Morgan Dixon, LMFT, Clinician Care Coordinator (she/her)
BIO:
My name is Morgan, she/her, LMFT (CA# 143871).
As a therapist, my approach is primarily relational, psychodynamic, and experiential. I often work with clients on developing a generative relationship with themselves, gaining insight and understanding about the past’s relationship with the present, and using real-time, embodied experiences to support healing and change. I value genuine human connection alongside analytical reflection and always show up as a real human in the room too. In addition to therapy, my passion project here is Good Mother—a Spaces Therapy initiative designed to be a well of resources for those navigating parenthood.
Guiding Principles:
At the start of treatment, I prioritize creating a sense of comfort and safety. This looks like tuning into the environment first, noticing what feels good, and adjusting anything that would make it better. From the very beginning, my goal is to help you practice slowing down, checking in, and responding to what you notice.
As we get to know each other, we will weave back and forth between past and present experiences. We will try to better understand what has formed you as a person and identify anything that may feel stuck or unresolved. It is important to me to always treat every individual as part of a greater context. This means looking at the historical, environmental, inter-generational, and systemic conditions that form you.
During each session, I will be thinking about how to engage with our work not just intellectually but also in an embodied way. My hope in this is to facilitate real-time felt experiences of personal and relational healing. This could look different depending on what feels doable for you but might include taking on different seats in the room to play out different voices and parts of yourself, a visualization, or a role play. This is all with the caveat that I value meeting people where they are at and will never ask you to do something you don’t want to do.
My Style of Therapy:
Creative
I really value responsiveness to the person in front of me and try to cultivate a sense of play and exploration in sessions. This often means being flexible and a little inventive with how we move through the various kinds of experiences therapy has to offer.
Directive
I value the felt experience of healing and change and will often prioritize that on some level. I ask direct questions, reflect observations, and am always willing to explore practical solutions alongside depth/insight oriented work.
Collaborative
Alongside the directiveness, I see therapy as an essentially creative and joint effort. I try to work with clients to find frameworks, perspectives, and practices that resonate with each person and how they experience the world. This means frequent conversations about how a client is experiencing the sessions and what they might want to adjust.
Warm
I tend toward genuine relationships with clients. I show up very much as myself and hope this gives other people the invitation to do so also.
I’m Particularly Good at Working With:
Mothers at any life-stage
Couples seeking re-connection & support with decision making
Professionals balancing career identity with life responsibilities
Individuals looking to develop a more solid sense of self
I Hold Space For:
Relationship issues, Motherhood, Creative blocks, Career & Identity development
As well as: Addiction Concerns, Anxiety in relationships, Communication Issues, Co-dependency, Creative blocks, Cultural identity, Divorce, Existentialism, Family struggles, Grief, Infidelity, Kids, Life direction, Maternal mental health, Men’s Issues, Relationship issues, Self-Image, Spirituality, Stress, Terminal Illness, Therapy for healers, Trauma, Women’s issues
Services I Offer:
Individual Therapy
Couples & Relationship Therapy
Short-term, Topic-Specific Support (ex. Parenthood Prep, In-Home Bonding Support, Couples Intensives, etc)
Group Therapy (Motherhood & Identity)
Parenthood Resources via Good Mother (Meetups, Substack, Events)
CREDENTIALS:
B.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Studio Art
M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy, emphasis in Medical Family Therapy
Level II Restoration Therapist
Certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy
Location:
In office: Highland Park, Los Angeles
Virtually: California Residents