Susie Morgan, LMFT

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Fight For Yourself

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“It’s okay if you won’t fight for me. I will.” -Chloë Frayne Sometimes – too often really – those of us with complex/developmental trauma find ourselves feeling more alone the more we heal and grow. Despite the presence even of a partner or friends or family – the patterns in these relationships remain so much […]

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We All Have A Threshold

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“It is impossible for you to go on as you were before, so you must go on as you never have.” -Cheryl Strayed So often the question comes up in my office – “Why am I falling apart now?! I was holding it together for so long and through so much!!”  My answer – my […]

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The Distortion of Reality

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One of my favorite images . . . So accurately captures how progress really goes! If we have this in mind, I think it makes it easier to keep going! #perseverance #keepgoing #upsanddowns #healing #traumarecovery #ptsd #cptsd #emdr #emdrreadinesscourse  I would love to know who to credit and thank for this image!! www.EMDRReadinessCourse.com If you haven’t yet, I invite you to join me […]

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Memorial Day

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“And the truth is that all veterans pay with their lives. Some pay all at once, while others pay over a lifetime.” -JM Storm This is so true. This day is to honor those who paid with their lives all at once. I believe we must also remember the ongoing payment of their comrades, partners, […]

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Loving Eyes

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“One day you’ll realise you were brave and beautiful every single day of your life.” -S.C. Lourie My VERY favorite part of being an EMDR therapist is the moment when I watch the distortions clear and a person is able to finally see themselves accurately – when they can look at themselves with loving eyes – when […]

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Healing Is Progress

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“Healing isn’t about pretending the damage had not been done, it’s about refusing to allow that which we had suffered in our pasts, to control us in our futures.” – @Broms.the.poet EMDR therapy can be a powerful way to do this, Lionhearts!! Yet, it is essential when the tough stuff started way back at the […]

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A Silver Spoon

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“When you are not fed love on a silver spoon you learn to lick it off knives.” -Lauren Eden It is heartbreaking how often I meet with clients whose current relationships are marked by fear, loneliness, insecurity – and then as we trace their history back to the beginning we see one iteration after another […]

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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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