Reflections From The Therapy Room
A blog about therapy, healing, personal growth, & being human
Bountiful Health
East Bay Therapy & Counseling in Orinda, CA
High-Functioning Anxiety: When Competence Becomes a Coping Strategy
High-functioning anxiety often goes unnoticed, even as internal pressure builds. This post explores how competence becomes a coping strategy, why anxiety spikes during the holidays, and how relational, integrative therapy helps create lasting change.
Signs You Grew Up Emotionally Neglected, Even If Your Childhood Looked “Fine”
Many people who grew up with emotional neglect don’t realize anything was missing; everything looked “fine” from the outside. Yet in adulthood, this quiet form of developmental trauma often shows up as high-functioning anxiety, self-doubt, people-pleasing, or a harsh inner critic that never rests. Emotional neglect isn’t about dramatic events; it’s about the absence of emotional attunement, support, and being truly seen. If you recognize yourself in these patterns, you’re not alone, and healing is possible through warm, relational, trauma-informed therapy.
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.
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.
East Bay Therapy: Healing Through Connection With Relational, Integrative Therapy
Healing takes more than quick fixes; it takes safety, connection, and care that meets you where you are. In this post, explore how relational, integrative, trauma-informed, and depth therapy support lasting change for anxiety, trauma, and disconnection. Learn how East Bay therapy in Orinda and across California can help you reclaim clarity, self-trust, and emotional well-being.
