Trauma Archives - Page 11 of 12 - Susie Morgan, LMFT

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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Put Back Together By Her Own Hands

April 2, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“She is a beautiful piece of broken pottery, put back together by her own hands. A critical world judges her cracks while missing the beauty of how she made herself whole again.” – JM Storm There can come a day in which we can see ourselves accurately, in which we can see the beauty in […]

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The Miracle in EMDR Therapy

March 30, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo The miracle in EMDR therapy . . . that the past can finally be in the past.

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Re-Inhabiting Our Bodies

March 29, 2018 by Susie Morgan

Activating trauma memory networks – so that they can be desensitized and reprocessed with EMDR therapy requires being able to notice where disturbance is felt in the body. Learning it’s safe to be present with and feel our body is no small feat, Lionhearts, if we have learned, since early on, that it is a […]

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Tell Your Stories

March 28, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” – Anne Lamott We, as little humans, are entirely dependent on our caregivers to stay alive and will instinctively adapt in order maintain attachment in whatever way is possible. Idealization occurs […]

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Little Brave One

March 25, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“You are fierce. You’re a survivor. You’re a fighter through and through. Little brave, breathe. There is a warrior within you.” – Beau Taplin in “Lest We Forget” Learning to look at the little one – the younger self that went through whatever they did – with loving eyes is such a crucial part of […]

Filed Under: Attachment, Complex Developmental Trauma, EMDR Therapy, Trauma, Trauma Therapy Tagged With: Complex PTSD, Developmental Trauma, EMDR, Transformation, Trauma, Trauma Therapy

Worn, Cracked, and Dented

March 22, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“You are worn and cracked and dented. And that is okay, because I have never heard of a clean and shiny sword that won a war.” – Erin Van Vuren Don’t give up fighting, dear Lionhearts. We have what we need – we ARE what we need – to win the battle each of us […]

Adaptations

March 22, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“The habits you created to survive will no longer serve you when it’s time to thrive. Get out of survival mode. New habits, new life.” – Ebonee Davis I came across this quote and both nodded and cringed. In times of trauma, we often develop methods of coping that are the very best we can […]

Filed Under: Complex Developmental Trauma, EMDR Therapy, Trauma, Trauma Therapy Tagged With: Complex PTSD, Developmental Trauma, EMDR, Memory, Transformation, Trauma, Trauma Therapy

Not Feeling It

March 22, 2018 by Susie Morgan

Lionhearts, sometimes it is tough to feel our worth, our strength, our power. And, yet, we ARE worthy, we ARE strong, and we DO have far more power than we realize!! This photo is a friendly reminder for all of us to question those feelings of insecurity and inadequacy – and a bit of encouragement […]

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