Definately work with your counselor. Social Anxiety will hold you back and keep you from seeing your true happiness potential. We need human contact and having fears of it will do you no good in the long run. A little fear is healthy and helpful but you have a failure to launch when it comes to a very important part of the human experience and deserve to get the help you need to begin living the full spectrum life you deserve. (((Hugs)))

I worked in some social anxiety workbooks years ago and found them very helpful. Perhaps your local library has something which could be useful to you. (((Hugs))). Maybe you need a wingman to help you break from your shell? Do you have any friends like that?