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About Me
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Anxiety & Overwhelm Therapy
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Depression & Burn Out Therapy
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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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Why We Struggle to Be Alone (Even When We Crave Peace)
Anxiety & Emotional Health, Nervous System & Somatic Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 7/24/25 Anxiety & Emotional Health, Nervous System & Somatic Healing Alyssa Kushner, LCSW 7/24/25

Why We Struggle to Be Alone (Even When We Crave Peace)

Struggling to enjoy alone time without guilt or anxiety? It might be rooted in trauma, stress, fears, or nervous system dysregulation. Learn why - and how to start reconnecting with yourself from a trauma-informed lens!

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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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