136: Overthinking in Therapy: Presence Over Perfection

A Simple Therapy Podcast:

Honest Conversations on Therapy, Mental Health, Healing and Self-Growth.

In this episode of A Simple Therapy Podcast, Sindee Gozansky unpacks the overthinking so many therapists experience but rarely discuss openly, tracing it back to perfectionism, fear of causing harm, and countertransference. She offers a few gentle shifts to soften the loop rather than suppress it: naming it out loud, separating reflection from rumination, leaning on supervision, and trusting presence over performance.

00:00 – Welcome to the Podcast

00:48 – Naming the Therapist Overthinking Spiral

02:31 – Roots of Overthinking

05:59 – Shifting Out of the Loop

08:40 – Reflection Versus Rumination

11:17 – Letting Supervision Hold It

13:22 – Permission to Be Human

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