Compassionate counseling for highly sensitive people, empaths, and deep thinkers
For a free consultation, please email me at arianna@quietmooncounseling.com
You’re a deep-feeler: You notice the beauty in simple things. Dew on a leaf, a child’s laugh, the smell of your favorite food. This gift comes with a price: moments of paralyzing sadness, overwhelm when facing the suffering of people or animals, or anger at the world’s injustices.
You see all angles of a problem, but get flustered under stress. You get frozen with indecision. You replay the day, analyzing your mistakes. An inner voice scolds you: “What did I have to say that?”
You’re great at putting on a smile and telling the world you’re okay. You have a huge heart and your trusted friends appreciate this. But some people take advantage of your caring nature. You hide your true needs or get shamed when you speak up because it’s so out of character for you.
It wasn’t always this hard.
Then it happened. Assault. Divorce. Loss. Abuse.
Maybe something terrible that you don’t want to tell anyone.
Maybe it wasn’t any “one” moment, but a culmination of hurts, betrayals, and disappointments starting from when you were young because no one truly saw you.
Now you’re an empty shell on auto-pilot, attending to others’ needs and forgetting your own.
So, you’ve become a doormat. A people-pleaser. The “nice one”.
You’re terrified to ask for what you want. (Hell, you’re not even sure *what* you want.)
Your past relationships have been confusing, empty, or even toxic.
Your work is both mind-numbing and overwhelming.
You’d love to pursue your passions… if you just had the energy.
You won’t admit this to anyone
You’re afraid no matter
How much you excel at work or education…
How hard you try to make others happy…
How much you plan for the worst-case scenario…
It won’t make a stinkin’ difference.
It’s time to feel as together as you pretend to be.
Imagine you woke up and felt peaceful, happy, and deeply connected with yourself and the world around you.
You have a community, friends, and a romantic partner that honors — and even celebrates — your sensitive, fierce, or quirky nature.
You have a schedule that suits your sensitivity, as opposed to fighting against it. You end the day with energy to spare for your loved ones, hobbies, and yourself.
Finally, relationships start to feel safe. You are learning to trust yourself, believe in your worth, and allow the past to be healed.
Here’s where I come in
I’m Arianna Smith. (she/her).
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor providing Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and EMDR in Colorado.
I teach high-achieving, sensitive souls how to stop the constant people-pleasing and put their needs first.
In therapy with me, you can learn how to:
- Understand the over-giving/resentful/angry cycle and how to stop it.
- Learn how to keep your compassionate, caring nature without being a doormat.
- Feel happy, loveable, and whole regardless of how your family, partner, friend, or boss is feeling.
- Stop feeling responsible for other people’s emotions — and learn to focus on your own.
- Feel less triggered or overwhelmed when receiving criticism from family, friends, or colleagues.
- Ask for what you want and say ‘no’ without guilt.
- Stop pretending you don’t have needs and actually get the support you want from others.
Nothing is wrong with you.
Seriously. Nothing is wrong with you.
I’m willing to shout it from the rooftops. Go to your place of work with a singing telegram. Hire a pilot to have the message scrolling throughout the skies.
Deep down, I know you are built for growth, change, and healing.
If you are reading this, a small part of you knows it, too.
What are the next steps?
Our first step is to have a brief phone call for me to learn more about you, explain the therapy process, and answer any questions.
Isn’t it time to honor your sensitivity?
For a free consultation, please email me at arianna@quietmooncounseling.com
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