Hi! I’m Christie Morgan.

Pronouns: she/her.

I provide counseling services to individuals and couples to help them heal their trauma, embrace their authentic self with love and compassion, and foster stable, healthy relationships in their lives.

I believe that we are made for relationship and that every person deserves a space of belonging.

You may find that your trauma has left you with negative, shaming messages that make it difficult to live the life you long for. I am passionate about helping you rework these shaming messages that hold you down and isolate you, so that you can love yourself amidst your imperfections. Together, we can help you reconnect with your body, your past, and your relationships. As you begin to heal the wounds standing between you and the life you long for, you will begin to enjoy a new freedom in life—the freedom to enjoy stable, healthy relationships, to build upon your dreams, and love the true you.

My philosophy is centered around gathering back to ourselves the pieces of ourselves that we thought were too broken. To love those pieces and invite others into our brokenness so we can experience the love that heals. To claim the beauty that is within us, despite the brokenness that comes in life. One of my greatest joys is watching the beauty of my clients unfold as they embody their truest selves and choose to embrace themselves as gifts to the world.

It takes courage to explore and reclaim the parts of ourselves that feel unlovable. I believe that nothing is “too far gone.” I desire to empower and embolden you to discover wholeness through evidence-based modalities such as Gestalt, Attachment Theory, EFT (Emotion-Focused Therapy), movement, and mind-body connection through a trauma-informed lens.

I am passionate about creating a kinder, safer, and more just world, and that begins with people feeling safe and at home with themselves. My desire is that in fostering a safe space for clients to heal their trauma, they will become catalysts for healing as they, too, foster safe spaces within their families and communities.

How my passion developed

My passion first developed when my personal history of trauma led me to walk through my own healing process. I know what it is like to live in survival mode—to feel like your trauma follows you into every situation and relationship. I felt disoriented in my shame and was desperately looking for a sense of stability in life. I struggled in relationships and wondered if a thriving, fulfilling relationship would ever be possible for me. My own healing journey was deeply impacted by support from my own therapist that helped me transform my trauma from something that left me fragile and ashamed to something that helped me be a responsive partner and someone who has a large capacity for compassion toward myself and others.

My personal encounter with the process of glass blowing—gathering shards, melting them in the furnace, and blowing them into beautiful works of art—became the lens through which I saw my healing process. I felt like the broken shard—too sharp and dirty to be claimed as beautiful or worthy—yet I was entering into the furnace of healing, where I would soon be restored.

Through my own counseling process—both couples and individual counseling—I began to find stable ground again. I learned how to feel safe in my body and relationships. This opened the door for me to get out of survival mode and start living again. I now enjoy a deeply nourishing relationship with my husband and am able to lean into my most authentic self. The furnace of healing is a difficult part of the healing process. I am here to companion you through your healing. I am here to hold hope for you—knowing that the “furnace” will not lead to destruction, but restoration.

My personal journey is a story of transitioning from shame, fear, and isolation to a deeply intentional, loving, and connected life.

I began to see that my trauma doesn’t make me less lovable. I began to see myself as someone who can love people well because I have approached my wounds with such intentionality and have learned to love my own imperfections. My healing transformed my relationships with my family, friends, my husband, and myself.

My passion to apply this healing work within the context of relationship and through the use of the body first developed when I was a backpacking instructor, helping parents and teens heal their relationships through backpacking and rock climbing.

I was swept away by the beauty before me when families would mend relationships that they thought were irreparable. I later worked with kids in the foster system, using dance and art to help them work through their trauma. It became apparent to me that these kids suffered because their families and their communities as a whole were suffering. When parents have a strong relationship, it has a ripple effect that goes down through the generations. In my time in internship, I fell in love with couples counseling.

I am passionate about using wilderness experiences and other somatic experiences to help people connect with themselves and others.

My journey on the Camino de Santiago—a 500 mile pilgrimage route in Spain—became the birthplace of my love for mind-body connection. On the Camino, I studied how our physical journeys affect our internal healing journeys. I have many years of experience as a dance teacher using movement for healing. Of all the ways to embrace mind-body connection in the healing process, using wilderness experiences to facilitate relational healing is my method of choice.

How I live out my passion as a therapist

I find a sense of fulfillment in helping others feel like they belong—with others, in this world, and in their own skin. I deeply value relationships and view my counseling work through the lens of attachment and relationships. We are not meant to embark on our healing journeys alone. We need people who will come along side us to hold hope, listen, and support us. I believe that relationships characterized by responsiveness, empathy, and safety are instrumental parts of the healing process.

As a therapist, I want you to know that every part of you—no matter how drenched in shame, guilt, or hopelessness—is worthy of being loved. No part of you is too ugly or too far gone. I welcome you to show up in ways that embody your truth. Your fully human self—no matter how messy it is—is a gift to this world.

My desire is to be a companion for you on this healing journey. You can expect our therapy room to be a safe, warm, and accepting place where I will hold your heart and stories with love and compassion. All of you is welcome here.

Personal life and interests

I used to be a professional dancer, and now I spend most of my time trail running, training for ultramarathons, and backpacking. The wilderness has been a place where I have found healing for myself as I reconnect with my body, surround myself with beauty, and embrace joy-filled experiences. My husband and I serve as spiritual running coaches and help people mend their relationships with God and their bodies through running and wilderness retreats. When I am not on the trails, I enjoy creating art and connecting with my friends and family.

Credentials

LPCC.0019156

American Counseling Association

CACREP accredited M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Cook | Supervisor License: Colorado / 16349

Prepare/Enrich Certified