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B.A. PSYCHOLOGY & MENTAL HEALTH STUDIES WITH A TRAUMA FOCUS

Suz Harvey

Suz is a certified Narrative Focused Trauma Care practitioner and is currently a Facilitator at the Allender Center, where she completed the Training Certificate Levels I & II in Narrative Focused Trauma Care, as well as the Externship and Apprenticeship programs. She now facilitates groups for The Allender Center’s Training Certificate Program and Story Workshops. Suz holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology & Mental Health Studies with a focus in trauma. She utilizes The Allender Method of Narrative Informed Story Engagement taught by Dan Allender of the Allender Center, attachment theory, family of origin framework, and decades of experience working with families and individuals in crises and dealing with life challenges.

When not walking alongside others, Suz can be found outside exploring any facets of nature. She loves hiking, gardening, and all creatures big and small, especially Gus, her faithful yellow lab of almost 13 years. She has been married to Aaron, her college love, for 29 years, and they are privileged to have three amazing humans for sons and now have a beautiful daughter-in-love.

I’m here to listen to your stories.

Most of my adult life has been focused on a relentless pursuit of creating a space for wounded hearts. My passion is rooted in providing a place for hurting people to be seen, heard, and loved. Growing up in the multi-cultural, ethnically, and religiously diverse city of Houston has given me the desire to honor, relate, and the ability to work effectively with a wide variety of people of all ages.

No stranger to complex trauma, I spent my childhood and teenage years reading my caregivers' faces, body language, and unspoken movements as if my life depended on it. These defense mechanisms and coping strategies now serve me in the sweetest and most nuanced ways as I walk with others who have experienced harm.

I’ve facilitated sexual abuse awareness training for church staff and volunteers, co-written church policy; provided group and one-on-one narrative trauma care for churched and un-churched children and families; and practiced prayer and intercession, and lay counseling for families experiencing loss, transitions, health challenges, and divorce.

I look forward to traversing the paths that led you to where you are now. As your guide, we will wade through some of your stories of harm to find links to how you now see the world; so that you may experience a new way of seeing as we honor and hold the stories of your life.

  • “Suz was my facilitator for both a Story Workshop and for NFTC-Level 1. Though I felt immediately safe with her, she was also not afraid to truthfully challenge me to keeping leaning into some of the most painful places of my story."

  • "She guided me to the truths I didn’t think I could face or survive naming, while at the same time making me feel incredibly honored and cared for.”

  • "Suz created a brave space for our cohort where we felt safe to access the vulnerability we needed in order to access the really tender parts of our stories. She was an expert at sensing when we needed a push to go deeper, and when we needed space to sit with a warm virtual hug from the group. "

  • "Suz was my facilitator for NFTC Level 1 and was absolutely fantastic. Not only was she incredibly kind and empathetic in the way she approached my story and the stories of my group, but she also took the time to point out ways in which those of us who want to be in the therapy space as a profession, like myself, could further develop our critical thinking and communication skills."

  • "I so appreciated the time and energy she devoted to our group and our stories, it was life changing. She was able to listen so well and dig deep into very difficult areas with a level of compassion and wisdom I have rarely encountered."

  • "She is absolutely someone I will trust and admire for the rest of my life."

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