healing from shame

Part of you believes, deep down, that you’re broken. 

You try so hard to be worthy of love. You show up for others, even at the expense of yourself. You hold yourself to the highest standards. You take accountability for everything.

You’ve pushed. Performed. Perfected.

And still, your inner voice whispers: You’re not good enough. You’re too much. You’re a bad person.

Many people don’t realize they’re living with intense chronic shame. You might interpret it as struggling with your own personal failings or character flaws. Maybe you just think of it as “not letting myself off too easily.” Maybe you can hear the self-critical voice, maybe you can’t. Shame doesn’t always shout. Often it whispers so quietly that you assume it’s the truth.

Chronic shame can show up as…

  • persistent anxiety & constant overthinking

  • overwhelming feelings of fatigue & hopelessness

  • feeling like an imposter no matter what you achieve

  • unrelenting self-criticism when you make a mistake

  • apologizing even when you’ve done nothing wrong

  • feeling like your needs don’t matter in relationships

  • needing constant distraction - with media, scrolling, sex, substances, etc…

Shame isn’t who you are. It’s something that happened to you - often long before you could name it. And you don’t have to live this way.

We aren’t born hating ourselves. Shame is often internalized in early childhood through repeated relational and environmental experiences—especially when core emotional needs like safety, acceptance, attunement, and belonging aren’t consistently met. When caregivers or environments send the message that a child’s natural feelings or behaviors are wrong, bad, or too much, the child doesn’t just think “I did something wrong”—they begin to believe, “I am wrong.”

Using a time-tested combination of mindfulness, parts work, trauma therapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy, we can challenge these negative self-beliefs, heal the wounded inner child parts holding onto the shame, unburden the inner critic from their over-emphasized role, and make contact with the parts of you that know you’ve always been good enough. In so doing, you can finally cultivate trust in yourself, self-compassion, self-love and feeling safe in your own body.

You’re not too much. You’re not broken.

You’ve just been carrying too much, alone.

Let’s change that.

Shame-based therapy can help with…

  • Trauma & PTSD

  • Complex Trauma

  • Childhood Trauma

  • Depression

  • Panic & Somatic anxiety

  • Social Anxiety & OCD

  • Self-esteem & Confidence

  • Relationship Issues

Curious about working together or want to learn more about my offerings?

A free, 15-minute consultation call is a great place to discuss what you’re experiencing, to have your questions answered, and to explore if working together feels like the right fit.