Kati Morton

Tips for moving back home?! Can you change your personality? How to stay motivated in therapy?

1. Any tips for moving back home after a few years? I'm moving home at the end of August and am kinda nervous about it. There's no abuse in the home, but I have a very overprotective judgmental mother who still treats me like a teenager (I'm 23), and a pretty absent father who would rather watch tv than spend time with his family, and when he does spend time with us all he does is yell at us. And my parents relationship with each other is pretty nonexistent. They never talk, and they act more li...

Why does my Therapist Ask This? Help! First Gyno Appt! How To Feel Safe in Therapy!

1. I was wondering - what's the purpose of the question 'what are you feeling in your body and where do you feel it' in the context of talking about emotions? My therapist asks me that quite often, especially during trauma work - so have been very curious! Thanks Kati!! Xxx

2. Hi Kati! I was wondering if you could talk about getting your first gynecological exam when you're a survivor of childhood sexual abuse? How can someone prepare for this when their body physically cannot relax, even when...

Is Past Abuse Reportable? Can I do Exposure Therapy to Myself? What Do Dreams Mean?

1. Hi Kati, tough question... in regards to your video "help I’ve been abused and then I abused" from 3 months ago. If we begin to talk to our therapist about this, is it a reportable offense in CA even though the abusive behavior happened only when we were kids.and we're not even entirely sure why we behaved in such a horrible way? It is something that I regret so so much and now have children of my own. It is such a heavy thing carry alone, but I'm not sure if it's safe to talk about. I'm al...

Supporting Family When It's Triggering?! Overcoming Maladaptive Core Beliefs!

1. Yesterday I got news that my younger- whom has been a rock for me since my assault- had his wife leave him. When I found the reason out, I found it hard to be on his side as sad he is. He is my blood and family. But a lot of the small stuff that led to this decision of his wife mirrored my past relationship. Which was online cheating and online type of relationships. My ex had done this..but also taken it further then my brother had. Unlike my ex, my brother wasn't abusive. He was the one tha...

Abuse versus Torture? Can I Be Too Much for My Therapist? Pregnancy & Weight Gain!

1. I began attending a support group and was asked to complete a trauma inventory. It listed, among other things, "physical abuse," "sexual abuse," "emotional abuse," and "torture or ritual abuse." What is the difference between abuse and torture? How do I know if I was tortured or "just" abused? Thanks. 

2. I am a little scared to hear the answer to this question but I am asking it anyway. I was wondering if it's possible for a client to be too much for a therapist? My therapy...

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Delayed onset PTSD/How to help a friend with an ED/How can I rebuild hope?

1. Why are some people's reactions to trauma or PTSD symptoms sometimes delayed by months or years? What would cause someone to be "fine" for a few years after a traumatic experience and then suddenly start experiencing issues related to the event?

2. Do you have any advice on what to do when your friend who is struggling with an eating disorder is really focused on feeling 'too fat'/'overweight' in recovery after hitting the goal weight? I feel like it's pointless to contradict it, because I ...

Can my therapist handle what I tell her?/Is binge eating always an ED?/What are your thoughts on OA?

1. How do we know that our therapist is able to cope with what we tell them? Basically I emailed her and mentioned that my dad abused me when I was younger (the first time I've really told anyone other than online) The next session she said that there was an elephant in the room, but I'm struggling to get past that. She was also probing and assumed that he had sexually abused me, which isn't the case and we are now clear on that after my session on Thursday. I do trust her, but after her reactio...

Getting the help I need/Friendships with your therapist/I'm getting worse & don't know what to do!

1. I'm going to give this a shot. It took many years to finally break breakdown to be exact forty-seven years, I am  now 52,  and up until I was fifty I have always been  someone's  victim,  however I didn't see it that way.  I was  sure it was me,  Society teaches us this.  From an early l age I learned  that you are all you have. I  learned  you can only count on yourself,   no one  really cares no one really wants to h...

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I hope you enjoy! Thank you to all who have been on the livestreams! You brighten so many of my days! xoxo

LIVESTREAM! Tomorrow at 3pm PST!

Ask your questions below and I will do my best to get through them on the livestream!! xoxo younow.com/katimorton

Can psychosis be due to my MDD? Help! I'm homesick in treatment! Making decisions & Sharing w/Family

1. I was recently diagnosed with a few different things: GAD, PTSD, Trichotillomania/ Dermatillomania. However, she also wrote MDD rec sev w/ pf +. What does this mean? I've been hearing voices saying my name and a few shadows but couldn't that be due to the depression? 

My Video on Trich: https://youtu.be/JTjWxThD7Sc

My Video on Derm: https://youtu.b...

Getting out tough topics in therapy! Regretting a Sexual Experience & Is Therapy Right for Me?

1. What is a good way to help get your thoughts out in therapy if you're finding that you're having an exceptionally hard time talking about a certain topic? My therapist sent me on my vacation for two weeks with a ton of homework because I have a hard time talking about certain things due to how I was raised even though I know it isn't helping me. 

