Reflections From The Therapy Room
A blog about therapy, healing, personal growth, & being human
Bountiful Health
East Bay Therapy & Counseling in Orinda, CA
From Achievement to Authenticity: How Therapy Helps Perfectionists Build Real Self-Esteem
Perfectionism may look like strength but often hides low self-esteem. Discover how self-esteem and shame therapy help high-achieving adults build authentic confidence. Serving Orinda, Walnut Creek, and the East Bay.
Why You Hold Yourself Back: Understanding and Healing the Self-Imposed Limitations and Negative Patterns That Keep You Stuck
Learn why self-doubt and fear of failure keep you stuck, and how therapy helps you heal self-imposed limitations and reclaim confidence.
Part 2: Body Image Therapy & Self-Esteem Therapy
The inner critic can feel like a constant voice reminding you that you’re not good enough, thin enough, or successful enough. Left unchecked, it fuels shame, perfectionism, and performance-based self-worth—making it nearly impossible to feel at peace. In this post, we explore how body image therapy and self-esteem therapy help quiet the critic, uncover its roots, and replace it with a kinder, steadier inner voice.
Part 1: Body Image Therapy & Self-Esteem Therapy
Body image struggles often go deeper than appearance, shaping self-esteem and self-worth. In this first part of our Healing Beyond the Mirror series, discover how body image therapy and self-esteem therapy can help you untangle old shame stories and begin seeing yourself with greater compassion.
The Roots of Perfectionism: How Early Life Experiences Shape Your Inner Critic
Perfectionism often looks like success on the outside, but inside, it can feel like constant pressure, shame, and never feeling good enough. In this post, we explore how early life experiences shape the inner critic, and how psychodynamic therapy helps you understand the roots of perfectionism, quiet self-doubt, and begin to feel worthy without having to earn it.
Always on Edge, Never at Ease: Anxiety, Perfectionism, and the Inner Critic
Many people live with anxiety without realizing it, because it hides behind perfectionism, over-responsibility, and an inner critic that never rests. This post explores how these patterns develop, why they’re so hard to break, and how anxiety therapy can help you reconnect with yourself and begin to feel safe in your own body again.
