DR. MEG JONES, PSYD
Online Therapy & Mental Health Support for Perfectionism & People Pleasing
Helping teens, college students, and young adults in California navigate perfectionism and people-pleasing
Perfectionism and people-pleasing often look like being the responsible one, the over-achiever, the peacekeeper, but underneath the surface, they can come with a deep sense of anxiety, pressure, and fear of not being enough. You might feel like you're constantly walking on a tightrope – trying to keep everyone else happy while ignoring your own needs and desires.
Therapy offers a space to untangle the fears, beliefs, and patterns that keep you stuck in people-pleasing and self-silencing. Together, we’ll explore where these patterns come from, how they’re showing up in your life, and how to start creating space for your own needs, limits and voice — without guilt or shame.
“You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep others warm.” – Unknown
WHAT I TREAT
Patterns of Perfectionism & People-Pleasing I Help Clients Work Through
Academic perfectionism
Social perfectionism
Moral perfectionism
Athletic perfectionism
Self-judgment & criticism
People-pleasing
Conflict-avoidance
Self-sacrifice
“Meghan is a very supportive therapist. She has a knack for seeing her clients through complex situations with empathy and attuned guidance. While working beside her as a colleague I noticed how her experience treating eating disorders and body image challenges translated to creative, strength-based interventions that helped clients see themselves and their struggles with greater compassion.”
– Leandra Lehmann, LMFT and Art Therapist
HOW THERAPY CAN HELP
Your Space For Letting Go Of Fears And Self-Abandonment
Working through perfectionism and people-pleasing in therapy doesn’t mean giving up your goals or your care for others, it means learning how to honor those things without constantly betraying or abandoning yourself in the process.
Together, we’ll work toward helping you:
Break through procrastination tied to fear of mistakes
Recognize and unlearn harmful internal narratives around success, and failure
Build a more flexible and self-compassionate mindset
Set boundaries without guilt or fear of rejection
Learn to rest, slow down, and tolerate imperfection
Strengthen your sense of identity outside of productivity or approval
Cultivate emotional resilience and self-trust
Find motivation rooted in your values, not fear
HOW I WORK
I bring a warm, grounded and relational approach to therapy that’s rooted in evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). These approaches help us explore not only where your perfectionistic or people-pleasing patterns come from, but how they’re showing up now and what to do about them.
In our work together, we’ll create space to unpack the pressures you carry, understand the deeper fears behind them, and practice new ways of relating to yourself and others. Therapy might look like learning how to set boundaries without guilt, building resilience around mistakes and criticism, or cultivating more self-compassion when your inner critic shows up.
I don’t believe in quick-fix advice or shaming these patterns, they’ve often developed as a way to help you feel safe, loved, or in control. But I do believe you can start to loosen their grip and build a more sustainable and self-respecting way of being in the world. We’ll work together to help you show up more fully, not just as the person others expect you to be, but as who you truly are.
Evidence-Based Online Therapy To Untangle People Pleasing & Perfectionism
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