The Inner Critic
When you’re struggling with low self-esteem, the world can feel hostile and unwelcoming. Every interaction feels like a validation of your deepest fears about yourself. It's as if there's a constant voice in your head whispering cruel remarks and tearing you down at every opportunity.
You find yourself endlessly comparing yourself to others, convinced that you'll never measure up. No matter how hard you try, it feels like you're always falling short, always disappointing those around you. You start to believe that you're inherently flawed, unworthy of love, success, or happiness.
Even the simplest tasks can seem difficult when you're plagued by low self-esteem. Making decisions feels impossible, as you second-guess every choice you make. Taking risks feels out of the question, as you fear failure and rejection more than anything else.
Your inner critic becomes your constant companion, chipping away at your self-worth with every passing moment. You start to believe the lies it tells you, convinced that you're not good enough, not smart enough, not worthy of love or respect.
Holistic Therapy for
Self-Esteem Challenges
Help for Self-Esteem Challenges
What you say to yourself and how you say it is everything.
Here’s how we’ll shift that inner conversation:
• Address unhelpful thinking styles: You will learn about the most common types of problem thinking and identify the thinking styles that fuel your negative self-talk and low self-esteem. Together we will practice challenging, redirecting, and reframing these thoughts to support a healthier and more empowered mindset.
• Support the nervous system: Negative self-talk, self-criticism, comparison thinking, and hyper-vigilance all create STRESS that negatively impacts your nervous system, leaving you feeling out of balance and dysregulated. When this happens, it’s more difficult to make decisions, to regulate your emotions, to function effectively in social situations, and to experience intimacy. You will learn polyvagal strategies and other body-based techniques to help move you back into a state of calm and balance.
• EMDR and the Flash Technique: Impaired self-esteem is often the result of early life experiences that lead to negative core beliefs such as “I’m a disappointment,” “I’m unlovable,” or “I don’t belong.” I use EMDR and the Flash Technique to help identify the experiences that generated these core beliefs and “clear the root systems” that perpetuate these negative internal messages. As part of this process, you will also integrate alternative positive beliefs such as “I’m ok just the way I am,” “I am worthy of love and affection,” and “I deserve to be happy.” Processing the pain and displaced emotions from these past experiences, and replacing core negative beliefs with self-affirming ones, can lead to increased confidence, self-compassion, and inner peace.
You don’t have to struggle alone anymore.
Schedule a free consultation today.