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About Me
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Trauma Therapy
Anxiety & Overwhelm Therapy
People Pleasing, Codependency, & Perfectionism Therapy
Depression & Burn Out Therapy
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Individual Therapy
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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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We all carry core emotional wounds - the deep-rooted beliefs that quietly shape our reactions, relationships, and self-worth.⁣
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Noticing which one feels most familiar is the first step toward holding it with compassion. Before we do anything to shif When your drive starts replacing your peace - it’s time to pause. ⁣
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Productivity doesn’t always mean progress. Sometimes, the best most “productive” thing you can do is slow down and let yourself be ironically. ⁣
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Save thes Hyper-independence often gets praised as strength - but for many, it began as self-protection.⁣
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When your nervous system has learned that relying on others leads to disappointment, your body says: I’ll just do it all myself.⁣
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It’s abo The small ways to rebuild your self trust matter!⁣
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Owning your own decisions, validating your own emotions, fully creating self care rituals, holding boundaries. and follow through on your word are just to name a few. ⁣
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Which do you want to try?
When your nervous system equates harmony with safety, fawning can take over.⁣
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You start saying “it’s fine” when it’s not, over-apologizing to keep the peace, and anticipating others’ needs before your own so you can mi
Perfectionism feels like quietly failing, procrastinating and taking hours to do things, never feeling like enough, silently falling a part and experiencing deep anxiety while appearing so put together on the outside ⁣
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Perfectionists are usually am This is often what high functioning anxiety &  depression, perfectionism and people pleasers look like -⁣
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Doing well on the outside, smiling, ambition, friends.⁣
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But internally feeling disconnected, anxious, on edge, suppressed anger, numbnes Sometimes we mistake pushing through for strength - but ignoring our needs is just another form of self-neglect.⁣
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Self-compassion isn’t indulgent - it’s honest, gentle accountability, it’s feeling our feelings, it’s letting

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