“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” ―Epicetus

Therapy for high-achievers is a space for the driven, the capable, and the quietly overwhelmed to gain perspective and re-align with their authentic selves.

Often, high achievers are the ones everyone else turns to to get things done; they're the ones others turn to. High-achievers (type 3 on the enneagram) likely have full calendars, high standards, and an endless list of responsibilities. If this sounds like you, you may even wonder if you have time for therapy or “self-care”.

If beneath the accomplishments, you feel burnt out, anxious, or like you’re barely holding it all together, therapy is a great tool to realign with your authentic values and learn skills to manage your desire for achievement so it doesn’t leave you feeling burnt out.

Striving for excellence can be a strength, but when self-worth becomes intertwined with ambition, it can lead to burnout.

We work with high-achieving individuals, couples, corporate executives, and leaders across Austin and the state of Texas who are navigating anxiety and the emotional toll of constant striving.

You’re not alone if your sense of worth feels tangled in productivity, people-pleasing, or the pressure to “do it all” effortlessly. It’s built into the ethos of American capitalism.

You might be a high achiever if—

• You feel guilty when you’re not being productive

• Rest feels undeserved or uncomfortable, or slowing down scares you

• You fear disappointing others, even when at your breaking point

• You’re praised for being “so on top of it,” but no one sees the anxiety beneath the surface

• You’re outwardly successful but inwardly disconnected from your own needs

Therapy for high-achievers is not about abandoning your goals. It’s about helping you slow down to reconnect with the parts of you that are unsure or hoping for something deeper than feeling like a human doing vs. a human being.

In therapy, we’ll utilize a relational approach to help you:

• Develop self-trust that is independent of performance

• Quiet your inner critic with self-compassion and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Explore the roots of overfunctioning and anxiety

• Reclaim rest, relationships, and a more sustainable rhythm of life

At Aligned Therapy Collective, we’ll help you reconnect with the whole you, not just the achieving part.