If you are a high-achiever with anxiety and complex trauma, I’d love to help.

Kaoru Oguro, LCSW

You have always been a high-achiever. You’ve checked every box of success including a career, friendships, and a long-term relationship, but deep down, you still don't feel good enough. Despite all the achievements, you are not very happy in your life, especially your relationship is making you feel exhausted, resentful and alone. When things go wrong, you constantly criticize yourself and ask, “Am I good enough? Am I doing enough?” 

If it sounds like you, I’d love to help.

• Persistent anxiety and insecurity:No matter how much you achieve, an underlying sense of anxiety and insecurity shows up, especially in your relationship.

• Disconnection in your relationship:Your constant arguments with your partner  leave you feeling unheard and disconnected with your partner.

• People pleasing tendency:You prioritize others’ needs and expectations over your own to avoid criticism and rejection, only to feel resentful later.

• Stuck with complex trauma emotional patterns:You get triggered and defensive when criticized and you know it comes from your complex trauma, but you don't know how to change your reactions.

• Anxiety about the future of your relationship:You contemplate leaving, but you feel stuck and fear you’ll end up alone or never find someone who truly accepts you.

You are tired of feeling this anxiety and you want to feel more confident with yourself.

Past therapy may have given you intellectual insights into your anxiety and relational patterns, but it has not stopped how you feel and react on a deeper level and you still feel you are not good enough or your needs don’t matter.

This time, you deserve more healing and transformation of your pain. 

Hi, I’m Kaoru — Anxiety and Complex Trauma Therapist in NYC

I help high-achievers who are successful in many aspects of their life but struggle with their anxiety and self-criticism, especially in relationships, to become more comfortable with their true-selves with confidence and cultivate fulfilling relationships and self-compassion. 

In our sessions together, we will:

• Identify Root Causes and Pattern of Your anxiety: We identify the root cause of your anxiety and insecurity rooted in your past, and learn how childhood relational dynamics and learned defense mechanisms show up in your relationship patterns.

• Access Deeper Emotional healing: We track your emotional and bodily responses to identify your deeper emotions underneath your anxiety, and heal the old pains that show up as anxiety.

• Build Boundaries Without Guilt: You learn to prioritize your needs, communicate authentically, and release the weight of others' expectations.

• Trust and Reclaim Your True-Self: You gain a clear sense of who you truly are and reclaim your true-self with self-trust, positive acceptance, and self-compassion.

• Transform Anxiety: We explore your deeper emotions underneath your anxiety and transform it into a strong sense of self-worth, confidence, and deeper connections with yourself.

Ready to overcome your anxiety and truly be yourself?

You don’t have to carry this pain alone any more. If you’re ready to overcome your insecurity, I welcome you to reach out for a free 15-minute video consultation. Let’s discuss how trauma-informed therapy can help you reclaim your true-self and confidence, and build deeper relationships with yourself and others you love.