Online Mindfulness & Therapy for High-Achieving Introverts
If you’ve always been ‘the smart one’ - but never quite fit in…
I’ve got you.
Sound familiar?
You overthink and get stuck in thought loops. You overplan, triple-check, reassure yourself, sometimes procrastinate. It’s making you feel overwhelmed, anxious, and all-round bloody exhausted. The high-achiever’s plight, right?
Going through the motions, a bit like Groundhog Day. Work, chores, some sort of social life. Nothing’s really wrong, but it doesn’t feel right either. It doesn’t feel like you.
Maybe it's anxiety, maybe it's perfectionism, maybe it's OCD - but it's getting in the way.
Even though your life looks good from the outside, inside you feel inadequate, so you do your damn best to prove yourself. To fit in. To get a semblance of control or certainty. Or… you don’t go for things because you might fail and be ‘found out’. You silence, censor, and limit yourself, so you don’t rock the boat.
Maybe you’re not even sure what actually makes you happy (maybe you’ve even googled ‘I need help with life’) - but you’re starting to be more and more sure it’s not this. And that, in itself, is damn scary.
Because if it isn’t this, then what is it? Have you wasted time? Is it too late? Do you have to fake it? What if you take a risk and it doesn’t work out?
If you're nodding along, you need to know you are absolutely not alone. Most of all, it doesn't have to be like this!
There is a world in which you know what really matters to you, and go for it, in the big ways, and the very small, mundane ways too. Where you really know what you think and how you feel, and it doesn’t mess you about or keep you stuck. Because you know who you are, and you know you’re enough. That’s what I can guide you towards, if you’ll have me - through mindfulness and therapy, which is what helped me too!
Hi, I’m Carina (she/her): Senior BABCP-accredited CBT therapist, mindfulness teacher, and imperfect human
Also, fellow high-achieving introvert!
Don't worry, this is not a blind-leading-the-blind situation - I've got the education and experience, and I've been through it myself too.
I've always been the quiet kid who was good at school. Did the whole good grades, good uni, good jobs thing, but my self-doubt and fear of failure held me back. I was lucky to end up in a class of misfits in high school - that's when it started to dawn on me that it was ok to not be the life of the party, but I still struggled with not quite fitting in.
Mindfulness meditation and therapy turned things around for me. I learned to own who I am, flaws and all, and that doing so not only doesn’t keep you from getting where you want to be, but it helps you get there authentically.
Which, dear high-achieving introvert, I’d love to guide you through as well - and see you flourish, like I’ve seen many others!
High-achieving introvert, meet a more authentic life where you can be you
Therapy for High-Achieving Introverts
We'll work with the daily struggles - overwhelm, anxiety, sticky thoughts, lack of fulfillment - and the deeper stuff: the expectations, the fear of failure, vulnerability, or being found out. The fear that being yourself won't be good enough.
Not in a "how does that make you feel?" way, or like there's something wrong with you that needs fixing. Instead, we'll honor your experiences, your mind, and your body - so the authentic you can emerge and express itself however it wants.
The result? Less noise. More peace. More capacity to handle whatever life throws at you and move towards the life you actually want - on your terms, no one else's.
How we'll do it: Evidence-based, skills-based therapy (ACT, CBT, Mindfulness) - exploring what's happening and using active interventions to move you forward.
Go for the weekly option, or the more concentrated, accelerated option of intensives.
All of what I offer is grounded in a neurodivergent-affirming, LGBTQIA+ inclusive, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive approach.
I really care about you showing up as your full self, without worrying about me judging you or invalidating your experiences.
I’m always learning and reflecting, and what matters to me most of all is to honour you, exactly as you are.
So, if you’re a high-achieving introvert who also happens to be neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+, or has otherwise felt marginalised, our work together will be adapted to honour this.
I also specifically offer Neuro-Affirmative and LGBTQIA+-Affirming Therapy if you want to focus on how operating in a neurotypical/cishet world has affected you, and how to move forward in a way that honours and celebrates YOU.
(this is not different therapy as such, just a different focus depending on your goals - as therapy is always tailored to you as a person!)
I also offer…
Dog Phobia Treatment
I’m a CBT therapist (trained in exposure therapy), which happens to be the gold-standard evidence-based treatment for phobias. I’m also passionate about dog body language and behaviour, having gone through a journey of understanding my sweet and loving but reactive dog, and having close family members with dog phobia.
So, I’m about as specialist as can be when it comes to helping you overcome your fear in a gentle, practical and realistic way - so you can stop avoiding the park or your friend who has a dog and living fully even if there are dogs around (even if you don’t end up a dog lover!)
CBT Clinical Supervision
If you're looking for a clinical supervisor who’s experienced and knows her stuff, but is first of all human, I might be your person.
I’m accredited by the BABCP (British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies) as a CBT Clinical Supervisor, I supervise on one of London’s biggest and most reputable CBT courses and also in my other job as Senior CBT Therapist in the NHS. I also don’t take myself too seriously.
Bespoke Workshops for Organisations
Not another wellbeing initiative - but actually useful, engaging, practical custom workshops that blend (neuro)science, mindfulness, and silly humour that keep people not just awake, but maybe a little intrigued.
From someone who’s not just a therapist and mindfulness teacher, but has also worked in a start-up and moved to California for 3 months to be in a super reputable start-up accelerator, and worked in under-funded and over-pressured national mental health services for years.
Book an Appointment
Book a free 15 min consultation to see if we click... or, feel free to book straight into a session.
If you feel more comfortable reaching out in writing first, or you can’t find availability for your desired service / it’s not listed at all, please do contact me as I may be able to work things around.