Agoraphobia is a most common syndrome under Panic disorder. This term ‘agoraphobia’ is derived from Greek, ‘agora’ means the market place and ‘phobia’ means fear of specify event.

Generally, most people having perception that agoraphobia sufferer feel vulnerable and frighten in open or public place. For example in a queue, in shopping complex, garden and etc. Sufferer finds no obvious exit; develop dizziness and suffocating during this event.

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In the WEGO Health community on Asthma and Allergies

http://forums.wegohealth.com/forums/viewthread/283_32/

we were talking about how our insurance companies wouldn’t pay for needed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

I was wondering how much an average session cost, and whether people could just make online communities that went through a peer-reviewed book together, if individual members couldn’t afford the cost of a session.

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I know a lot of people have found CBT to be very effective while other could greatly benefit in the guidance of others who have “been there, done that”. There currently is no online community for cognitive behavioral therapy, and I have a lot of experience building online communities. Does anyone who is doing/has done CBT think this would be beneficial? If you are interested, I’d be happy to contact you when it goes live… I would say I could have it online in less than a week.

Ok, I suffer from social anxiety. I would really like to get help from a therapist who specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy. Does medical insurance cover something like that? How do i go about finding a therapist and getting help?