Reflections From The Therapy Room
A blog about therapy, healing, personal growth, & being human
Bountiful Health
East Bay Therapy & Counseling in Orinda, CA
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.
Feeling Out of Alignment? How East Bay Therapy Can Support Life Transitions and Identity Shifts
Have you ever built the life you thought you wanted, only to find it no longer feels like yours?
When your outer life stops reflecting your inner truth, it can leave you with an uneasy feeling, a sense of being out of step with yourself. This blog explores why that misalignment, known as self-incongruence, feels so unsettling, how life transitions bring it into focus, and how our East Bay therapy practice, specializing in life transitions and identity support, can help you reconnect with a life that truly feels like home.
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.
When You’re Functioning, But Not Really Living: How Depression Therapy Helps Uncover Hidden Struggles
You may be getting through the day, showing up, doing the work, holding it all together, but inside, something feels off. High-functioning depression often hides behind competence and composure, making it hard to name and even harder to talk about. This post explores the quiet signs of high-functioning depression and how compassionate, relational depression therapy in the East Bay can help you reconnect with what’s been missing.
