Anxiety and Perfectionism
Because you shouldn’t have to white-knuckle your way through life just to feel okay.
Living with anxiety as a high-achieving perfectionist can feel like juggling a hundred glass balls while trying not to drop your smile. This space is for you if you’re exhausted from trying to hold it all together. Here, you’ll find support, tools, and trauma-informed insights to help you untangle the roots of anxiety, loosen perfectionist patterns, and finally exhale.
You don’t have to keep managing it all alone. If something here resonates, I’d love to explore how therapy can support your healing and nervous system regulation.
Why Am I Like This? | Anxiety Therapy Phoenix for the Inner Critic
If anxiety and an inner critic have been running your internal world for years, it can feel exhausting and confusing. This post explores why these patterns make sense from a nervous system perspective and how trauma-informed anxiety therapy in Phoenix—including EMDR—can support change without urgency or shame.
Craving Closeness but Keeping Everyone at Arm’s Length - The Perfectionist’s Dilemma
Craving closeness while keeping people at arm’s length can feel confusing and lonely, especially for perfectionists shaped by trauma. This blog explores why vulnerability can feel unsafe, how perfectionism becomes a survival strategy, and how EMDR therapy in Phoenix and Tempe can help connection feel safer again.
Why Perfectionism Can Feel Safer Than Stillness | EMDR Therapy in Phoenix
Perfectionism often starts as a way to feel safe and in control, especially for trauma survivors. But over time, it becomes exhausting. Learn why stillness can feel threatening and how EMDR therapy in Phoenix can help your nervous system soften out of survival mode.
EMDR Therapy Phoenix 101 - Anxiety vs. Stress and Ways to Manage Both
Learn the differences between anxiety and stress, how trauma impacts both, and explore EMDR therapy in Phoenix for relief and healing.
Facing the Unknown: Anxiety, Trauma, and EMDR Therapy Phoenix
Facing the unknown is tough but even more challenging when you have anxiety and trauma in your past. This blog covers why the unknown can be so scary for people with trauma, anxiety, and perfectionistic tendencies while also giving some practical coping skills that can be used. Read on to discover how EMDR therapy can help with anxiety, trauma, and perfectionism.
EMDR Therapy Phoenix: Trauma Healing for Anxious High-Achievers
Dive into the world of EMDR therapy with insights from a Phoenix-based therapist. This blog explores the healing journey of anxious high-achievers dealing with trauma, emphasizing the ups and downs of recovery and how EMDR can help. Learn about finding the right support, navigating challenges, and embracing self-care on your path to wellness.
Taming the Inner Critic with EMDR Therapy in Phoenix
EMDR therapy has helped many heal from trauma, but it’s also faced its fair share of criticism. Is it truly effective, or just another trend in mental health? In this blog, we’ll break down common EMDR criticisms, separate myths from facts, and explore how this therapy can quiet the relentless inner critic that keeps so many stuck in self-doubt. If you’ve ever wondered whether EMDR therapy is right for you, read on to uncover the truth behind the controversy.
Grounding Tools for Anxiety and PTSD-And How EMDR Therapy Phoenix Resourcing Can Help
You wake up in a cold sweat from a dream you can't quite remember, but your body feels on edge, like your heart might beat out of your chest. You try to force your body and brain into a space where you can think and breathe again, but no matter what you try, that feeling of fear is still caught in your throat. This is where grounding techniques and EMDR Therapy Phoenix can help. If you’re tired of dealing with trauma responses and you’re ready to move forward with healing, read on.
How to Stop "Shoulding" All Over Yourself
Have you ever thought “I should be farther in life” or “I should have been able to push through that” or “I should ‘fill in the blank here’”? If you have, you’re not alone in the world of “shoulding”. Read on to understand why it’s not effective and how to start living better.
Anxiety Rooted in Trauma
Did you know that some anxiety is good? Healthy even? But how do we know when anxiety is hurting us or even more when it’s rooted in trauma and stress? Read on to understand when anxiety comes from trauma and how to start seeking healing for trauma and anxiety.
Ways to Ease the Perfectionist Mind
If you battle a perfectionist mind, read on for some tips about battling that perfectionism and where perfectionism can come from. Anxiety and Trauma are big factors.
