.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT focuses on building psychological flexibility, the ability to live a meaningful life with anxiety present.
Instead of trying to eliminate fear, ACT teaches you to:
Accept anxious sensations without fighting them
Defuse from anxious thoughts (seeing them as mental noise, not facts)
Stay present instead of stuck in future “what-ifs”
Clarify values (connection, confidence, growth)
Take committed action even when anxiety shows up
As Dr. Steven Hayes explains, the problem is not anxiety, it is the struggle with anxiety. ACT helps you stop fighting fear and start living again.
Who We Help:
Social anxiety disorder
Panic disorder and panic attacks
OCD and intrusive thoughts
Phobias and fear-based avoidance
Stress, burnout, and overwhelm
Perfectionism and high-achieving professionals
Our clients often say previous therapy focused too much on talking about anxiety instead of changing how their brain responds to it.
Serving Bergen County, Monmouth County & All of New Jersey
We provide in-person and virtual therapy for clients throughout:
Bergen County: Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Tenafly, Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Ho-Ho-Kus, Alpine, Closter, Glen Rock, Paramus. Monmouth County: Red Bank, Rumson, Fair Haven, Little Silver, Middletown, Holmdel, Colts Neck
We also offer virtual anxiety therapy across all of New Jersey.
