Managing Perfectionism
You have been a perfectionist your whole life, nothing ever feels quite good enough because you always see room for improvement.
It has served you well, gotten you far in life and your career
But you are starting to realize how tiring it feels to have to be perfect all of the time.
Life seems perfectly fine but you also see the potential that it could be better, that it could be EASIER.
You have read more self-help books than you could possibly count but they don’t seem to make the difference you are looking for. You have tried to think through your struggles a million different ways but if often feels like you are running in circles and you continue to hit the same walls.
You are realizing that even though your drive has gotten you far, your perfectionism is getting in the way of your dreams.
Symptoms of Perfectionism
Your desire for perfection has actually been holding you back because the fear of not doing your dreams exactly right is paralyzing. The fear of failure keeps you frozen.
You have avoided failure by only attempting the things you knew you would be great at or by just not trying at all.
When you visualize what your life could be like without perfectionism you can see exactly what it would look like. You can envision the job you would have, what your relationships would look like, the way you would go after your dreams at full speed, and the way your relationship would look with yourself.
Once you have gotten this image in your head you can’t stop dreaming about it, wanting it more and more, if only you could get out of your own way.
You recognize the importance of investing money but maybe its time for a different kind of investment, an investment into yourself. Because let’s get honest you are your own most valuable asset.
And just like investing money pays off more and more over time, the same is true when you invest in yourself. I have seen when people invest their time and energy into the therapy process and it paying off more than they could even imagine.
You are wondering if therapy could be the thing that makes the difference. You have been thinking about taking the leap to reach out to a therapist for a long time but it has just been another thing on your never ending to do list, until now.
Now you are ready to take that next step.
You are ready to live your life with more ease and less effort. You know how fantastic life would be for you if you could just stop over thinking every little thing, You see others living their life so effortlessly and taking things in stride and you are ready to do that too!
How therapy helps perfectionists
In therapy you will learn how to trust your gut, follow your dreams without overcomplicating them, give yourself permission to both take a break and permission to do things well even if they are not perfect. In therapy there is freedom.