A young woman with long dark hair, glasses, and a striped colorful shirt, smiling and sitting outdoors at a table with trees and buildings in the background.

“When you’re deconstructing, you’re not just leaving an ideology; you’re leaving a culture, a community, and a very clean, simple, pre-packaged sense of purpose.”

— Morgan Piercy, LPC, NCC, ACT-PT

A cozy home office with a teal accent wall, a beige sofa with pillows, a yellow armchair with a floral cover, a small round side table, large windows with wooden frames, a bookshelf, a tall floor lamp, and a desk with a computer and office supplies.

Morgan Piercy, LPC, NCC, ACT-PT

“Maybe you’ve fallen into this same pattern of making yourself small so that you don’t offend your family or make them uncomfortable. However, this leads to you feeling more distant from them, as they don’t see you for who you really are now.”