A Reflection Guide for CPTSD Assessment and Nervous System Awareness If you’re preparing for a CPTSD assessment or trying to better understand your trauma responses, this guide is designed to help you pause, reflect, and gather meaningful insight about how your nervous system responds to stress and perceived threat. This is not a test. There are no right […]

Understanding the Issue You may have noticed that, at times, you feel responsible for the happiness, problems, or responsibilities of others in your life. You should consider if there are people in your life that have noticed your sensitivity to being misunderstood or judged and if they are using that sensitivity to condition you to […]

Much of modern stress is fueled by an invisible ladder we carry in our minds. At work, in social settings, and even in our private thoughts, we unconsciously rank ourselves and others—who matters more, who has authority, who should be impressed, who must not disappoint. Over time, this hierarchical thinking quietly erodes autonomy and replaces […]

By: Amy Morrison PA-C at morrisonclinic.com Journaling as a Pathway to Emotional Awareness Journaling can be a powerful tool for making sense of both the world around us and our own inner experiences. Yet, for many, the act of starting to write can feel daunting—faced with a blank page, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and […]

Why Emotional Awareness Matters As a society, we often struggle to express our emotions. Many of us feel uncomfortable talking about our feelings, and even more of us have difficulty identifying exactly what we’re experiencing. This lack of emotional awareness means we often don’t recognize negative emotions until they become intense and overwhelming. In my […]

In October of 2015 Amy Morrison, founder of Morrison Clinic Psychiatry in Dallas, TX, was inducted in the Butler University Hall of Fame. Morrison finished her collegiate career as the most prolific scorer in the history of the women’s program setting both single season and career records for the Bulldogs. Her single season records include […]

Why are the holidays so stressful?   One word.  PRESSURE.  We place so much pressure on ourselves around the holiday season.  Pressure to decorate the house and make everyone’s favorite food.  We feel obligated  to spend hoards of money on the perfect presents.   We feel pressured to be the perfect family for the Christmas Card […]

By Amy Morrison Psychiatric PA and Medical Director at the Morrison Clinic Are you plagued by feelings of guilt?  Does your stomach churn when someone is upset with you?  Do you seek excessive reassurance from others?  Do you avoid conflict whenever possible?   When conflict is unavoidable do you find yourself  consumed by distress until […]

People pleasers feel more important and feel good about themselves through the act of taking care of others.  However the people they often take care of tend to manipulate and misuse them and offer them little care in return.  While People Pleasers show love and affection by taking care of others, they find it hard […]

A psychiatrist or psychiatric PA can prescribe medication to help fix the chemical imbalance that leads to depression and anxiety.  In the most basic terms, depression and anxiety stem from low levels of serotonin and other chemicals in your brain. Antidepressants prescribed by a psychiatrist or psychiatric PA work by increasing serotonin in the brain. […]