The way you see yourself can affect almost every part of your life — your relationships, decisions, boundaries, confidence, and ability to cope with difficult situations.
You may constantly question yourself, worry about disappointing others, feel responsible for everyone's feelings, set impossibly high standards, or struggle to understand why your emotions sometimes feel difficult to control.
At Health & Psyche, self-esteem and emotional regulation therapy provides a confidential and supportive space to understand these patterns, develop healthier ways of responding, and build a more stable relationship with yourself.
Self-esteem and emotional regulation difficulties can look different from person to person.
You may notice:
These patterns can develop for many different reasons. You don't have to dismiss them simply because other people seem to have things “worse” or because you believe you should be able to handle them on your own.
You may appear confident to others while privately struggling with self-doubt, comparison, self-criticism, or a persistent feeling that you are not enough.
Self-esteem therapy can help you:
Emotions can sometimes become so intense, persistent, or difficult to understand that they begin to affect relationships, work, sleep, decision-making, or everyday functioning.
Emotional regulation therapy can help you understand:
People-pleasing can involve putting other people's needs, feelings, or expectations ahead of your own often at the expense of your wellbeing.
You may:
People-pleasing is not simply about being kind.
Perfectionism can involve setting extremely demanding standards for yourself and feeling that mistakes, imperfections, or falling short are unacceptable.
You may:
Thoughts such as “I'm not good enough,” “I should have done better,” or “Everyone else is doing better than me” can become deeply established patterns.
Therapy can provide space to explore these beliefs, understand how they developed, and work towards a more balanced way of relating to yourself.
Sessions 1–2
We'll discuss what brings you to therapy, the difficulties you're experiencing, relevant personal history, relationships, coping strategies, and situations where self-esteem or emotional regulation becomes particularly challenging.
Sessions 3–4
We'll develop a clearer understanding of your triggers, thoughts, emotions, behaviours, relationship patterns, self-critical beliefs, avoidance, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or other patterns relevant to your concerns.
Following sessions
Depending on your needs and treatment plan, therapy may focus on emotional regulation, self-esteem, self-compassion, boundaries, assertiveness, cognitive patterns, perfectionism, people-pleasing, interpersonal difficulties, or other evidence-based psychological strategies.
Ongoing
We'll regularly review your progress and adjust the therapeutic approach where needed, with the aim of helping you apply what you learn in therapy to your relationships, work, decisions, and everyday life.
Low self-esteem may make it difficult to communicate your needs.
People-pleasing may make saying no feel uncomfortable.
You may:
Therapy can help you understand these patterns and develop healthier boundaries and communication skills without losing sight of the relationships that matter to you.
Depending on your concerns, therapy may incorporate approaches and strategies such as:
The specific approach will depend on your concerns and will be discussed with you as part of the therapeutic process.
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I provide psychological support for people experiencing difficulties with self-esteem, emotional regulation, anxiety, relationship patterns, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and other emotional concerns.
My approach is grounded in evidence-based psychological practice while remaining attentive to the individual experience behind the difficulties you are experiencing.
Therapy should feel collaborative, respectful, and relevant to your life.
You don't have to arrive knowing exactly why you feel the way you do or what needs to change. We can begin by understanding what you're experiencing and deciding together what kind of support may be appropriate.
You don't need to have a mental-health diagnosis to speak with a psychologist about difficulties with self-esteem, emotions, confidence, or relationships.
It may be worth seeking professional support if these difficulties are affecting:
An initial assessment can help clarify what you're experiencing and whether psychological therapy may be appropriate.
Book a ConsultationYou can start by talking about what you're experiencing now, whether that means constantly doubting yourself, struggling to say no, feeling overwhelmed by your emotions, or never feeling that what you do is good enough.
Therapy can provide a space to understand these patterns and work towards a healthier relationship with yourself and others.
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