Your perspective matters

Have you been told that your feelings, wants or experiences don’t matter…

That you need to be the bigger person, be less sensitive, and you push yourself down and direct your energies and hopes into someone else who was meant to protect and care for you.

You’re living in the ‘If only-ies’…. If only I were better, smarter, prettier, prayed more… Your muscles are tight, your head hurts, shoulders, tight, your breath shallow, your heart and thoughts racing and you’re unable to move…Or you can’t slow down. You’re overwhelmed. Most of us have been raised to meet others’ needs and making ourselves small in order to feel safe. The bottom line is that we never felt safe, and we are powerless in making others care for us as we bargain for our worthiness.

A lot of folks have a lot of opinions on how to help that return us to the same cycle…Settling for a sense of control whilst constantly navigating and predicting what everyone else is doing, thinking.

Searching for answers, in one TikTok or YouTube after another, you’re told our problem is you’re neurodivergent, have ADHD, or OCD, or PTSD, or are affected by behavior from a narcassist…It’s time to work with a professional that can help tease who what’s going on based on your unique and individual experience.

I can help you find ground and ]direction that’s going to help you move forward.

My goal is to support you in finding comfort in your own skin, ground under your own feet, and ease of mind, that comes from clarity in your own goals, wants and values, while rocking steady in your own strengths.

Call me & let me help.

I’m Leslie Alan, a seasoned, second-career psychotherapist with over 13 years helping clients break free from those barriers that keep them stuck and overwhelmed.

As we heal, we may need to learn how to be ourselves in a way that can feel like a mystery. We will collaborate to navigate that together using meaning making models.