Systematic Desensitization and Self management Counselling Techniques

The study examined the Effect of Systematic Desensitization and Self management Counselling Techniques on Social Phobia among undergraduates of Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano State, Nigeria. It adopted the quasi-experimental design involving the pre-test and post-test design. Population of the study comprised all six (06) faculty male and female undergraduates of Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano State, Nigeria who demonstrated symptoms of Social Phobia Disorder (SPD).On the basis of the findings, it was concluded that Systematic Desensitization (SD)) was effective on cognitive, behaviour and physiological dimensions of social phobia, Self mnagement (SM) counselling technique also had effect on cognitive, behavioral and physiological dimension of social phobia and that there is no differential effect of the two techniques on cognitive, behaviour and physiological dimensions of social phobia. It was recommended that social phobia undergraduates should be detected early and solved using either the Systematic Desensitization (SD) counselling technique or Self management (SM) counselling.