Feasibility Study of Mindfulness and Acceptance Based Group Therapy for Social Anxiety

Anxiety and depressive disorders are common in all regions of the world. Anxiety disorders are considered as third major psychological issue in Pakistan (Panhwer, 2014). Objective of the present study is to see the feasibility and effectiveness of social anxiety in females with the help of mindfulness and acceptance based therapy. It is hypothesized that women in the intervention group will have significantly reduced anxiety as compared to the women in the control group. A total of 60 females in the age range of 18 to 28 ages will be selected from Institute of professional psychology and private clinics from Karachi city. The participants will be recruited through the administration of Mini-Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN-mini). The participants will be randomly divided in interventions and control group and will receive the intervention of ten sessions of group therapy of MABT plan. Assessment will be conducted at the baseline and at the end of the intervention.