I help overfunctioning adults stop performing okayness — and finally meet the parts of themselves they've kept in the dark.
Depth-oriented, trauma-informed therapy where science meets soul.
You Don’t Have to Hold It All Together Anymore
You've always been the one people count on. You keep things moving, care for others, anticipate needs, and hold space — even when no one's holding space for you.
But underneath that calm exterior, something is asking to be heard.
You might be feeling anxious, stuck in patterns you can't seem to break, or exhausted by relationships that take more than they give. Maybe you've started to sense there's more to life — more to you — than the role you've been playing.
That sense? It's not a symptom. It's an invitation.
You are not broken. You’re an Overfunctioner.
What looks like "having it all together" is often a survival strategy rooted in old wounds — childhood roles, trauma, emotional neglect, or the quiet message that your needs were too much. You may be highly capable, deeply intuitive, and endlessly resilient… and underneath, you carry pain that's never had a safe place to land.
Here's what most therapy doesn't tell you: the parts of you that are exhausting you aren't the problem. They're protecting something. The anxiety, the hypervigilance, the compulsive giving — these are adaptations that once kept you safe. They're not character flaws. They're loyal parts of you, doing the only job they were ever taught to do.
Healing asks us to go deeper than managing symptoms. It asks us to meet what's been living in the shadow.
Where the Real Work Happens
In our work together, we don't just build coping skills — we explore the territory beneath them.
Using Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and somatic psychotherapy, we'll work with the parts of you that are still stuck in the past, still braced for impact, still performing for an audience that left long ago.
We'll also go deeper — into the shadow.
The shadow isn't darkness to be feared. It's the home of everything you were taught to hide: the anger that felt too dangerous, the grief that had no witness, the desire that felt selfish, the self that felt like too much. In Jungian depth psychology, integrating the shadow isn't about becoming undone — it's about becoming whole. The energy you've spent keeping those parts at bay becomes available for the life you actually want.
This is trauma work as soul work. Evidence-based and depth-oriented. Grounded in the body, open to the spirit.
Hi, I’m Dr. Perone
(she/her/hers)
I help overfunctioners who are ready to stop abandoning themselves.
I work with trauma survivors who are tired of repeating the past. People in or recovering from toxic and narcissistic relationships who feel confused, drained, or lost. Spiritual seekers who know there's more to life and are ready to do the real work of getting there — not bypassing the shadow, but walking through it. And I hold a particular place in my heart for therapists and healers who need a space to be witnessed in their own unraveling and rebuilding.
Whether you're navigating grief, burnout, boundaries, anxiety, or a deep soul-level reckoning — we'll work together to clear what's in the way and reconnect you to your most grounded, fiercely alive self.
I am LGBTQ+ affirming. I welcome people of all races, faiths, and walks of life. I am a psychologist for social and ecological justice.
I offer online therapy to adults and teens in North Carolina and California, and in-person therapy in the Raleigh-Durham area.
You Don’t Need to Heal Alone — And You Don’t Need to Be “Fixed”
I believe healing happens when all parts of you feel seen and safe — not just the presentable ones.
That includes your pain. Your anger. Your longing. Your intuition. Your fierceness. Your grief. Your vision. The parts that shut down to protect you and the parts that never got to live in the first place.
Jung said that what we don't make conscious comes to us as fate. Shadow work is the practice of choosing awareness over repetition — of meeting what's been running the show from the dark, and bringing it into relationship with the rest of who you are.
This is not about excavating trauma for its own sake. It's about liberation. It's about reclaiming the full range of yourself — so you can live, love, and create from a place that's real.
Trauma work is soul work. And you don't have to do it alone.
Service Offerings
Individual Therapy ▼
I offer in-person sessions to those in the Raleigh-Durham area of NC and virtual therapy to residents in North Carolina and California. Telehealth in other states may become available in the future.
Group Therapy ▼
Group therapy is an underrated therapy format and carries incredible power for healing. Group therapy offers the opportunity for:
- Forging new bonds in a facilitated and safe environment
- Receiving guidance and support from a multitude of perspectives
- Practicing new ways of relating to others
- Working through relational blocks
Workshops & Retreats ▼
I offer workshops and retreats geared towards going deeper in understanding the role of shadow and exiled parts of self in the development of trauma bonded relationships and narcissistic abuse dynamics.
I also facilitate workshops and retreats in nature focusing on fostering deeper relationships with our wild, intuitive selves, as well as workshops on the integration of depth psychology with the body and yoga.
Supervision & Consultation ▼
As a healer who understands the journey of the healer archetype, I am passionate about helping other healers and therapists on their journeys. I offer support to other mental health clinicians seeking to grow personally and professionally.
- Therapy for Therapists
- Clinical Supervision with focus on integration of transpersonal psychology, IFS, and EMDR treatments
- Case Consultation
“It is the privilege of a lifetime to become who we truly are.”
— Carl G. Jung