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.
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.
Navigating the New Year's Resolutions Rollercoaster: A Trauma-Informed Approach with EMDR Therapy Phoenix
Step into the New Year with a blog that unravels the psychology behind resolutions, offering insights into the unique challenges faced by trauma survivors. As we bid farewell to 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona, join me, Kandace Ledergerber, a Licensed Professional Counselor and EMDR Therapist, on a quest to understand the intricate web of human psychology and the empowering potential of setting S.M.A.R.T. goals.
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.
Putting Yourself First: The Struggle of Prioritizing Self-Care In a World Where It’s Become a One-Liner
The term “self-care” has become a buzzword often filled with images of long walks on the beach and bubble baths but the truth is that it is SO much more than that and can often feel unattainable in our go-go-go culture. In this blog we’ll explore some real tangible steps you can take to taking care of yourself and your wellness.
How To Manage Stress and Anxiety When Buying and Selling a Home in Phoenix, Arizona
Buying and selling a home can come with a roller coaster of emotions - even for an EMDR therapist. If you are looking to buy or sell and are feeling nervous about the process, read this interview where Talicia shares what areas clients typically get stuck in and how they can manage the stress and anxiety of buying and selling in any market.
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.
When the Go, Go, Go Becomes Utterly Exhausting
The constant go mentality of our culture and of the holidays can be exhausting and draining on our mental health! Find several tips here to release ourselves from that exhaustion.
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.