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From Social Anxiety to Connection
A psychologist’s guide to overcoming social anxiety and building a life of confidence, courage and connection
What if a psychologist could walk with you and guide your journey from anxiety to confidence and connection?
From Social Anxiety to Connection is a practical guide for anyone who feels stuck in cycles of worry, overthinking or fear of judgement. Written by clinical psychologist Dr Brendan Meagher, it offers clear, steady steps to help you feel calmer, more confident and more connected in everyday life.
Drawing on more than twenty years of experience, Brendan explains social anxiety in a way that feels understandable and manageable.
Through practical tools and relatable examples, you’ll learn how to settle your body, challenge unhelpful thoughts and gradually build the confidence to participate more fully—in conversations, relation ships and everyday situations that have felt hard.
Content
Chapter 1: What Social Anxiety Is and What It’s Not
Finally make sense of what you’ve been feeling – and why it’s not just ‘being shy’.
Chapter 2: Why Your Brain Feels Under Threat
Find out why social situations can make your body react as if you’re in real danger and what you can do about it.
Chapter 3: The Inner Critic – Understanding Your Self-Talk
Meet the voice that turns small moments into big worries and learn how to manage it.
Chapter 4: Avoidance and Exposure – The Trap That Keeps You Anxious (and the Way Out)
Understand how avoidance fuels anxiety and how exposure breaks the cycle.
Chapter 5: Safety Behaviours – The Hidden Habits That Backfire
Spot the subtle ways you try to protect yourself that might be holding you back.
Chapter 6: The Two Circles of Influence – Focusing on What You Can Control
Shift your attention from what others think to what you can actually influence – your thoughts, breath and responses.
Chapter 7: Mindfulness and Compassion – Being Kinder to Yourself
Stay present, turn down self-criticism and treat yourself like you would a friend.
Chapter 8: Social Skills and Connection – Building Confidence Gradually
Learn small, realistic steps you can take to help you connect with others and feel more at ease socially.
Chapter 9: Managing Setbacks – Building Resilience and Momentum
See setbacks not as failures but as part of progress – and discover how self-compassion and flexibility help you bounce back stronger.
Chapter 10: When It’s More Than Just Social Anxiety – Understanding the Bigger Picture
Recognise when anxiety overlaps with depression, perfectionism, trauma or burnout – and how broadening your support can help you heal more fully.
Chapter 11: Lifestyle Medicine – Building the Foundations of Wellbeing
Discover small, sustainable choices in sleep, nutrition, movement and connection that strengthen both body and mind.
Chapter 12: Creating a Values-Based Life – The Compass Beyond Anxiety
Shift your focus from reducing anxiety to living with purpose by aligning your daily actions with what truly matters to you.
Conclusion: A Life That’s Bigger Than Anxiety
See anxiety as just one part of your experience and keep building a meaningful
The Tech-Savvy Psychologist
Psychology practice is ripe for artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology innovation, and we are on the cusp of a revolution in the delivery of mental healthcare services. AI and digital technology are about to break the mould of how we deliver services and psychologists will be liberated from what can be automated or accomplished better by technology. Freed to do more complex and rewarding work and clients will be more likely to receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place.
Brendan Meagher and Tamara Cavenett take the reader on a journey exploring how and why this revolution is about to occur. The coming wave of AI and digital technology is good news. AI and digital technology will not replace psychologists. Rather, psychologists who use AI and digital technology will replace psychologists who do not because AI and digital technology will allow psychologists to better serve their clients.
The Tech–Savvy Psychologist is an essential and practical guide for psychologists wanting to integrate AI and digital technology into their practice. All psychologists can become tech savvy and deliver an optimal experience to their clients by combining the power of technology with the human touch.
Content
Part 1 – You can become a tech-savvy psychologist
Introduction: You and your clients can benefit from digital technology
Chapter 1: Are your beliefs about technology holding you back?
Part 2 – Tools you can use with clients
Chapter 2: Assessment tools
Chapter 3: Client and psychologist matching
Chapter 4: Websites
Chapter 5: Apps
Chapter 6: Chatbots
Chapter 7: Digital therapeutics
Chapter 8: Outcome measurement
Chapter 9: Wearable health technology
Part 3 – Tools for running your practice
Chapter 10: The digital office
Chapter 11: Your website and social media
Chapter 12: Additional useful technology
Chapter 13: Artificial intelligence in mental healthcare
Chapter 14: The exciting future
The Tech-Savvy Psychologist Model
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