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Table 2 Content of the sessions
| Session No. | Content | Material |
|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | psycho-education (goals: relationship to the child, the child's motivation, the externalization of anxiety, normalization of fears, information on social anxiety, target setting, creating an anxiety hierachy, strategies for overcoming fears) | Therapeutic story as part of each session, hand puppets, puzzles, pictures, songs, stories, games, information sheets about social anxiety |
| 6-8 | cognitive restructuring: negative thoughts in advance of social situations and subsequent re-evaluations | Picture stories, stories, games and encouragement to discourage 'bad' thoughts |
| 9-18 | Preparation of behavioral experiments with gradually increasing difficulty, assessment of safety and avoidance behavior, discussion of potential obstacles, attention training, behavioral experiments in vivo | Various role-playing, some with video feedback, "Angstopoly" (board game with the implementation of social practice) |
| 19 | Summary and conclusion of the therapy, dealing with relapses | |
| 20 | Booster Session | |
| Parents | Parent sessions: Information on social anxiety in children, video-based assessment for the caregivers on how to deal with the child's fears, information about behavioral experiments and possibilities for supporting the child Closing session |
