overly responsible
anxious
guilty
exhausted
unappreciated
Therapy for women who have felt
healing is not as simple as 'learning to love yourself’. It is going back to the places we stopped loving ourselves and remembering why. It is then holding that part of you close and rescuing them from old pain. The remembering is what makes it hard. The holding is what makes it brave.
Nate Postlethwait
- Do you feel like you have too much on your plate, have a hard time saying 'no' and are in turn, frustrated with yourself or others for not being able to maintain boundaries?
- Do you have a critical inner dialogue, and question whether you should be more compassionate with your self or even more critical?
- Have you been prioritizing others’ needs and neglecting yours for far too long?
- Do you have a judgmental part of you that tells you, you are ‘not enough?’
- Do you have relationships that feel exhausting because it often feels one-sided and seek mutuality?
Ask Yourself
Holding space for your present pain rooted in self-compassion and your own curiosity.
This is a judgment free zone
Sunita Benning
You landed here. You have been moving through your world, holding on, hoping for change and intentional about making some real changes but things seem stuck or on repeat. We live in a time where productivity, and checking things off the never-ending to-do list is idealized, all while still making space for 'self-care'. How is this possible and which do we choose? Efficiency or the rest we so deserve? Here is your space to process that struggle - a place to unwind, pause, and be with all the parts of you that need to be shared. You've started this search to take care of yourself and all the hurt you carry within. It is my privilege to work alongside you to provide you the space to experience, examine and process your story collaboratively and hopefully find ways to not 'just deal' but find self-compassion and thrive.
The Work We Can Do in Therapy
Learn about initiating boundaries as a means to be Compassionate with yourself and understand your needs (instead of everyone else's)
fostering self-compassion - finally letting the inner critic take up less space, and getting to know the one inside that is your biggest cheerleader
identifying what you are feeling - we sit with our thoughts and the anxiety takes us into the future - in sessions we get to learn what its like to be okay with all of our parts/emotions
IDentifying what your values are and what relationships/systems align with those and which no longer serve you as an act of self-compassion
reparenting our inner child who has been wounded initially in familial relationships and triggered in the present.
exploring all of your parts (i.e. the inner critic, the one who feels like an imposter, the hopeful one etc.) and tending to each one of their needs to understand deeper wounds
You are not alone in your parts of yourself that doubt: ‘Am I good enough?’, ‘I’m failing at this’, ‘I should be doing (___), ‘Why can’t I just (___)?’. It is this human experience that allows us to do this work together.
PNW lover. Wanderlust. Compassion mentor. Rest advocate. Psychotherapist. Big fan of slowing down.
Hi, I'm Sunita
Sunita Benning
New Roots Therapy
Therapy is about understanding the self that you are. But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself - to let go of the limiting stories you've told yourself about who you are so that you aren't trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you've been telling yourself about your life.
How I can help
New Roots Therapy offers a space to get to know yourself a little better, process your emotions and get to a place of healing and self-compassion.
I offer a complimentary 20-minute phone consultation, which will help determine if we are a good fit for each other moving forward. I look forward to getting to know you! I offer online sessions for women in Washington - it makes connecting so easy and accessible!
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