Perfectionism
Perfectionism is a control strategy that links worth to performance and treats error as threat. Treatment targets greater flexibility and clearer decision rules, not lower standards.
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Core Concepts
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Overcontrol
Overcontrol refers to chronic inhibition and rigidity used to maintain certainty and reduce perceived threat. It often presents as external competence with a narrowing internal range.
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Religious harm
Religious harm refers to psychological injury caused by coercive, shaming, or authoritarian religious systems. Treatment supports agency, regulation, and meaning reconstruction without reenacting coercion.
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Control gradient
Control gradient is a step-by-step way to scale flexibility rather than swinging between all-or-nothing shifts. It allows change while preserving values and role responsibilities.
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Belief systems
Belief systems are organized assumptions about authority, safety, identity, and meaning. Therapy differentiates aligned beliefs from inherited fear-based rules and clarifies what to retain, revise, or release.
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Uncertainty capacity
Uncertainty capacity is the ability to act with coherence without rushing to certainty. It develops through bounded experiments and post-decision reflection rather than exhaustive control.
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Meaning reconstruction
Meaning reconstruction is the process of rebuilding values, identity, and direction after major belief disruption. The goal is durable coherence with agency, not immediate replacement certainty.
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