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What Is Scrupulosity OCD?

Scrupulosity OCD describes an OCD pattern where intrusive doubt attaches to religious or moral concerns. A person may fear they sinned, acted with the wrong intention, violated a value, or failed to feel certain enough. Treatment helps people respond to intrusive...

8 Coping Tools for Managing Anxiety

Anxiety often shows up before you feel ready You finish an email, read it again, and still hesitate to send it. Nothing looks wrong, but another review feels safer. Anxiety often creates that pressure to feel certain before you move forward. Many tips for managing...

Fawning: People Pleasing a Trauma Response?

By, Sierra Gray, CSW Have you ever heard of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn? Fawning is a common but less frequently talked about response to traumatic experiences that looks like trying to keep others happy, or putting other people’s needs first in order to survive an...

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What Is Scrupulosity OCD?

Scrupulosity OCD describes an OCD pattern where intrusive doubt attaches to religious or moral concerns. A person may fear they sinned, acted with the wrong intention, violated a value, or failed to feel certain enough. Treatment helps people respond to intrusive...

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8 Coping Tools for Managing Anxiety

Anxiety often shows up before you feel ready You finish an email, read it again, and still hesitate to send it. Nothing looks wrong, but another review feels safer. Anxiety often creates that pressure to feel certain before you move forward. Many tips for managing...

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woman challenging people pleasing
Fawning: People Pleasing a Trauma Response?

By, Sierra Gray, CSW Have you ever heard of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn? Fawning is a common but less frequently talked about response to traumatic experiences that looks like trying to keep others happy, or putting other people’s needs first in order to survive an...

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Helping Children with Perfectionism
Helping Children with Perfectionism

By, Rachel Thornton I recently did a podcast on perfectionism and the host happened to ask what this might look like in children and how to help them challenge perfectionism (you can find the episode here). I was reminded how pivotal our language is with children and...

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What is Perfectionism? Do You Know the Signs?
What is Perfectionism? Do You Know the Signs?

What is perfectionism? What are the signs? Perfectionism can manifest in a variety of ways. With this, it's not easily diagnosed into one area. Perfectionism is not a diagnosis in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). However, it shows in...

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Mental Health Resources – Tools & Supports
Mental Health Resources – Tools & Supports

One of the most common questions we get as a therapist is what resources people can turn to outside of the therapy office. Clients receive massive benefits in their change or healing journey when they incorporate outside resources to the therapy process (books,...

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