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<p><span style="color: rgb(88, 102, 110); text-align: justify;">I would like to develop a technology based psychological intervention tools for university students which will enrich the psychological counseling services of university counseling centers.Specially , I will focus on Social Anxiety as it is prevalent among the students of university.</span><br></p><div><span style="color: rgb(88, 102, 110); text-align: justify;"><br></span></div>

<p><span style="color: rgb(88, 102, 110); text-align: justify;">Social anxiety is a persistent anxiety disorder that has a profound negative impact on quality of life and its’ prevalence among university students is high. Nowadays, University Psychological Services is playing an important role in helping students suffering from mental health. Scientific researches indicate that traditional counseling services (face to face) can be enhanced using technology devices such as, for example, smartphones and its software applications. A mobile application will be developed to enhance current face-to-face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT) for students who will attend the University Psychological Support center. The app is going to function, between sessions, as an adjunct to traditional face-to-face CBT, and its main goal is to enhance social anxiety treatment, by increasing patient engagement and adherence to homework and therapy in general. There will be two teams, one team of psychologists and the other one of electronic engineers, specialized in mobile computing. After regular first sessions proceedings, the therapist will provide an access key to the patient, that will allow him to access the application. The patient will acquire the application, that will be available in the mobile application store, and then after installing and signing in with the access key, the patient has immediate access to the content of the application. Structurally, the content integrating the application will be divided into modules, that will be given access to the patient as she/he progresses in treatment. This application will be structured according to CBT protocol for social anxiety. The main modules include, psycho-education; registration of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors; relaxation techniques; social skills training and exposure exercises.</span></p>