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I’m so glad you’re here. Whatever brought you here, I imagine you are curious and yearning to find a safe space where you can tell your story and open those unhealed wounds. I help stressed out, high performing, and sensitive adults face the painful memories of their past so that they can work towards living a life that feels more fulfilling, less anxious, and more authentic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/1645123688393-GEA2SYWGLCMMTMSHNNUB/Therapy-for-Perfectionist-high-achievers Home - Does this sound like you? You’re extremely generous and kind - you give and serve others, have unconditional compassion for others, see the best in others, and you’re very forgiving of others. But when you think about receiving from others or asking to take up space - you freeze. Receiving is not a verb you’re familiar with. You’re a high achieving performer - you’re really good at what you do because you're self-sufficient, reliable, and definitely a perfectionist. You have high standards for others, but even higher standards for yourself. You seem to have it put together - you have a great job, a relationship, you can afford to go on trips, and you have a great style. But there’s a whole another version of you inside - the one you’re afraid to show others. The one that’s very different from what you portray outside. You’re Exhausted. Unhappy. Lonely. Aching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/1645126136728-9WKI7AV84ZRAVFR8CT3G/unsplash-image-cckf4TsHAuw.jpg Home - Life is busy. I understand that you have obligations, responsibilities, and duties to fulfill. I conduct therapy sessions via online using a secure platform so that it is easier than ever to schedule and fit therapy in your life. 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I find that my clients appreciate this part of me; I’m a very curious person - I ask a lot of questions that they never thought about, and I bring in different perspectives that they were never challenged to sit with. I do this with gentleness, humor, deeply listening ear (not only do I listen to what you’re saying, but I’m also listening to what you’re not saying), and unconditional compassion, which allows clients to feel safe to face the difficult stuff. They take the initiative to try new things, challenge themselves, welcome honesty, and sit with the difficult emotions. They know that the responsibility to heal and grow is on them and that unfortunately, I don’t have a perfect equation or magic to make all of their problems go away (trust me, I wish I did.) They’re committed to getting to a better place and know that they need to work really hard to let go of the old patterns that no longer serves them. It’s time to do the hard work - they know it and own it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/cb082d63-6953-4eba-94b3-131ca312edb1/20240809131547_IMG_7627.jpg About - Hey there, I’m Audrey (she/her). My Korean name is Paik Song E, which means “100 flowers.” I chose my English name as “Audrey” because it means “noble strengths” and when you combine them together, it means “100 flowers wrapped in noble strengths.” I’m an immigrant from South Korea and have moved around quite a lot; Japan for the first 5 years of my life, Korea for 6 years, Georgia for 13 years, Indiana for 7 years, and now I’m in Texas! I’ve learned a lot during my journey and my experiences with different cultures have provided me with very observant eyes and an expansive, curious heart. 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I can help. Let’s start. https://www.paikcounseling.com/unresolved-childhood-truama daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/1645154001783-9PR8SQ2UOYAYOHJDWJZ6/unsplash-image-3llQmBfV4gM.jpg Unresolved Childhood Trauma - You’re here because you want to imagine a life that is different than this. I know you’re scared, skeptical, and cautious at the idea of healing from your childhood trauma, neglect, and/or abuse. Your family was and will always be dysfunctional and toxic, and what’s done is done, so what’s the point? But I know there’s a part of you that wants to know if your life can feel peaceful, easy, balanced, healthy, meaningful, and fulfilling. Therapy is a perfect space to open up and talk about your painful parts. With the right therapist, you’ll feel safe to explore all the ways that the past trauma has impacted you and you’ll feel truly seen and heard without any judgment. From that place of being seen and heard, you’ll be free to find new ways of showing up for yourself and others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/89dce568-f514-4e7c-8af6-dced2172b9e0/20200412-IMG_6782.jpg Unresolved Childhood Trauma - Therapy for Unresolved Childhood Trauma, Neglect, and/or Abuse I can help. Let’s start. https://www.paikcounseling.com/peoplepleasing daily 0.75 2022-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg People-Pleasing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg People-Pleasing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg People-Pleasing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/1645140301351-292OBM9AMBME7DAD7XGN/unsplash-image-vsQN5fBD66g.jpg People-Pleasing - You’re probably here because you’re exhausted. It feels like no one asks you for what you want or need. You keep chasing after people’s approval by sacrificing your own boundaries. It doesn’t matter if it violates your beliefs and values because the fear of abandonment is heavier than the pain of betraying yourself. You feel like you’re serving everyone else, making room for other people’s emotions and needs while you tell yourself you’re not important enough for other people to care about your needs. You have some things to say but you hold it back because you’re really scared of how it will be received. You gaslight yourself constantly into not saying anything at all. You’re tired of putting yourself last, holding onto all the resentment, and feeling totally unfulfilled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/89dce568-f514-4e7c-8af6-dced2172b9e0/20200412-IMG_6782.jpg People-Pleasing - Therapy for People-Pleasing Patterns I can help. Let’s start. https://www.paikcounseling.com/perfectionism daily 0.75 2022-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/1645131877013-DW3WW2EC2WCIJEBZZDYJ/unsplash-image-CCFCMb1Defk.jpg Perfectionism - As paradoxical it may sound, Perfectionism leads to Procrastination. You’re a high achiever, but you sometimes “crash” and get stuck in the rut of procrastination. Because you already have 100 things to do on your list, you’ve ran 1000 different ways to tackle a project and you think about all the work you have to put in to make it perfect and then you feel overwhelmed. You wonder if you can do it right, and that fear of failure in your stomach sinks in even lower. You can’t find the motivation to finish that project, it feels like you’re literally trying to lift yourself out of the mud, you have zero energy, you feel terrible, and then here comes the shame. That shame tells you that you’re an embarrassment, a failure, and that you’re worthless. The only way you measured your worth was through your achievements, so when you’re not performing like you “should”, you feel that dread in the pit of your stomach. It becomes too much, so you shut down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/89dce568-f514-4e7c-8af6-dced2172b9e0/20200412-IMG_6782.jpg Perfectionism Therapy for Perfectionism I can help. Let’s start. https://www.paikcounseling.com/relationship-issues daily 0.75 2022-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/1645202767917-QIUZCIJ730UDW8KAI5EK/unsplash-image-qghuLqyh3nE.jpg Relationship Issues - The reason you feel this way is because you’re stuck with a set of beliefs and understandings about what your roles should be, what you believe other people expects from you, and what you believe the experience of love and belonging looks like. The blueprint of all of this came from our early relationships with our parents. On top of that, unresolved trauma from a relationship in the past that was supposed to be protective and safe can also impact these beliefs and understandings. What you witnessed growing up, how your parents treated you, what you were encouraged to do or not do shapes your attachment style, which in turn impacts your experience/quality of the relationships in your life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/1643512117835-ZGLEUSYDX4GHLP0JEZ03/20200412-IMG_6782.jpg Relationship Issues - Therapy for Relationship Issues I can help. Let’s start. https://www.paikcounseling.com/compliance daily 0.75 2025-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f42b50fda87d26ea8ebd72/1766000658896-JPD9DVL60AJYMFO54LRZ/unsplash-image-Zyx1bK9mqmA.jpg