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Emotionally Immature Parents: How They Shape Us (And How to Heal)
Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 10/2/25 Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 10/2/25

Emotionally Immature Parents: How They Shape Us (And How to Heal)

Many adults minimize their lack childhoods unmet needs, yet still carry the impact of emotionally immature parents. Learn the signs, the lasting effects, and how to begin healing and building self-trust.

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Rest, Play, and Adventure: The Real Tools My Nervous System Needed
Holistic Mental Health, Nervous System Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 7/31/25 Holistic Mental Health, Nervous System Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 7/31/25

Rest, Play, and Adventure: The Real Tools My Nervous System Needed

Overachieving? Burnt out? Inspired by my own trip, I share what your nervous system really needs like play, joy, adventure, and rest.

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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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Recovery from people-pleasing isn’t a a quick and easy glow-up.⁣
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It’s a dismantling your old beliefs and patterns and then, slowly, a rebuilding - on your own terms.⁣
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If you’re in the messy middle and feeling lots of discomfort&
If you grew up in an environment where love felt conditional - where you had to perform, achieve, or take care of others to feel wanted - your nervous system learned a very specific lesson:⁣
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Your value is in what you do. Not who you are.⁣
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So you
I don’t know what I need” is one of the most common things I hear from my clients. ⁣
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It’s not that you don’t actually have needs btw. It’s that you’ve spent so long making sure everyone else’s needs were me

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