At Morgan Karcher Counseling, every therapist is both trauma-informed and trauma-focused. This means we understand that trauma isn’t just something that “happened”—it’s something that lives in the body, mind, and nervous system. We take into account how your past experiences—whether a single incident or years of ongoing harm—may be shaping your current sense of safety, connection, and identity.

Being trauma-informed means we approach every session with the understanding that trauma impacts how people think, feel, relate, and cope. It means we move slowly, collaboratively, and respectfully, always working to create a space that feels emotionally and physically safe. You won’t be pushed to retell your story before you’re ready, and you’ll be met with empathy rather than judgment.

Being trauma-focused means we don’t just acknowledge your trauma—we’re trained to help you process and heal from it. Each therapist brings their own approach to this work—whether that’s through Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), attachment-based work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), or feminist and relational frameworks. What unites us is a deep commitment to supporting clients who have experienced trauma in all its forms.

Trauma can look like a single event, like an accident or assault. It can also be complex and cumulative—growing up in a home where emotional safety was missing, surviving ongoing abuse or neglect, experiencing systemic oppression, religious trauma, or complicated grief. Whatever your story, we believe your responses to pain have been adaptive—and we’re here to help you reconnect with your strength, your body, and your inner sense of safety.

Healing from trauma is a delicate and deeply personal process. We approach it with the utmost care—honoring your pace, your story, and your strength. Our intention is to support you in reclaiming your power, processing the impact of what you’ve lived through, and breaking free from cycles of shame, guilt, and pain. It’s not about forgetting or pretending it didn’t happen. It’s about gently untangling from the past and reconnecting with your sense of self, agency, and freedom. 

Healing doesn’t happen in a vacuum—it happens in the context of our identities, lived experiences, and the systems we navigate every day. Our work is grounded in an anti-oppressive and feminist lens, which means we actively recognize and challenge the ways power, privilege, and systemic injustice impact mental health.

We understand that issues like racism, sexism, fatphobia, ableism, queerphobia, transphobia, classism, and other forms of oppression aren’t separate from emotional pain—they are often woven into the roots of it. Our therapists are committed to holding space that affirms your full identity, validates your lived experiences, and never asks you to leave parts of yourself at the door.

A feminist approach, to us, is about equity, agency, and honoring your inner wisdom. We value collaboration over hierarchy, and we see you as the expert of your own life. Our role is to walk alongside you, not to pathologize or “fix” you.

We work to continuously reflect on our own positions of privilege, do our internal anti-racism and decolonization work, and remain open to feedback and accountability. This is an ongoing, imperfect, and deeply necessary part of our practice.

You deserve care that sees the whole of you—not just your symptoms, but your story, your strength, and the systems that have shaped your journey. We are here to co-create a space that is not only safe—but also liberatory.

At Morgan Karcher Counseling, we offer art therapy as a powerful tool for healing and self-expression. Art making is not just about creating something "beautiful"—it’s a process of resistance against self-silencing, an opportunity to express what words simply cannot capture. Whether through creation or destruction, art therapy allows for a deeper connection to your inner world.

We follow the Expressive Forms Continuum, which emphasizes the importance of the process over the product. The goal isn’t to create a finished masterpiece, but to engage with the experience of making art—exploring emotions, memories, and thoughts in a nonverbal way that’s sometimes more freeing than traditional talk therapy.

Art therapy is uniquely flexible—it allows our therapists to adapt to your needs, meeting you where you are and being open-minded in our approach. Whether you are creating or deconstructing, the creative process offers a safe space for vulnerability, helping you work through difficult feelings in a way that feels natural and authentic to you. It’s a way to explore, heal, and grow, whether you're expressing joy, grief, anger, or hope.

Through art, we can unlock parts of your story that may be hard to express otherwise. It’s an invitation to explore, release, and reconnect with your emotions on a deeper level, helping you move toward self-acceptance and healing.