Anxiety Archives - Susie Morgan, LMFT

A Soft Soul

March 9, 2019 by Susie Morgan

“There is nothing stronger than a soft soul.” -JH Hard My dear Lionhearts, this is true. There may be no greater strength shown than staying soft despite the trauma. Health isn’t about being steeled against the pain. It’s about resilience. It’s about the courage of caring deeply, loving wholeheartedly. It’s about learning we can bend […]

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Lean Into the Breaking

December 7, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Trust me, love, there will be heaven in the breaking. Just breathe, love, if it all ends you will begin.” -@GirlofCardigan When we begin to heal from developmental trauma and process memories, we must lean into the breaking – lean into the free fall into a future without the parents we’ve idealized like castles in the […]

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It’s Not A Dead End

November 21, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“The darkness is not a dead end… It’s a hallway.” -Emily McDowell Ah, Lionhearts, what if this is true? What if this darkness is not all we will see from now on – what if we are not trapped and powerless? What if – instead – the darkness is something we can move through – […]

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Lunch with Nate Postlethwait

August 18, 2018 by Susie Morgan

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

August 16, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“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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EMDR Professionals

July 28, 2018 by Susie Morgan

EMDR Professionals!! In Complex/Developmental trauma cases, it can be particularly difficult to determine when a client is ready to begin memory reprocessing – so as to neither err on the side of doing too little preparation so processing goes sideways nor too much and unnecessarily delay the robust symptom relief reprocessing can bring. So, based […]

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Broken Children In Adult Bodies

June 15, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“So many broken children living in grown bodies mimicking adult lives.” -Ijeoma Umebinyuo I am on a flight home from what has been the single most powerful training of my professional career. Our focus was healing attachment wounds – the traumas of omission and commission experienced when our caregivers were unwilling or unable to provide […]

Pain Is The Burden

June 10, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Pain is the burden. Not you.” -CWPoet In light of the news being laden with the recent suicides, I thought it was important to share these words right now. I’m boarding a plane for Massachusetts today, on my way to a week long intensive training with a leading EMDR expert on methods for treating attachment […]

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The Stories We Carry

June 7, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“Everyone has a story that will break your heart. And, if you’re really paying attention, most people have a story that will bring you to your knees.” -Brené Brown Brené Brown posted this quote today in response to Kate Spade’s passing by her own hand. The stories we carry with us are so often the […]

Loving Eyes

May 26, 2018 by Susie Morgan

“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 […]