My PhD research is focused on comparing the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy, effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy, psychodrama, and their integration for treatment
of social anxiety disorder in a randomized controlled trial. Although cognitive behavioral group therapy (CBGT) is an effective treatment for social anxiety disorder, many socially anxious patients are still symptomatic after treatment. A possible improvement for CBGT could come from the more experiential group psychotherapy, psychodrama (PD). The integration of CBGT and PD (labeled CBPT) might offer an even more effective treatment than CBGT or PD alone. With the present study, we investigated first whether three kinds of group therapy (CBGT, PD, and CBPT) are superior to a waitlist (WL). Second, we investigated whether CBPT is more effective than CBGT or PD alone. This study conducted under the supervision of prof. dr. Arnoud Arntz and dr. Corine Dijk.