Journal of Positive Psychology & Wellbeing http://journalppw.com 2023, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1026 – 1035 ISSN 2587-0130 © 2021 JPPW. All rights reserved To Evaluate the Effect of Cognitive Drill Therapy on Social Anxiety - A Preliminary Study Priya Ahalawat 1 , Dr. Anita Moral 2 1 Department of Psychology, Meerut College, Meerut, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (250004), Uttar Pradesh, India E-mail: AhalawatPriya@gmail.com 2 Department of Psychology, Meerut College Meerut, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (250004), Uttar Pradesh, India E-maill: Dr.AnitaMoral@gmail.com Abstract Cognitive drill therapy is a new and effective approach for the treatment of social anxiety. Key component of this therapy involves verbal exposure to dreaded negative outcomes. Verbal exposure is kept continued until there is a noticeable decrease in the felt anxiety. The process starts with the generation of cognition of the feared outcomes, followed by a change in time perspective to the present or past. To examine the effectiveness of cognitive drill therapy in the treatment of social anxiety. Methods: In the Present intervention study by using the random sampling method, a pre-post test of the experimental and control group was used. The sample consisted of 52 subjects (26 in each group), based on pre-test scores on social anxiety with a diagnosis of moderate social anxiety. The pre-post assessment measure was LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE. For intervention, I0 sessions of structured CDT (weekly one session) were used individually on the experimental group. Afterward, a post-test was administered to both groups to identify the difference in social anxiety. An Independent sample t-test was applied to find the difference between the two groups before and after the intervention. Findings revealed a significant change in pre- post-test scores on the symptomology of social anxiety. Sample size and age group can be increased/varied for wider generalizations.Cognitive drill therapy produces faster results and provides a unique framework for exposure to the cognitive determinants of irrational fear. Keywords: cognitive drill therapy (CDT), social anxiety, anxiety, psychoeducation, psychotherapy Introduction Social anxiety disorder, commonly known as social phobia, is an anxiety disorder in which a person feels uneasy when interacting with others due to a concern about being embarrassed or judged by others (NIH, 2014). This kind of uneasiness will be experienced as fear and anxiety and will be accompanied by anomic arousal, including diaphoresis, apnea, tremors, tachycardia, and nausea (ADAA, 2014). The severity of symptoms can range from mild uneasiness to a nearly crippling fear that pervades all aspects of life (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The uneasiness that people with Social Anxiety Disorder experience can be generalized to day-to-day life activities such as eating in front of others or using a public bathroom. People with social phobia urge social contact and wish to participate in social situations, but their anxiety can become intolerable (NIMH, 2014). Social anxiety can lead to isolation and either the absence of development or a slowdown of social skills, which can escalate existing social anxiety. Comorbidity also occurs with other anxiety disorders, depression, as well as substance abuse disorders according to the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Other