When anxiety makes life narrow, withdrawing is the obvious answer.
And it is the one that makes it worse in the long run. In a group the opposite happens: you practise exactly where it is hard, with people who are in a similar place.
Twelve weeks, a fixed group, in person in Frankfurt am Main. Six to nine people who begin together and finish together.
Why a group, of all things, helps.
With social anxiety, the thing you are afraid of is exactly what is in the room: other people. At first that sounds like the wrong place to be. In fact it is the right one, because every session is a real social situation, not a conversation about one.
And there is something individual therapy cannot offer. You hear other people say out loud what you know from the inside. That takes away part of what makes the anxiety feel self-evident: the assumption that there is something wrong with you personally.
You also get feedback from people who have no reason to be polite: how you actually come across. With social anxiety, that is often the part nobody saw coming.
Here you do not rehearse how it might go. You do it. With people who are in a similar place.
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6–9
people
A closed group: everyone starts and finishes the twelve weeks together, and nobody joins later.
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12
weeks
One session per week, over twelve weeks.
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100
minutes
Per session, in person at the practice. Groups do not take place online.
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2027
start
The first group begins as soon as six places are confirmed, expected in early 2027.
How you get into the group.
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Enquiry
You write to me or call. I get back to you within two working days, and we clarify what your situation is and whether the group is the right setting for it.
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Preliminary appointment at the practice
A single appointment: your history, your goals, your concerns and what awaits you in the group. This appointment is billed as an individual session.
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Confirming your place
You sign the group agreement: confidentiality, attendance, how cancellations are handled. That reserves your place.
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Start, once six people have confirmed
I give you the start date three to four weeks in advance. Places seven to nine can still be filled up to the second week.
Every session has the same shape.
Every session has the same shape, and that is deliberate: when you are anxious, you need to know what is coming. We begin with a short round: how the week went and what you tried out.
Then comes a topic: how avoidance works, what happens in the body, how to examine an anxious thought. After that we practise, in role plays, in small tasks in pairs, sometimes outside as well.
At the end everyone takes away a concrete task for the week. None of it happens as a surprise: you know beforehand what it is about, and you have a say in how far you go.
You will know what the group costs before it begins.
- Group session, 100 minutes Per session, per person. by arrangement
- Preliminary appointment A single appointment before the group starts, billed as an individual session. in addition
Please clarify reimbursement with your private health insurer or your Beihilfe office before the group starts. You submit the invoice there yourself.
What participants ask before they start.
Do I have to speak in front of everyone?
What if I know someone in the group?
Can I combine the group with individual therapy?
What if I miss a session?
The first group begins once six places are taken.
Expected start: early 2027. Write me a short message or call; I will put you on the list with no obligation and get in touch as soon as a start date is fixed.
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