You’ve spent your whole life earning your worth. What if you didn’t have to?
You grew up with parents who were there, but not really there emotionally. So you learned your worth depends on being perfect, productive, and easy to be around. Now you don’t fully trust yourself, or even know who you really are. You hold on tight to control, relationships feel harder than they should, and you’re terrified of passing it all on to your kids.
I’m a licensed therapist in Texas helping adults who grew up with emotionally unavailable parents hear their gut and trust it, stop settling, be okay disappointing others, and break the cycle.
You might be here because…
From the outside, you look like you have it all together. Underneath, it looks more like this:
You don’t really know yourself, much less trust yourself. You’ve spent so much time masking and pretending that it’s hard to know the authentic you.
Your inner voice is mean. One mistake and you replay it for days. Rest has to be earned, and it never quite is.
People feel risky. You rehearse what to say, replay it afterward, and wonder if they’re mad at you.
Relationships keep hurting. You say yes when you mean no, miss the red flags, and settle for too little.
Your parents still get to you. You feel like a kid again around them, and guilty for even thinking about this.
You need to be in control. You need a plan and a backup plan, and when things change, you spiral.
Feelings? Who has time? You rarely make time for your feelings, and you’re not really sure how to anyway. You push them down until they come out as anger, numbing, or a kidney stone.
If this sounds familiar, it’s not just who you are. A lot of it goes back to growing up with parents who couldn’t really be there for you emotionally.
What’s actually going on
A lot of the people I work with didn’t experience obvious trauma. You were fed, clothed, maybe even taken on nice vacations. Nothing happened that you could point to.
That’s what makes this so hard to see. It wasn’t the presence of something harmful. It was the absence of something important: being asked how you felt, being truly seen without having to change anything about yourself, and feeling safe to need support or fall apart sometimes.
“It is every child’s birthright that when they walk into a room, the adults around them light up.”
— Bessel van der Kolk
This is called emotional neglect. And “other people had it worse” doesn’t cancel it out. It quietly shapes how you see yourself, how you show up in relationships, and why trusting yourself and letting people in feels so hard.
You weren’t born this way. You learned it.
The overthinking, the people-pleasing, and the need for control all helped you get through. But what once helped you survive may now be getting in the way of the life you actually want. And what you learned can change.
How I Help
Therapy with me isn’t just talking about your life. It’s understanding why you are the way you are, and then actually feeling different in it.
I’m part teacher, part coach. I’ll explain how your brain and nervous system learned to cope, so you understand yourself instead of feeling broken. Then we practice doing it differently in real life.
Together we’ll:
Make sense of it. Name what happened, and what didn’t. Grieve the parent you never had.
Get to know yourself. Notice what you feel and need, and build the vocabulary you never got growing up.
Soften your inner voice. Work with the inner critic so mistakes stop feeling like proof you’re not enough.
Heal what’s stuck. Use EMDR to help old beliefs like “I’m too much” and “I’m a burden” lose their grip.
Let people in. Hear your gut and trust it, say no, ask for help, and choose relationships where care goes both ways.
You don’t have to cut off your parents to heal, or relive every memory for years to feel better. We’ll go at a pace that feels safe, and I’ll be with you the whole way.
Hi, I’m Addie.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Greece, working with clients online across Texas.
I know what it's like to be far from what's familiar and still have to show up for your life. That experience shapes how I work — with a lot of warmth, a lot of directness, and a genuine belief that you're more capable of change than you probably think right now.
I named this practice Everyday Bravery because I believe showing up, being honest, and doing this work is one of the purest forms of courage I get to witness — every single day.
It's a privilege to be part of it.
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What becomes possible
make a mistake without spiraling into shame or self-criticism
let go of the constant pressure to always be busy or productive
move through uncomfortable emotions without shutting down, lashing out, or numbing out
step off the hamster wheel of people-pleasing and start considering your own needs
trust yourself instead of constantly second-guessing
know what you feel and need, instead of going blank when someone asks
take your own needs seriously instead of always putting them last
ask for help without feeling like a burden
feel more secure and less anxious in your relationships
set boundaries without guilt or overthinking
stop repeating the same patterns in dating and relationships
feel more confident, grounded, and like yourself again
And maybe most importantly, begin to feel like you are enough, not because you finally got everything right, but because you actually believe it. That's not just a goal. That's what I've watched happen again and again for people who once sat exactly where you are right now.
Living abroad or always on the move?
I get it — because I'm living it too.
I'm based in Greece, working with clients across Texas
and beyond. I specialize in therapy for digital nomads,
expats, and location-independent professionals dealing
with the unique challenges of this life — identity shifts,
relationship strain, invisible stress, and the grief of
missing out, even when life looks amazing from the outside.
This life is extraordinary. It's also really hard sometimes.
And most therapists have no idea what it actually feels like.
What clients say after doing this work:
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“Before therapy, I didn’t even know what it meant to feel my feelings—let alone how to actually do it. Now I can finally connect with what I’m feeling instead of avoiding it, and it’s changed everything.”
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“I used to feel constantly anxious and on edge. Now I’m experiencing moments of calm, joy, and gratitude that I haven’t felt in years. It’s incredible to actually feel at ease in my body and mind.”
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“I’m starting to trust myself more and more each day, and my inner voice is no longer constantly tearing me down. I feel more confident, grounded, and like I can actually rely on myself.”
Change is possible—and you don’t have to figure it out on your own.
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