BLOGS & VLOGS
Okay so you’ve decided to go to therapy (woo go you! It’s really helpful, and I’m a little biased, but I think everyone should do it). But you’re not sure who to go to. It is a tricky decision, because it can be a big financial investment, as well as a commitment to investing your time. You want to find the right person to help you. Hopefully these tips will help you to make a good decision.
I’ve seen incredibly competent and successful people be criticised and nit-picked and given impossible tasks that couldn’t possibly be done within a given timeframe to such an extent that they start to harbour serious doubts about their abilities (despite evidence to the contrary), feel constantly stressed and anxious about work even outside of the workplace, and are generally really unhappy.
“Perfectionism in a lot of ways can be helpful – often it helps drive people to do more and be better. But it becomes a problem when we become so overwhelmed with the task that we procrastinate or avoid it, or we work ridiculously hard at getting it done, often at the expense of other important areas of life.”
“So many people feel pressure to have a solution when someone tells them about their problems. When the person is talking all they’re thinking is “What do I even say to that? I have no idea how to fix that.” And sometimes we even avoid those conversations or shut them down because we know we don’t have any viable solutions.
Good news is, you actually don’t have to.”
