Social Phobia is one of the most common anxiety disorders. It is characterized by intense fear of social situations. Sufferer of social phobia avoids of attending in society, and it would jeopardize their educational and occupational performance. Research results showed the effectiveness of cognitive hypnotherapy on social phobia. The goal of this paper is analyzing the effectiveness of cognitive hypnotherapy and sense of coherence of individuals who suffer from social phobia. This Quasi-experimental research is based on pre-test and post-test control group design. The sample included all college students who suffer from social phobia, and referred to the psychology clinic of Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Twenty participants are selected based on Judgmental Sampling, and two test and control groups are selected accidentally. For collecting data, Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) and sense of coherence questionnaires are used. At the start of the procedure, participants answer to researcher\'s questionnaires and then after 8session of cognitive hypnotherapy, the criteria are completed by them. Results show that cognitive hypnotherapy is effective on dysfunctional beliefs of individuals suffering from social phobia, meanwhile decreasing the symptoms of this disorder with improving sense of coherence.

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