Anything worth doing is worth doing well .
To learn more about Ann visit annsmith.com or breakthroughatcaron.org..
Ann has also authored Grandchildren of Alcoholics: Another Generation of Co-dependency.
Currently, she is a regular contributor to Psychology Today\'s website through her popular blog, Healthy Connections, with over 200,000 views to date.
News and World Report, Philadelphia magazine , Washington Post , Forbes Women, Wall Street Journal , and numerous other newspapers, magazines, and radio and TV programs across the U.
S.
Ann\'s professional experience has landed her interviews with National Public Radio, Newsweek, Us Magazine , Redbook, U.
S.
Ann is also the director of Breakthrough at Caron--a program she designed for Caron Treatment Centers aimed at helping adults shift destructive life patterns, improve relationships, and foster personal growth.
As a licensed marriage and family therapist, she has spent nearly thirty years researching the impact compulsive disorders have on individuals and family systems.
Smith MS, LMFT, is a nationally recognized leader and expert in the field of codependency, frequently presenting at major conferences throughout the U.
S., Canada, and Finland.
About the Author: Ann W.
Additionally, readers discover the key characteristics of a healthy family system, along with the single most important lesson of all-- perfection does not exist .
Readers will learn how to identify and confront the root cause of their problem, how to reveal and accept their essence, and finally, they will learn the importance of forgiveness and letting go.
Psychological and physical implications include: Headaches Isolation Anxiety attacks Fear of failure Sleep disturbances Digestive problems Back pain Overeating Sexual dysfunction Depression Suicidal thoughts or tendencies An inability to establish proper boundaries Overly critical of others The need to be in control Excessive guilt and shame In this revised and updated edition of the original, groundbreaking book Overcoming Perfectionism: The Key to a Balanced Recovery , Smith describes the key differences between overt and covert perfectionism; the role early attachment, temperament, sibling relationships, and life circumstances play in developing this pattern; and how to shift toward a center of Balance for a more fulfilling life.
While perfectionism lacks much of the stigma attached to today\'s most common compulsions--smoking, gambling, sex addiction, alcoholism, and drug abuse--many of the negative connotations on self and the family system are the same.
Smith has dealt with her fair share of perfectionism and has bared witness to this all too common phenomenon in her professional life, having spent the last thirty years studying the impact compulsive disorders have on individuals and family.
Smith knows this first hand.
Renowned author and pioneer of codependency treatment Ann W.
Yet, the damage that they cause is stifling.
In today\'s perfection-obsessed culture, these are the maxims we live by.
Failure is not an option .
Winning isn\'t everything, it\'s the only thing .
Practice makes perfect .
Anything worth doing is worth doing well
