What is it?
In adolescence, as the pressure to perform academically increases, many teens begin to believe that the better they perform in school, the more successful they will be in life. Likewise, many adolescents believe that failure or not doing well at school would limit their future opportunities and possibly mark the end of the bright futures they were promised growing up.
In some respects, striving for high standards and working hard towards goals and achieving a sense of fulfilment is adaptive and perfectly reasonable. Unfortunately, when we place pressure on ourselves to meet exceedingly high standards which then powerfully influences the way we see ourselves, this can interfere with social, emotional, and academic/occupational functioning and become a problem. Often this high pressure to succeed backfires and leads to a persistent sense of failure.
Perfectionism is not so much about being “perfect” as it is about the relentless striving for excessively high standards that are personally demanding. Often consequently, people find themselves judging their self worth based on their ability to strive for and achieve these high standards.
Long term consequences of unhelpful perfectionism can include: social isolation, worry, depression, eating disorders, insomnia, procrastination, relationship difficulties, obsessive compulsive symptoms and poor health.
Symptom Checklist
- Being overly cautious in tasks, leading your child to spend excessive amounts of time completing tasks (e.g., taking 3 hours to complete homework that should take 30 minutes)
- Refusing to attempt new tasks and risk making mistakes
- Frequently attempting to improve work by rewriting or retyping
- Spending excessive amounts of time proofing written work
- Excessive fear of embarrassment
- Chronic procrastination and difficulties completing tasks
- Tendency to become highly anxious, angry, or upset about making a mistake
- Frequent catastrophic reactions when things do not go as planned (e.g., meltdown)
- Working on multiple drafts of assignments
- Experiencing difficulties making decisions
- Excessively seeking reassurance
- Excessive organisation and list making
- Difficulties recognising when to stop
- Difficulties delegating tasks
- Taking criticism personally
Interested in joining our team at Anxiety House Sunshine Coast (AHSC)?
Selection Criteria
- Masters and/or Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
- Eligible for registration with AHPRA as an endorsed “Clinical Psychologist” or eligibility for the clinical psychology registrar program
- Eligible for Medicare registration
- Professional indemnity insurance
What we offer
- Clinical supervision
– Supportive team environment - Peer mentoring
- Modern refurnished consulting rooms
- Stream of referrals
- Psychiatry input with our sister practice Oxford Clinic
- On site educational and developmental assessments
- Full-time on-site reception services
- Internet
- Company email
- Practice management software
- Continued professional development offerings as a team
- Marketing service.
- Private practice mentoring
- Career development and company progression
- Free training in OCRD and Eating Disorders.
- Working in a well-established clinic with a solid reputation
- Be part of a larger organisation with sister clinics in Brisbane (double CPD)
- Attractive remuneration
- Ability to develop your skills within niche areas
- Clinical supervision
Application
Together, let us help those people who are suffering from mental disorders. If you’re interested, please complete the form below and we will reach out to you.