Susie Morgan, LMFT

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Justify for Love

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“Never again will I justify the scars just because I loved the person holding the knife.” -Steve Maraboli Sometimes we do this when we are children out of a need to survive. When we are little, we are essentially in captivity. We must excuse, deny, refuse to see the reality – if the one who […]

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Secure Attachments

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Secure attachment.  It is so much more difficult to form secure attachments in our adult relationships, if we did not have this as little ones. Lionhearts, we can repair this!! We can learn to look at our little selves (who went through whatever they did) with loving eyes. And by becoming our own most secure […]

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Darkness May Leave Stars

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“Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars.” – Victor Hugo It can be hard to imagine that the darkness times and deepest wounds can yield anything of any value or beauty. Yet, this is so possible!!  I see this in so many of our stories. The things that hurt us most become that […]

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Lunch with Nate Postlethwait

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Absolutely loved the chance to sit down with this man @theothersideofsaved for lunch today!  I recently began to follow his blog and podcast, in which he tells of his in depth treatment with EMDR therapy. He invites us to bear witness to his story – and he speaks of things too often taboo or painful […]

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The Unconscious

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“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – Carl Jung It’s possible to keep clipping their leaves and pruning their branches, but the weeds will just keep sprouting up and taking over.  Pulling them out by the root is the only way to actually create […]

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A Lifetime of Memories

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“I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.” -Charles Baudelaire Too many of us have gone through lifetimes’ worth of painful experiences before we even reach adulthood.  EMDR therapy modified to treat complex/developmental trauma is long and difficult work. It takes lionhearted courage to face the memories again when they are […]

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Broken

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“She was brave and strong and broken all at once.” -Anna Funder Sometimes I work with people who seem so very strong and capable to world – and they are that.  But something else is true too. They are so strong and capable because they simply had to be. They didn’t have anyone else to […]

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A Thousand Words

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“Sometimes a hug is worth more than a thousand words.” – Unknown Sprout (Sophie’s 4 1/2 month old therapy dog understudy – for those of you who haven’t been following my recent FB/Instagram Stories) is a master at hugging.  In fact, her biggest challenge in puppy training class right now is to learn to keep […]

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Nothing is Permanent

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“Nothing is permanent in this world, not even your troubles.” – Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin is right!! The hard times don’t last forever. But, it can seem like they do.  When the brain hasn’t been able to process through the pain or fear of an experience, the past can continue to FEEL very much like […]

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Tales Of Triumph

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“Don’t give up. Some of the greatest stories of our time, were penned on parchments with edges tattered, ragged, and worn.” -Broms the Poet Once healed, we can see that our stories – which we once thought only as tragedies filled with pain and fear – are actually tales of triumph and redemption. We become […]

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