Susie Morgan, LMFT

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All Mixed Up About Love

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“Love doesn’t hurt you.  A person that doesn’t know how to love hurts you.”  – Tony Gaskins, Jr When we grow up without secure attachment – without the consistent experience of being seen and heard and held and defended – we can get all mixed up about what love looks like and feels like. We […]

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It’s Amazing

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“I just checked out your video and it’s amazing.  I learned so much.  I’ll definitely recommend you to others who struggle!”  – @thecptsdbrain I received this wonderful response on Instagram from @thecptsdbrain to watching the first video of the EMDR Readiness Course! I am so excited at her response!! There’s a link below to the […]

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Posttraumatic Growth

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“And then one day I realised, I had scars in the shape of wings.”  – S.C. Lourie As EMDR therapists, we talk about the “posttraumatic growth” we can see so often in our clients – that after the work is completed they become healthier and able to thrive beyond where they were before they experienced […]

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But There Was Happiness . . .

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“Will I tell you that she lived happily ever after?  I will not, for no one ever does.  But there was happiness.  And she did live.”  – Stephen King There’s something about this that I really love. Maybe it’s the quiet hope in it. Healing from trauma doesn’t make everything smooth and perfect . . […]

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Perhaps the Saddest Story

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“Perhaps the saddest, and the most tragic story ever told, is a beautiful soul, made to feel anything but.”  – William Broms I’ve been thinking this week how important it is that we know – WHATEVER it is that we have been through – if it hurt us then it counts! I have learned through […]

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