Treating Perfectionism: A Shame-Informed, Integrative Approach to Help Clients Recover from Emotional Avoidance, Self-Sabotage, and Overachievement

Perfectionism doesn’t always look like overachievement—it can also manifest as self-sabotage, anger, procrastination, addiction, and more. But beneath each of these patterns lies the same fear: you don’t belong as you are.

In this integrative guide, therapist and executive coach Megan Bruneau offers a radical new conceptualization of perfectionism, reframing it as a protective strategy against core shame. By blending I...