Therapy for High-Achieving Women in Arizona Healing from Trauma, Burnout, Perfectionism
A whole-person approach to healing for women who are tired of surviving and striving
Arizona Therapist Serving Tempe, Phoenix, Chandler, Mesa, Gilbert, & Scottsdale, Arizona
Has hustle culture pressured you into working long hours, not taking breaks, or feeling like you’re not doing enough?
Or perhaps the pressure has made you feel guilty for resting on the weekend, selfish for taking time to yourself, and unable to say no even when you want to.
Your hustle and hard work have helped you achieve a lot, but what has it cost you?
You’re feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or burned out.
You’re feeling anxious, “wired-but-tired”, or unable to rest.
You’re feeling apathetic, disconnected from your body, or lacking joy.
You’re experiencing digestive problems, insomnia, or frequent headaches.
You’re feeling ready to prioritize your needs, reclaim balance in your life, and feel more connected to yourself.
I’m so glad you’re here!
I’m Celeste, a Licensed Professional Counselor and board-approved supervisor in Arizona with 6 years of clinical experience. Most of my experience has involved helping individuals heal through trauma, grief and loss, and major life transitions through various trauma-informed modalities including Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, Somatic therapy, and parts work. My work is client-centered and integrative, which allows me to personalize treatment to individual needs by integrating various evidenced-based and complimentary alternative medicine (CAM) approaches.
A lot of people come to me after years of being in talk therapy, with little to no change. At Wholehearted Counseling, we go beyond just talking about symptoms and work to help your whole system experience change in a collaborative, safe, and thoughtfully paced manner.
TRAUMA-INFORMED INTEGRATIVE THERAPY FOR WOMEN IN ARIZONA
Areas of Focus
Trauma Therapy
Unresolved trauma can feel like a carrying a heavy backpack full of stones every single day. It’s heavy, it makes a simple walk much more complex, it feels uncomfortable and you just want to take it off, but you don’t know how. You take the heavy backpack everywhere – to work, on vacation, when playing with your kids. You have moments where you don’t notice it, but then you bump a wall and instantly you’re back to noticing the burden. At Wholehearted Counseling, trauma therapy is a process where we help you remove the stones from your backpack so that you feel lighter, more present, and able to enjoy the walk.
Therapy for Perfectionism
Perfectionism can look like pressure to hold everything together, self-worth that is tied to productivity or achievement, or fear of failure, disappointing others, or not being enough. Perfectionism is associated with high levels of anxiety, people-pleasing, and struggling to slow down without guilt. Therapy for perfectionism works to help you separate worth from productivity, feel safe enough to slow down, and create a more sustainable relationship with success.
Therapy for Burnout & Chronic Stress
Do you constantly feel like you’re going through life with your tank on empty? Do you feel exhausted and overwhelmed by responsibilities or quietly feeling like you’re failing in your role as a parent, spouse, caregiver, or professional? Are you experiencing fatigue, headaches, and gastrointestinal symptoms or even increasing your use of alcohol, drugs, or food? The pressure to perform, achieve, or hold everything together can lead to burnout and chronic stress. Therapy focused on this area can help you set better boundaries, improve balance in your life, and incorporate self-care practices that actually help.
Therapy for Women
Women carry a lot of pressure to be there for others, to achieve, to caretake and are often placed in roles that force them to deprioritize themselves and their needs. This can lead to emotional exhaustion, people-pleasing, and feeling disconnected from yourself. At Wholehearted Counseling, we help women heal from chronic self-abandonment and reconnect to their voice, needs, and body by increasing emotion regulation, deepening self-trust, and creating a sustainable balance in life.
Therapy for Helping Professionals
If you’re a therapist, healthcare worker, educator, caregiver, first responder, or highly empathetic person you likely know how to support others but struggle to give yourself the same care. You may feel responsible for everyone else, have difficulty turning “helper mode” off, or struggle to prioritize personal needs. You might feel guilty for saying for no, trouble setting boundaries, and overly identify with your helper role. Therapy will help you reconnect with yourself outside of your role, improve nervous system regulation, and help you build a healthier relationship with work and responsibility.
Therapy for Grief, Loss, & Life Transitions
At Wholehearted Counseling, we are here to support you through the many life events and transitions that come with a sense of grief, loss, and uncertainty such as breakups/divorce, miscarriage or fertility struggles, career changes, moving, loss of a loved one, or becoming a parent. Through these changes you may be feeling a mix of sadness, anger, fear or feeling stuck between who you were and who are you becoming. We help you process grief without rushing it and help you make space for both grief and growth.
How to Get Started:
1) Book a free 15-minute virtual consultation.
The consultation is a no-pressure introduction to share what you’re looking for & ask questions before committing to treatment.
2) If we’re a good fit, we’ll schedule an initial intake.
If for whatever reason we aren’t a good fit, I will offer referrals from trusted colleagues to help you get the support you’re looking for.
3) We’ll meet weekly or bi-weekly depending on clinical needs & preference.
We’ll check in regularly to make sure treatment stays in alignment with your goals, needs, and wants.
Wholehearted Mission:
Our mission is to provide a space where you feel seen, heard, and truly understood while supporting healing that goes beyond symptom management to create lasting change. By integrating the mind and body, we honor the whole person and the deeper healing process.
Wholehearted Values:
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Therapy is a collaborative process. It’s a dance that requires both of us to be present, engaged, and willing to do the work. We won’t do the work for you, but we will walk alongside you, offering guidance, support, and care every step of the way.
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For many, safety has been disrupted through trauma or painful life experiences. We aim to help rebuild that sense of safety through warmth, patience, and attunement. We move at your pace, with ongoing check-ins, and a deep respect for you as a whole person—not just your experiences.
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Therapy doesn’t have to feel distant or clinical. We believe in showing up as a real human, not a blank slate. You don’t have to filter or perform here —you are welcomed and accepted exactly as you are.
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You are not broken. You are someone who has navigated hard things and developed strengths along the way. Therapy is a space not only for processing pain, but also for recognizing growth, celebrating wins, and reconnecting with your inner resilience. We’ll be there to support you—and yes, to cheer you on.