YOU DON’T HAVE TO SHRINK TO BE SEEN.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO CARRY IT ALONE.
Online therapy for high-achieving women navigating burnout, shame, and the quiet pressure to be the strong one.
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You’re capable. Reliable. The one people count on.
You work hard. You hold things together.
And still, you feel lonely.
Not because people aren’t around, but because you’re carrying so much by yourself.
You learned early that working hard and taking care of everything was safer than asking for comfort.
Now that strength feels heavy and exhausting.
Who I Work With
I specialize in trauma-informed, Neurodivergent-affirming, LGBTQIA+-affirming therapy for:
You might recognize this in yourself:
Working hard but never feeling like it’s enough
Guilt when setting boundaries or resting
Burnout feels like your baseline
Overthinking after conflict
Feeling invisible, misunderstood, or lonely
Mixed feelings about yourself and the people you love
Some deep, long-lasting shame that’s hard to name
From the outside, you function well. But inside, you’re carrying more than anyone realizes.
This isn’t a personal flaw. It’s a survival pattern shaped by family, culture, and larger systems.
HOW I WORK
Our work isn’t about fixing you. It’s about gently untangling the survival role you learned to live in.
Together, we explore:
How responsibility and productivity became your sense of worth
How shame and guilt shaped your inner voice and identity
How anxiety, chronic stress, burnout, and perfectionism live in your body
How different parts of you hold loyalty, anger, guilt, and longing at the same time
How cultural, family, and larger social systems shape your sense of safety, worth, and belonging
We help the parts of you that learned to survive feel safe enough to soften, without taking away the strength that once protected you.
Change isn’t forced. This is healing, not coping or performing.
WHAT HEALING LOOKS LIKE
Healing doesn’t look like being happy and calm all the time.
It means:
Less automatic self-blame and self-shaming
Feeling anger, tenderness, and mixed emotions without collapsing into shame
Needs are allowed and feelings are welcomed
Rest doesn’t spiral into “I’m lazy”
Being more familiar with your nervous system and survival patterns so you have more choice in how you respond
Over time:
The younger or wounded parts of you are seen and understood, not pushed aside or shamed.
A steadier sense of self not built on performance
A genuine relationship with yourself, not just living inside your roles
Having more internal space and finding harmony within your system.
Begin Here
You don’t have to earn your worth through exhaustion.
If you’re curious about what that could look like, I’d love to walk with you.
