Hannah Alderete is a Counselor based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Codependency, Coping Skills, Depression, Life Transitions, Relationship Issues, and Stress. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
I know you. You can put on a happy face and convince the world that everything is just fine, but behind your smile is a belief that you are not good enough. You know how to stay hidden in plain sight without exposing your authentic self. The downside? It’s exhausting. You are constantly fighting with yourself, wondering if what you said was “weird” or “too much”, believing that other people are judging you as harshly as you judge yourself. You’ve come to believe that you are somehow deficient or unworthy, which pushes you to either over achieve or hide away. All of the above was a learned strategy you picked up to protect yourself from getting hurt, ridiculed, or exposed. As a collaborator with you, we’ll help you learn how to trust yourself, have your own back, and explore new pathways towards emotional freedom. Living with toxic shame sucks. Life doesn’t have to be that way for you anymore. Life doesn’t have to be this way for you anymore. There is another path and I’ve