Online Therapy for Self-Criticism in Pennsylvania
Would you speak to a dear friend in the same way you speak to yourself? Or do you find yourself surprised by the intensity and tone of your private, inner voice?
The idea that you’re very hard on yourself may have been a recent realization. Deep down, you’ve always felt this way, like you’re either too much or never enough. Your awareness that you are not good enough is so automatic it’s like a colored filter on your experience you may have forgotten was there. You might not have put it in quite these words, but your inner critic overwhelms you with feelings of shame and hopelessness. You’d like to be kinder to yourself, and your thoughts about the difficulties you’ve had thus far might be telling to you that you really don’t have what it takes. You’re ready to dig in and discover how therapy can help.
I am a therapist who’s speciality is anxiety and self-criticism. Harsh self-talk can become a monster that feels impossible to live without. You don’t have to struggle alone. You have the capacity to create a new relationship with yourself. When the inner-critic shows up, we’ll work together to build compassion and understanding, while also putting it in its place. Healing from self-criticism involves building self awareness and self-compassion. Your unique path in life has lead self-criticism to play an important role. It’s now time to shift into new ways of relating to yourself that foster a sense of safety, vitality and ease within yourself.
Therapy for self-criticism can be deeply rewarding. You may have experienced trauma or difficulties in your family growing up that we will work through as part of the therapy. I use the science of compassion and a range of proven therapeutic approaches to shine a light on why the self-critic shows up and what we can do about it. You’ll develop a self-compassionate voice that can slowly begin to influence how you feel about yourself and the world around you. We’ll laugh together too. Our minds work in ways we would never have chosen for ourselves!
I know how exhausting and defeating it feels to grapple with self-criticism day in and day out. I also know you can experience something radically different. What you’re going through right now makes sense, and you deserve a supportive therapist who will meet you where you are without judgement. You have the ability to put self-criticism in its place: as a small part of a much bigger, vibrant life.