Susie Morgan, LMFT

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All Things Are Difficult

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This photo was taken by a young woman whom I deeply admire for her courage in facing a lifetime of trauma. The way through is tough, especially when we have to start by repairing an attachment system that was broken from the beginning. But I’ve seen that it can be restored, and there is so […]

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A Lifetime Of Wounds

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“Do not mistake her gentleness for weakness or her timeless grace for vulnerability. She has pulled broken arrows from her own heart and used their sharp edges to carve a path into a new dawn while bleeding her dreams to life.” -Michelle Schaper The work of healing – of overcoming – a lifetime of wounds […]

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Courage

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Courage, dear Lionheart!!  In wading into the deep waters of grief and pain of hurt and unmet needs in your history . . . In fighting the fiery demons of fear and trauma until they can be seen as windmills of the past . . . In leaving behind harmful behaviors that were once adaptations […]

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You’re Worth Saving

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“Nobody can save you but yourself – and you’re worth saving. It’s a war not easily won but if anything is worth winning – this is it.” -Charles Bukowski This is true, Lionhearts, so true!!  My open invitation stands for you to join me for the first Module of The EMDR Readiness Course (for free!) […]

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Losing A Battle

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“It feels like I’m losing this battle once again. The thunder is roaring and my eyes are holding back the rain.” -Amina Mehmood Ah, Lionhearts, this is why I post – because I know and I have witnessed how hard it can be to keep going, to keep fighting, to keep hoping when the pain […]

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Choosing Darkness

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“The intensity of memories. Sometimes a comfort. Other times a torture.” -Lily B. Days like today – when kids kill kids – bring such an immense sadness. I can’t help but see the scene through the eyes of a trauma therapist – and see how pain begets pain. Now, I can anticipate the angry comments […]

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Making an Impression

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“Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.” -Haim Ginott So often we think little ones are just too young to remember this or that. Or, for ourselves, that things that happened when we were so young couldn’t have affected us!!  The reality couldn’t be further from the truth. The nervous […]

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Change the Ending of the Story

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“And I’ve come to understand and believe that we’ve all felt it at some point or another. That place where you just get tired. Tired of trying. Tired of fighting just to stay in the same place. But you keep fighting because of that little voice that refuses to be silent that says; it doesn’t […]

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Learning EMDR Therapy

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“You share with people who have earned the right to hear your story.” -Brené Brown I was listening to a lecture on trauma therapy today, and the instructor was telling about the number of clients who had come to her after EMDR therapy – FURTHER TRAUMATIZED because the therapist had jumped straight in to trauma […]

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The Powerful Position of a Mother

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Being a mother is arguably one of the most powerful positions there is. A mother holds the life of her little one in her hands. Her influence on the development of that little human is immeasurable.  Lionhearts, for some of us Mother’s Day is full of so much love and warmth. It is a celebration […]

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