309: Perfectionism - Stop Being So Hard On Yourself! With Sharon Martin

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week host</span> <span class="s2">Laura</span> <span class= "s1">Reagan, LCSW-C revisits a previous interview with Sharon Martin, LCSW on perfectionism. We often don't even realize that we're holding ourselves to impossibly high expectations. This issue especially comes up around the holidays when we tend to put pressure on ourselves to create a perfect experience that is more of a fantasy than reality. </span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">Sharon Martin, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in codependency recovery with an online practice serving California residents. For the past 20 years, she’s been helping perfectionists and people-pleasers overcome self-doubt and shame, embrace their imperfections, learn to set boundaries, and reclaim their self-worth. Sharon writes the blog Conquering Codependency for Psychology Today and is the author of The CBT Workbook for Perfectionism and The Better Boundaries Workbook.</span></p> <p class="p3"><strong><span class= "s2">Resources</span></strong></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s2">Sharon's website: <a href= "https://www.livewellwithsharonmartin.com/"><span class= "s3">https://www.livewellwithsharonmartin.com/</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">If you're a therapist specializing in trauma, join the Trauma Therapist Network while Founding Member pricing is still available and lock in the lowest price! </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Clients with trauma are looking for the specialized services you offer. Sign up at: <a href= "https://traumatherapistnetwork.com/therapist-submission-form/"><span class="s3">https://traumatherapistnetwork.com/therapist-submission-form/</span></a></span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>Thank you to this week's sponsors!</strong></span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1">Thank you to Sunset Lake CBD for sponsoring this week's episode! Sunset Lake CBD is created on a small farm outside of Burlington, Vermont that is a producer