Karyn Lynn Morton
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Psychotherapist
Emobodied Enlightenment Coach
Individual Therapy
As a partner with Total Health and Wellness, I offers one on one , adult, couples, and adult parent/child online talk therapy, that focuses on mental and emotional wellness. I take adult clients from all backgrounds, with a focus on Black women and couples. I treat depression, anxiety, trauma (childhood, relationships, workplace, violence, racial, and professional;, and stress disorders. I work with clients to help them process through any mental and emotional distress, create healthy relationships and work/life balance, and reframe cognitions influenced most often by culture, to change behaviors to promote optimal overall health.
Couples/Marriage Therapy
With a focus on communication, connection, commitment, and consistency (4 Cs), I want to help you find ways to build a happier and healthier connection with your spouse or partner that can lead to long-lasting companionship, intimacy, friendship, and partnership. We will explore everything from childhood trauma, values, communication styles, love languages (see my Better Seven Love Languages), courtship, and the presence of the Four Horsemen (criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling), and the impact on your relationship. From there, we will integrate the 4 Cs to improve how you partner, and show up in your marriage/relationship.
Sleep Therapy
Sleep is mandatory to optimize brain function, physical health, mood regulation, safety, lowering chances of chronic conditions, and promoting healthy growth and development. In order to improve your sleep, we will use the natural circadian rhythm and CBT-i. Via psychoeducation, a sleep diary, sleep restriction, stimulus control, relaxation training , you will be guided through these stages until you establish new sleep patterns that can last a lifetime.
Psychological Evaluations
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Immigration Psychological Evaluations (For Forms I-601, I-601A, I-129F Adam Walsh, I-751/I-360 VAWA, I-751Extreme Hardship, etc.) *
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Child Custody Psychological and Parenting Evaluations *
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Neuropsychological and ADHD Testing and Evaluations
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Pain, Surgical, and Risk Assessment Evaluations
Embodied Enlightenment
Clinical psychotherapy is needed for those with a clinical disorder, however, everyone has basic stress, acute trauma, and life experiences that require emotional regulation that the client can be taught as a sort of mental toolbox of skills to reduce stress, anxiety, difficultiies in relationships, work, or a singular or series of trauma that is affecting their daily wellness. Embodied Enlightenment is the practice of teaching client's a variety of therapeutic skills and offering services that integrate the body (soma) ,mind (psyche), and sprit/intellect (soul) through structured and scientifically proven methods to regulate your psychological state. Mental health is physical health, and both must be present to reach a conscious level of contentment and calm. Session and price information on The SOMA+PSYCHE+SOUL Project here.
About Me
Hello. I am Karyn Morton, and I am a mother, friend, daughter, sneaker lover, hip hop afficionado, and a Black woman therapist. As a therapist, I am solely interested in helping you achieve optimum mental and emotional wellness. I will help you explore a variety of ways (some tried and true, others new and progressive) to heal that will be challenging and goal-oriented, but also compassionate and empathetic.
My Practice
I am an online cultural therapist, who uses a variety of modalities, based on your needs and background, to help you process through trauma, heal emotional scars, and find adaptive ways to deal with daily stressors. I am open to all races, genders, sexual orientations and identities, with a focus on Black women and Black couples. I am specifically interested in helping dispel the myths about the power of emotions and sharing trauma in the Black community, expose how socialization and stereotypes have shaped our cognitions, and promoting social justice for the marginalized . With you as the leader, and me as your guide, we will discover what maladaptive thoughts or behaviors have resulted from your emotional and mental journey... and course correct. We will focus on the present, acceptance, and building a toolbox of skills to help you move through life's stressors.
My Credentials
I served almost 20 years as a federal immigration officer. I hold a Bachelor's and Masters degree in Psychology, and a Juris Doctorate to help effectuate this work.
My Motto: Be Well Ya'll
