A mobile application to complement face-to-face interactions in psychological intervention for social anxiety management

摘要

Social anxiety is a disorder characterized by excessive emotional discomfort triggered by exposure and the evaluation of others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is considered an effective therapeutic approach in the treatment of social anxiety. CBT benefits from practical, prompt logging of thoughts, which is not always available in existing tools. The proposed solution offers a mobile application to complement face-to-face interactions between therapist and patients. The Appsiety app logs the participant's thoughts and uploads this data to a secure platform to be reviewed by the therapist and adapt possible treatment plans. The Appsiety platform provides practical support for the therapist to define personalized interventions and have immediate access to the participants recordings. Although the preliminary use indicates promising results, further validation is needed concerning the research currently being done in order to bring specialized content to the solution.