Susie Morgan, LMFT

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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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Healing Our Life Stories

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“Sometimes memories sneak out of my eyes and roll down my cheeks.” -Unknown Some days the grief or the pain just won’t stay where we’ve put it – shoved down deep, dismissed as something that happened a long time ago or something that really shouldn’t be such a big deal. But it is a big […]

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Acknowledge the Truth

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“Wounds that have bled the truth are ready to become scars.” -CWpoet This is a tough one, Lionhearts, but I think it’s important to talk about. I’ve observed that one of the most difficult parts of healing from complex/developmental trauma is often acknowledging the truth of what was. Some won’t resonate with this at all, […]

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Feeling Trapped

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“And reinvent your life because you must; it is your life and its history and the present belong only to you.” -Charles Bukowski We can feel so locked in – trapped in what we feel must be our future- because of our past. Our beliefs can feel so accurate – about ourselves as less than […]

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Loneliness

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“If you are far away from yourself, how could you ever be close to another?” -Yung Pueblo I’ve been saddened recently while reading proclamations by some of the seeming gloriousness of abandoning reliance on others – holding to the conviction this is the higher path as others have proven we have only our own selves […]

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Let Your Light Shine

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“You know, they say the cracks are where the light gets in but really I think the cracks are where your light gets out. Yeah, the beauty you don’t realise you have. The strength inside you never get to see. The bravery you demonstrate by showing up every day, by trying, by not giving up… […]

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