Annie Wright - Your Guide To Relational Trauma Recovery
I help adult children of mood- and personality-disordered parents overcome the impacts of their past so they can have the best adulthood possible.
Therapy with Annie
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For a select number of clients residing in California or Florida, I offer weekly therapy focused on helping high-achieving women heal from their early relational trauma so they can build lives that feel as good on the inside as they look on the outside.
What does this mean?
When we grow up with emotionally unavailable, narcissistic, or personality-disordered parents, we develop “cracks” in our psychological foundation during our critical formative years. For many successful women, these cracks manifest as perfectionism, overachievement, difficulty trusting others, challenges maintaining boundaries, emotional overwhelm, and struggles with self-worth – even as we excel professionally.
As we advance in our careers and take on more responsibilities, these underlying patterns often intensify. You might find yourself:
– Excelling at work while feeling like an impostor
– Struggling to maintain intimate relationships despite professional success
– Using achievement and workaholism to cope with anxiety
– Finding it difficult to slow down or be present with family
– Feeling disconnected from yourself despite outward accomplishments
The pressure on these “cracks” can become particularly acute as you reach higher levels of success, potentially leading to burnout, relationship challenges, or health issues if left unaddressed.
Our Work Together
As a relational trauma recovery specialist who deeply understands the unique challenges faced by high-achieving women, I’ll work alongside you to:
– Address and heal those early foundational cracks
– Process your past experiences in a safe, contained way
– Develop healthier coping mechanisms beyond achievement
– Build genuine self-trust and self-worth independent of accomplishments
– Learn to navigate relationships and set boundaries effectively
– Create a life that feels aligned both personally and professionally
The goal isn’t to dismantle your success – it’s to strengthen your psychological foundation so everything you’ve built can be sustained and enjoyed, allowing you to create the rich, fulfilling life you envision for yourself.
My work is grounded in four fundamental principles that I’ve found essential for relational trauma recovery, particularly for ambitious women:
Research-Backed Psychoeducation
Understanding how your early experiences have shaped your achievement patterns, relationship dynamics, and current challenges is crucial for healing. I’ll help you see your experiences through a trauma-informed lens while providing concrete tools for change.
Evidence-Based Skills-Building
Many high-achieving women have mastered professional skills while missing crucial emotional and relational development. We’ll focus on building these foundational skills – from emotional regulation to authentic self-expression – in a way that honors your intelligence and capability.
Trauma-Informed Processing
We’ll work at a pace that respects both your professional schedule and emotional needs, processing experiences both cognitively and somatically. This isn’t just about understanding your past – it’s about freeing yourself from old patterns that no longer serve you.
Reparative Relational Experiences
As someone who understands both the professional world and the impact of early trauma, I offer an attuned, authentic therapeutic relationship. I’m not a blank slate but a genuine presence who will engage with you meaningfully while maintaining appropriate boundaries.
So how do you know if you may benefit from weekly therapy with me?
You may already see yourself clearly from what I’ve already shared on this page. Or maybe you saw yourself clearly when you took my signature quiz. Or maybe, still, you can see aspects of your lived experience in the 200+ essays on my blog.
But here are some other signs you may benefit from weekly therapy with me:
You’re successful professionally but struggle with imposter syndrome or perfectionism
Your relationships don’t match the level of success in other areas of your life
You use work, achievement, or other behaviors (food, shopping, exercise) to cope with emotional pain
You feel disconnected from yourself despite outward accomplishments
You’re highly educated and “look good on paper” but feel internally chaotic
You struggle with anxiety, depression, or C-PTSD despite appearing high-functioning
You came from a family with narcissistic, emotionally unavailable, or personality-disordered parents
You’re ready to build a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside
This is the tip of the iceberg. This list is not exhaustive.
There are so many more examples I could list that would indicate that good, regular relational trauma recovery therapy work with me is what you need.
So, most importantly, if some small part of you, any part of you believes that this – relational trauma recovery therapy – is what you need – trust that part of you. You already know the answer.
So, if you live in California or Florida, please feel free to reach out to my offices to explore what it might be like to work together. A member of my team will get back to you right away.
Don’t live in California or Florida? That’s okay! You can still enroll in my signature online course, designed to offer comprehensive and transformative support no matter where you live in the world.
And no matter what, whether you choose to work with me as your therapist or not, I want to leave you with these words which have guided my work, buoyed my soul, and given me hope for my own relational trauma recovery journey since I first read them:
“She could never go back and make some of the details pretty. All she could do was move forward and make the whole beautiful.”
TERRI ST. CLOUD
Wherever you are in the world as you read these words right now, I wish you well.
Warmly,
