The Social Mind Clinic

Work with a small team of experienced therapists and coaches specialising in social anxiety, performance anxiety, public speaking anxiety, self-consciousness and fear of being seen.

Every clinician is personally selected by Sophia for their expertise and ability to connect, trained in the Social Visibility Framework™, and receives ongoing consultation in applying the approach.

Meet The Team

Common Challenges We Work With

These issues rarely exist in isolation - often several show up together, and that's completely normal.

Social / Performance Anxiety

E.G. feeling anxious before presentations, networking events, socialising or important meetings. Not speaking up in group dynamics. Avoiding opportunities for visibility that could advance your career. Anxiety ahead of auditions/interviews that impacts performance.

Public Speaking Anxiety

E.G. avoiding presenting or opportunities, struggling with visceral anxiety symptoms that impact performance, unable to collect thoughts, feeling embaressed by public speaking.

PTSD and Trauma

It’s not uncommon for traumatic experiences, whether professional or personal, to impact how we show up in the world today. This is something that often comes up in my work. Common themes include humiliation trauma, complex trauma, lack of attunement, neglect, poverty, bullying, growing up ‘different’ in some way and more.

Imposter Syndrome

E.G. Feeling like a fraud despite your achievements and qualifications. worrying others will discover you "don't belong" somehow, attributing success to luck rather than your capabilities.

Feeling Different

E.G. having a different way of seeing or understanding things, but instead of viewing yourself as a valuable maverick, feeling like an outsider or that you are wrong somehow. Perhaps feeling stupid / weird / inept etc.

Inferiority

E.G. Feeling easily triggered into feeling ‘below’ people even though there is no reason to feel this way, a sense of never being enough.

Social Media / Press Presence

E.G. avoiding social media despite knowing it’s necessary for your visibility, struggling to show up authentically, unable to tolerate negative comments and press, feeling humiliated by negative coverage.

Visibility Toleration

E.G. Struggling to speak up in meetings or challenge the status quo, feeling uncomfortable being seen as an expert or thought leader, playing small to avoid criticism or standing out too much, avoiding opportunities for success.

Anxiety and Panic

E.G. Constant worry and fear about different or specific things, vigilance of bad things going wrong, struggling to control and manage your thoughts, physical anxiety symptoms, behavioural anxiety e.g. avoidance, struggling with eye contact, trying to control your behaviour.

The Framework

The Social Visibility Framework™

Our clinicians are trained in Sophia's five-stage framework for understanding and working with difficulties around social evaluation:

The framework isn't a therapy model itself. Our clinicians use established evidence based psychological approaches within their own areas of expertise, while bringing a shared understanding of the social processes that can keep these difficulties going.

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Why I’ve created the Social Mind Clinic

For years, my work has focused on people who struggle with social anxiety, public speaking, self-consciousness and the fear of being seen.

But the more I worked in this area, the more I felt that a purely clinical lens didn't explain everything I was seeing.

We are profoundly social beings. We notice where we belong, how we're being perceived, where we stand in relation to other people, and whether it feels safe to be accepted, rejected, visible or different.

These are questions that social psychology has been studying for decades, through research into belonging, identity, status, social comparison, groups and social evaluation.

I began integrating this research with my clinical training, and it changed the way I understood the problems my clients were bringing to therapy.

That work eventually became my Social Visibility Framework™.

I created The Social Mind Clinic to take that approach beyond my own practice.

The result is a clinic that looks at both sides of the problem: what is happening psychologically within you, and what happens to you in relation to other people.

Meet The Handpicked Team

Sophia Spencer

Specialisms:

  • public speaking

  • high stakes environments

  • performance

  • visibility

  • social anxiety

  • panic attacks

  • trauma

Therapies: EMDR, CBT, ACT, CFT, Coaching

Founder + Director

Laura Huddart

Specialisms:

  • Adhd & social anxiety

  • Self esteem

  • Anxiety & adhd

  • Adhd coaching

  • Emotional overwhelm

Therapies: CBT, ACT, DBT, CFT

ADHD Specialist Therapist
CBT Therapist

Emily Hill

Specialisms:

  • Self esteem

  • Confidence

  • Anxiety / GAD

  • Panic attacks

  • Public speaking anxiety

Customer Service Manager

Karl Holland

Friendly, attentive, and always ready to help, our customer service manager ensures every interaction is a positive one. They keep communication clear, timely, and human.

Next Steps

Know the therapist you’d like to see? Book an appointment with them now to get going here.

Not sure who is best or if we’re the right team for you? Book a free intro call with Sophia here to discuss best options.