More and more, I'm finding clients with any and all forms of anxiety (generalised, social, OCD, etc.) seem to have perfectionism and/or people pleasing at their core - whether the client starts therapy aware of this, or whether it's discovered during sessions. With anxiety being one of the top reasons people start therapy, it's vital to understand these concepts if you have any clients with anxiety.

I'll take you through some of the key elements of both perfectionism and people pleasing (both where they overlap and differ), to understand how it can impact a client's thought processes and therefore their behaviours. Specifically relating these to how they show in the therapy room, including autonomy, internal contradictions, perceptions, and cognitive distortions. And, follow it up with specific ways you can modify your approach to sessions to work best with these characteristics - for any modality and way of working.

As a specialist in perfectionism, people pleasing and high functioning anxiety, I've been able to adapt my approach to working with clients, and noticed massive improvements in the therapeutic relationship over the long term. I'm integratively trained, using various techniques from CBT, PCT, Attachment and CFT, with my straight talking, no BS, realistic style in my talks (just like I do in sessions).

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