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.

When Our Body & Brain’s Safety Mechanisms Start to Interfere with Our Lives: Overthinking, Perfectionism, Anxiety, and Freezing Through a Trauma-Informed Lens

When Our Body & Brain’s Safety Mechanisms Start to Interfere with Our Lives: Overthinking, Perfectionism, Anxiety, and Freezing Through a Trauma-Informed Lens

Ever feel like overthinking, perfectionism, or anxiety are running your life? These aren’t just habits—they’re survival mechanisms your brain developed to protect you. While they once kept you safe, they may now be holding you back. Learn how a trauma-informed lens and EMDR therapy in Tempe and Phoenix can help you untangle these patterns and reclaim your life.

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EMDR Therapy Phoenix 101 - Anxiety vs. Stress and Ways to Manage Both

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.

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