2. Quite hard to word right but I will try... I ended up sleeping with someone (first time ever) a couple of years ago and I told myself it w...

Tension in the Workplace! Anger Management & Trying out Trauma Yoga

1. Can you talk about how to deal with tension in the workplace? I have one colleague in particular who I am having a very hard time dealing with.  Last week she yelled at me and I was so confused and frustrated by it I  ended up crying at work. So embarrassing!  But it happened, we both apologized, and I was all set to move on but when I came in to work on Monday it was clear she was not since she has been giving me the cold shoulder ever since.  It has just been so awkward ...

Is Complaining Bad? Should I Write Down Negative Thoughts? Letting Go of What My Family "Should" be?

1. Hey Kati, I've got a question for you. If you would like. I was just wondering. What is your thoughts on complaining is it a good or bad thing?  Thanks for all your videos they are awesome. :-) 

2. Hey kati! my question is: How is writing down negative thoughts useful? I've been asked to write down any negative thoughts because someone can say something to me and I automatically think badly of the situation. Even if nothing negative has been said it seems as though everything turn...

LIVESTREAM FRIDAY AT 2PM PST!

Sorry for the late post, but I know I said I would take some questions from here on Friday! So here's your chance! Ask them in the comments below and I will try to get through as many as I can on the livestream! I hope I see you tomorrow!! xoxo younow.com/katimorton 

PTSD Triggers/DBT Struggles/Attention Seeking Behavior

1. I have been working on my PTSD for a couple of years now. I was sexually abused as a child and raped by the same person as an adult. I have worked really hard to move forward in life and take back the control. Lots of triggers were becoming less intense and the flashbacks were decreasing. However I've been going through a lot of test and intimate examinations due to an on going health issue and I have a lot more of these examinations coming up. Every time I freak out and it causes a flashback...

9-5! Dolly Parton Karaoke!

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Livestream today at 4pm PST!

Sorry for the late post, but ask your questions here for the livestream on @younow today at 4pm PST!! xox

LIVESTREAMS!!

Yes 2! You heard it here first! One tomorrow Friday the 10th at noon PST. Then another on Sunday!! Sunday the 12th at 1pm PST! Leave your questions below and I will try to get through them :) 

Livestreams!!

Get ready for another round of livestreams! I hope you are finding them helpful and it gives you another way to get your questions answered :) 

There will be 2 this week! One tomorrow (Friday the 27th) at 1pm PST, and another this coming Sunday (the 29th) at 1pm PST!! Hope to see you all there on YouNow!! xox

TWO livestreams this week/weekend!

One tomorrow (Friday) at 5pm PST! Another this coming Sunday (the 15th) at 1pm PST! I hope I can see you all there! I will be hoping over to this post during the livestream to get through as many questions as I can! Ask them below! xox

Suicide and therapy - Retraumatization - Relapse - Drugs and Mental Health

1. What can I do if I ruined my relationship with my therapist by telling him I had a plan to commit suicide? I had no clue after being in therapy for three years with my therapist that he had this boundary. But I crossed it and now I have no help and I feel rotten for what I did.

2. Is it possible to re-traumatize yourself? I wondered if working on trauma too frequently can make things worse? 

3. Hi Kati, how would you react if a client of yours (who has been doing really well and ...

More Livestreams!! Ask your questions below!!

I will be doing 2 livestreams this week! One tomorrow (12/30) at noon PST & another one on 12/31 at 1pm PST!! I missed you all last week and hope you had a lovely holiday! 

Two Livestreams this week!

I hope you can make it to at least one of these! I am trying out different days to see what's best for you! 

- One tomorrow at 1pm PST!!

- Another at noon (12pm PST) on Sunday!! 

Ask your questions below and I will try to get through them all <3

Adult thumb sucking & what it means.. Emotional abuse and identity & Dealing with PTSD triggers

Emotional Abuse Video: https://youtu.be/A5fw-IT_phU

4. #KatiFAQ could you please talk a little about adult thumb sucking? What it says to you about the client as a therapist of what it suggests? Or why I can't stop? Thank you x x (have a past of sexual abuse and I'm sure it's stemmed from there, if not a little earlier in my childhood) x x it's put a strain on past relationships too. X x 

5. I have a que...

Therapist on holiday! Expressing emotions in therapy/IEPs & Sexual abuse link to EDs

5. My therapist has just went on holidays, so I won't see him again till mid December (which honestly doesn't seem long for a lot of people, but I've only done three week gap once and that's recently and it was bad), so I am so not confident that I'll be able to cope that well...do you have any tips??

6. I really want to be able to express emotions in therapy, especially cry to let it all out; I can do it outside therapy now...but once I get into the appointment, the higher anxiety ...

Livestream this Friday 12/9 at 10am PST!

Your monthly videos will be up soon, but for now, ask your questions below this post for Friday's livestream! Come hang out if you can, if not it will be on YouTube later :) xox

LiveStream this Saturday on YouNow! At 1pm PST!

Leave your questions for the livestream below! I will get to them every 15 mins and get through as many as I can :) See you all then! xox