Liz Suran, LCPC, LMFT

I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and have been a licensed therapist since 2004. I'm honored to help people experience their lives more fully, cleared from the negative impact of the past. Often times when people come into therapy, there can be stuckness and a deep desire for change. I'm dedicated to helping you experience this change and live the life you deserve. We will target relieving current symptoms of distress; and we will work together to reveal the hope and peace that exists within your core. We all deserve to be the heroes of our lives, and I will help you discover your new narrative.

Background

I received my BA from UW-Madison, and MEd from DePaul University. After a number of years in clinical practice, heading the family program at a chemical dependency treatment center and facilitating family reunification in the child welfare setting, I received advanced training and certification in Marriage and Family Therapy through the Adler School of Professional Psychology. This advanced training in couples therapy, and my continued education allow me to help partners understand their patterns with one another, heal the breaches of trust that may exist, and find peace individually and/or together. As a couples therapist, I help with the identification of inhibiting tendencies that prevent each member of a relationship from being fully available to their chosen other.

I practice from a foundation of Positive Psychology and Buddhist Psychology. I continue to grow as a practicing spiritual being and I honor meeting others in their paths of awakening. We all have the capacity to evolve, and evolving requires intention. The saying, "where attention goes, energy flows" influences the way I live and practice therapy. We all have necessary survival default modes of functioning, and therapy helps us evolve from this limited way of experiencing our lives. What we intend creates our experience, and together we can develop practices to actualize these intentions.

I am trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and received certification through the EMDR institute (https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/). This highly effective treatment method has received worldwide recognition over the past few decades. EMDR frees us from past experiences and environments that toxified our sense of self and/or the world around us, and opens us up to the beauty that abounds in our present.

I help clients find peace in their bodies and with their bodies. My graduate research centered on eating disorders; studying the associations between eating, and the struggle for identity; and it's roots in attachment. In my 21 years of clinical experience, I continue to help clients experience a true homecoming in their bodies; and shift from patterns of self-abuse, loathing and deprivation to forgiveness, acceptance, and self-care. Our goal is to return to, or perhaps for the first time experience, a liberated and full participation in life.

Office Hours: Monday through Friday 9am-4pm