EMDR Therapy Archives - Page 11 of 14

Development For Survival

April 19, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“How does one become a butterfly?” Pooh asked pensively. “You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar,” Piglet replied. -A. A. Milne There is so much wisdom in understanding that we must consider the cost of no longer being a caterpillar before we will be able […]

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Transformations Of Lionhearts

April 18, 2018 by Susie Morgan

Lionhearts, so often the quality of our relationships as adults is shaped by our early attachment dynamics in childhood. When our earliest relationships weren’t protective or nurturing, it becomes hard to believe we are lovable and deserving of respect and security in our adult relationships. Despite “knowing better” and making concerted effort to choose […]

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Unity

April 17, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Tell the story of the mountain you climbed. Your words could become a page in someone else’s survival guide.” -Morgan Harper Nichols We need to know we’re not the only one. We need to know we’re not alone.

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Focus On Your Future

April 16, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“The strongest people are not those who hide their tears, but instead those who accept their tears as part of living, and feel them to the fullest. It is not those who shy away from hurting, it is those who keep going, despite the pain, that are the toughest characters.” -Tommy Cotton I use […]

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Your Life Is Your Story

April 15, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.” -Susan Statham We don’t get to choose how our stories begin. There is a time though when we realize that we get to author what comes next for us. To do so, we often must engage in the courageous work of editing the past – […]

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A Feeling To Escape

April 9, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“I think hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.” -Neil Gaiman This gave me chills when I read it. It is exactly the reason I do EMDR therapy. Whatever any of us may believe about the afterlife, too many people are carrying around hell inside themselves now – memories […]

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Taking the First Step Toward Healing

April 8, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Through Susie’s gentle and thoughful videos I received empathic skills and savvy tools to address the ways trauma had negatively impacted me.” -Participant of the EMDR Readiness course I received this review today from a woman who used The EMDR Readiness Course in conjunction with her work with a therapist (which I think is an […]

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Attachment Cry

April 6, 2018 by Susie Morgan

As little ones we are designed to have a cry that PULLS our caregivers to us! It is called the “attachment cry” and was identified by researcher Jaak Panksepp as linked to the affective system of panic. The first time I heard this, I was fascinated, panic is actually the cry and reaching for someone!! […]

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The Weight of Release

April 5, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Sometimes you don’t know the weight of something you’ve been carrying until you feel the weight of its release.” – Unknown I have had the incredible privilege of witnessing my clients experience this so many times through EMDR therapy. I cannot wait for the day when EMDR therapy is a household word and therapists are […]

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Hiding The Catastrophe

April 4, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Ever so quietly, I walked around with the loudest heartbreak and I wondered how passers-by could not hear the bombs dropping; could not hear thunder; did not notice the catastrophe.” – Choë Frayne There are some of us so good, so practiced, so skilled at holding all the pain inside – that no one can […]

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