Therapy in Lismore NSW with Tamika Dawson
Therapy for women who appear capable on the outside but feel overwhelmed beneath the surface
Does this sound familiar?
- overthink conversations, decisions, and small details
- feel responsible for everyone and everything
- struggle with perfectionism and harsh self-criticism
- feel anxious, overwhelmed, or mentally exhausted
- find it difficult to rest without guilt
- appear capable on the outside while feeling like you are barely holding things together underneath
- wonder whether ADHD or autistic traits may help make sense of some of these patterns
I offer neurodiversity-affirming therapy for women who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and burnout.
When life feels harder than it looks
You may be used to appearing capable, responsible, and as though you are coping well, while underneath life feels much harder than it looks.
Many of the women I work with are carrying anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism, people-pleasing, chronic overwhelm, and burnout.
Therapy offers a space to better understand these patterns, reduce self-blame, and move towards a way of living that feels more manageable and sustainable.
There may be more going on underneath
For many women, these struggles are not simply about stress or not coping well enough.
They often reflect longer-standing patterns shaped by anxiety, perfectionism, over-responsibility, masking, burnout, and the ongoing pressure to keep managing everything.
For some, therapy also becomes a space to explore whether ADHD or autistic traits may help make better sense of these experiences.
You do not need to have everything figured out before starting.
How therapy can help
Therapy can offer space to better understand the patterns behind overwhelm, anxiety, perfectionism, and burnout, while moving towards a way of living that feels more manageable and sustainable.
It may also help you make sense of masking, chronic over-responsibility, and whether ADHD or autistic traits may be part of the picture.
About Tamika
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with training in both psychology and social work.
My approach is also informed by lived experience of mental health recovery, bringing a thoughtful, compassionate, and grounded perspective to therapy that considers both internal experience and the broader context of a person’s life.
Before entering private practice, I worked across community services and acute public mental health, supporting young people and adults experiencing a range of complex mental health difficulties.
I now work primarily with women experiencing anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, chronic overwhelm, and burnout.
Get in touch
If this sounds like the kind of support you have been looking for, you are welcome to get in touch.
You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out.