Unmediated Friendship Breakdown to Psychological Reconstruction — A Case Counseling for Social Anxiety Following Unilateral Friendship Dissolution

Key Points

• The aim is to explore psychological reconstruction following an abrupt friendship end due to social anxiety.
• Case counseling with a female college student presenting social anxiety after friendship dissolution.
• Utilization of the friendship dissolution process model in therapy.
• Application of self-determination theory and acceptance and commitment therapy for emotional support.
• Reduction in emotional avoidance and rumination during counseling sessions.
• Improvement in the client's psychological state and acceptance of relationship termination.
• Enhanced sense of autonomy and decreased reliance on external validation.

Abstract