Metaphorical Cognitive Therapy in Social Anxiety Disorder

Recently one of the most interesting topics in cognitive psychology is the metaphor. Because of their cognitive properties, metaphors were applied in psychological therapy. This research's aim is study metaphorical cognitive therapy for in social anxiety disorder.
This semi experimental research conducted with 40 voluntary person with social anxiety that randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. Both groups answered to Social anxiety questionnaires (Connor, 2000) as pretest. Experimental group received 12 sessions of metaphorical cognitive therapy based on Heimber (2000). The value of pretest and post-test compared with covariance analysis.
findings showed significant reduction of social anxiety in experimental group compare with control group.
Results indicate the importance and effectiveness of metaphorical cognitive therapy for in social anxiety disorder.