Pushing the limits of life is a great way to test your potential, increase your income, and create external success. But what if a high level of achievement wasn’t just for you but a way to avoid the past, numb insecurities, or distance yourself from relationship problems?  This blog post will explore how online individual therapy for high achievers near Elm Grove, WI can help you shed insecurities, self-doubt, limiting beliefs, and even heal past trauma.
Pressure to Keep Going
No matter how much is achieved, you are still unfulfilled. This leads to the ever-increasing cycle of more to-dos, projects, and stress to keep you moving forward. Deep down, you may be exhausted, but what’s your self-worth if you stop completing projects or accomplishing tasks? This can become a never-ending cycle that ultimately runs you and those you love into the ground.
External Achievements Seem to Define Your Life
There’s a big difference between external achievement and internal self-worth. The former may be more fleeting and fade with time. Furthermore, the external achievements may only mask the internal challenges hiding below the surface. By focusing on the external, you are able to move and keep your attention away from the challenges and insecurities that cause you pain. It can be a detrimental avoidance pattern over the long term.
Perfectionism Has Its Problems
Sometimes, past events in life even make us try to exert our control over daily life. This can often be found in perfectionism-oriented tendencies. The brain has somehow become overly coupled with the thought that by being perfect, we can somehow increase our sense-of-self and self-esteem or right our past. However, what you and others have probably noticed with control in life is that it usually backfires and causes more stress.
Where to Start?
Healing from not putting so much stock into external achievement and perfectionism is a process. Somatic Experiencing (SE) therapy is a potent form of trauma therapy created to undue the manners in which the body has tried to protect itself or respond to moments of prolonged stress and trauma. SE therapy helps to integrate memories of stress and pain so the body feels safe enough to be in the present moment. This form of therapy is a great way to bring self-awareness towards internal body sensations and emotions that often become numbed due to stress and trauma.
Online Individual Therapy for High Achievers
We all want to crush it in the world. Sometimes, this can have unintentional consequences on those around us, your mental health, and your physical health. If stress, past trauma, or a constant state of fight and flight permeate your life, working with a SE therapist may benefit you. I offer online individual therapy for high achievers near Elm Grove, WI to help you live your best life, create inner peace, and heal from the past.
If this is you or someone you know, call me at 720.295.6703 or submit an online form here. We’ll schedule a free 15-minute consultation call to ensure we’re a good fit to work together from there. If we both agree we are a good fit, we’ll schedule our initial appointment then. I look forward to hearing from you.
