Self-Love

You have a positive view of those around you. You’re kind to your friends, family, coworkers, and the world. You work so hard so that people have great things to say about you (you’re a people-pleaser, after all), but you’re not kind to yourself.  You try to be your biggest supporter and become your biggest critic instead. Although it’s clear you’re a good person, the self-doubt and second-guessing is sometimes overpowering. You don’t trust your decisions, and truly you may just don’t trust yourself. It is hard to believe you won’t disappoint people and hard to accept that you are, in fact, good enough. You worry that others will have a negative view of you and that they’ll focus on everything you are already insecure about. It is hard to accept you don’t like yourself, and it is hard to identify your self-worth.

You may feel:

• It’s hard to trust you’re enough.

• You’re comparing yourself to the people around you, your friends, family, and even strangers. 

• Worried you’re letting someone down or upsetting people around you by just being yourself. 

• Relationships are hard to maintain, and you must keep people around you happy for them to stay. 

In therapy, we’ll work on reframing those repeating and intrusive thoughts. We’ll explore your core beliefs, unlearn the beliefs and behaviors that don't serve you anymore, and learn new ways to move forward and trust yourself. You’ll learn to love the person you are today, recognize that you’ve always been worthy of love, and come to terms with your past experiences and self.