Therapy to move beyond People Pleasing and Rebuild Self-Trust
Katy Dimple Manning, LCSw
Therapist, Supervisor, Consultant
It’s hard not to be hard on yourself
You know you struggle with perfectionism. You’ve heard about self-compassion. But when you try to offer yourself kindness, it doesn’t seem to stick.
You may be highly capable and responsible — someone others rely on — yet you feel invisible or guilty when you need support. You tend to internalize blame, even when you’re doing everything you can to keep things together.
On paper, life looks good. Inside, you feel frozen, anxious, or chronically on edge. You’ve survived hardship or trauma, and it feels like this should be the easier part — but instead, it keeps getting harder.
If this resonates, you don’t have to figure it out alone. Therapy can help you understand what’s happening, feel safer in your body, and start making choices that actually work for you.
THERAPY TO HELP YOU MOVE OUT OF OLD PATTERNS
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Release Chronic Guilt
It can feel like you’re carrying a lot — often more than your share. Saying no feels hard, and guilt shows up even when you know you’ve done nothing wrong.
Therapy helps you work through people-pleasing tendencies and live with more ease and self-trust.
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Heal from Trauma at Your Pace
Past experiences still live in your body and nervous system and show up in your day-to-day. You may swing from feeling on edge to shut down, or just plain exhausted from holding it all together.
Attachment-informed trauma therapy can help you feel safer in your body, more present, and at home in yourself.
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Work Through Perfectionism
You push yourself hard, but still feel like it’s never enough.
Therapy helps you befriend the inner critic (stick with me!), set realistic expectations, and build self-compassion so life doesn’t feel like a constant struggle.
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Understand Stuck Patterns
You’re self-aware and insightful but keep ending up in the same dynamics. You know you want things to be different, and have even done some self-work, but it hasn’t quite gotten you where you want to go.
Together we address the underlying roots of the patterns that keep you feeling so stuck.
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