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How Overthinking Becomes a Coping Mechanism (And How to Actually Stop)
Anxiety & Emotional Health Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 12/18/25 Anxiety & Emotional Health Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 12/18/25

How Overthinking Becomes a Coping Mechanism (And How to Actually Stop)

Overthinking often feels like clarity - but it’s really a coping mechanism rooted in trauma, anxiety, and emotional avoidance. In this blog, I share why intellectualizing keeps you stuck and how somatic therapy and EMDR help you feel, heal, and finally break the cycle.

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Your Body Remembers: The Subtle Ways Trauma Lives in the Nervous System
Trauma Therapy Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 10/16/25 Trauma Therapy Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 10/16/25

Your Body Remembers: The Subtle Ways Trauma Lives in the Nervous System

Have you heard the phrase “the body keeps the score”? Even if you don’t recall every detail, trauma can live in your body and nervous system. Here’s how it shows up - and how healing begins.

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What Is EMDR Therapy - And How Does It Actually Work?
Trauma Therapy, EMDR, Nervous System Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 7/17/25 Trauma Therapy, EMDR, Nervous System Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 7/17/25

What Is EMDR Therapy - And How Does It Actually Work?

EMDR therapy 101! What it is, how it works, and if it can be done virtually. I also cover how it rewires trauma, reduces anxiety, and can shift long-held patterns.

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What Is C-PTSD? Understanding Complex Trauma, Relational Wounds & the Path to Healing
Trauma & Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 5/25/25 Trauma & Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 5/25/25

What Is C-PTSD? Understanding Complex Trauma, Relational Wounds & the Path to Healing

C-PTSD isn’t just about what happened to you - it’s about what kept happening over time. This blog breaks down the signs of complex trauma, how it shows up in relationships, and how therapy with a trauma-informed EMDR therapist can help you begin healing.

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You’ve said “I’m fine” so many times it stopped feeling like a lie and started feeling like the truth.⁣
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But here’s what I know as a therapist: “fine” is often the word we use when we don’t feel safe e
Hi, I’m Alyssa - therapist, educator, and nervous system nerd for over-functioning, anxious, hypervigilant people-pleasers and perfectionists who are low-key exhausted, burnt out, and stuck in the same self abandoning cycle.⁣
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I work with:⁣
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March, I’m ready for you. 🌸⁣
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This month I’m less focused on doing more and more focused on being with myself differently - regulating before I react, resting without earning it, and giving myself what I’ve been waiting for others We often look outside ourselves for comfort - but what if the answer was always inside? Building internal safety changes everything!⁣
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For example - Notice when your body is starting to feel anxious.⁣
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Place one hand on your heart. Feel its actual
Over-functioning is sneaky.⁣
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It doesn’t always get noticed.⁣
It looks like being dependable, thoughtful, “the strong one.”⁣
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Until one day you realize:⁣
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✨ You’re managing everyone’s emotions⁣
✨ You feel anxious when

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