KD HOLMES, MS, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED

Overachiever Consequences

Overachieving cycle | goal-anxiety-compulsive behaviors-to relief- repeat

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What is so Wrong with Being an Overachiever?

One of the fundamental pillars of my therapeutic approach focuses on adults who find themselves entangled in the intricate web of anxiety and...

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KDH Counseling | Overachiever | Therapy

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Balance=Thriving

As I personally loathe fad trends in eating and exercise, I immediately felt annoyed when my physician suggested a book by Mark Sisson's Primal...

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KD Holmes, LPC | sleep and mental health

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How is Your Sleep?

During my first session with a client (also known as “the intake session”) I always ask no matter what the mental health issue—

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KD Holmes, LPC and Overachieving Anxiety Help

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How Did I Change My Own Overachieving Anxiety?

I wish I could say that my inner wisdom led me to recognize the need to cease my overachieving tendencies and that I promptly did so. My...

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Overachieving Therapy

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How Can I Stop "OVER" Achieving?

Well this is one complicated question, but I will attempt to sum it up as best as I can. Overachieving is made up of habits, personality traits,...

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KD Holmes, LPC and Overachieving

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My Story Through OverAchieving

Overachieving is comprised of emotional urges, habits, and so much lost time. I was constantly consumed by the urge to achieve, while outwardly it...

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KD Holmes, LPC on Overachieving

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Why Would I Want to Change My Overachieving?

This specific type of anxiety and depression is difficult to change because most individuals don't want to change something that brings them...

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KDH Counseling for tweens, teens, and adults for perfectionism and overachieving

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Can Success Impact Anxiety and Depression ?

I see so many clients who have no idea that overachieving is a part of their mental health problem. They come to me with so many achievements, yet...

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Overachiever Balance

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Beyond overachieving! Wait Is there any other way?

1. Looking at the Consequences of Living this Way Most individuals do not even think it is a problem to be an overachiever. They attribute their...

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