Sue Moore, LCSW |
Sue
Carroll Moore, LCSW, ASCAP
Who
Am I?
Psychotherapist. Poet. Playwright. Co-founder of Life
Mission Associates. Community Activist. Aries, Leo Rising,
Pisces Moon, Sun-Saturn Conjunct in the 8th house. Developer
(Personal Profile).
My Favorite Mottos:
I am what I am (from Popeye the Sailorman).
Only Connect (?).
Aim Where You Hit (my own).
I'm having a life and death struggle with life and death
(my own).
The Whole Thing is the Whole Thing (my own).
Alles ist Relativ (Einstein).
 Where
I have lived, studied and worked:
Cleveland, Ohio
Independence, Ohio
Evanston, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Valparaiso, Indiana
San Francisco, California
Santa Monica, California
Los Angeles, California
Ojai, California
Düsseldorf, Germany
Saarbrücken, Germany
My passions and special interests
Feminism
Mental Illness
Poetry
Piano
Robert Schumann
The Lesbian Community
The Health Care Crisis
My Greatest Mentors
Irene Barber
Dorothy Klein
Meno Spann
Jack & Sylvia Geller
Carolyn Williams
Jack Gibb
Naomi Stephan
My mother, Eunice, my father, William, my sister Mildred,
my brother William R. Moore
Where I Studied:
Benjamin Franklin (Cleveland, OH)
Independence High School (Independence, OH)
Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
My Favorite Authors:
Shakespeare
T.S. Eliot
Theodore Roethke
Thomas Mann
Myself
My Journey:
I compiled the above lists, because it is so hard to
describe my path without mentioning all these people
and places that shaped and colored my being. Of couse,
identity is that which combines all these elements into
a significant whole person. If this sounds like an speech
for an Oscar that hasn't yet been won, please forgive
me. One of these days. . . .
This whole person turned out to be a psychotherapist
and counsellor, chiefly, whose mission it is to help
others find theirs. This was the result of a lot of
floundering - naturally I thought I should be a doctor,
as both my brother and father followed this career path.
However, watching my father struggle with a long illness
(emphysema) I realized I had no stomach for this profession
which requires a lot of tolerance for bodily fluids.
Instead, I discovered, through these many years of floundering
a great tolerance for mental illness, darkness and confusion,
and that I could lead others through difficult passageways.
In 1968, after a brief flirtation with a publishing
career (and being fired 3 times), I graduated with my
MS in Social Work, determined to make a significant
mark in my field.
In 1976, I met Naomi Stephan in Valparaiso Indiana,
as a youngster she had experieced a similar quandary
and confusion in terms of her life path. We became instant
partners and co-conspirators, determined to set ourselves
and others free from pre-ordained patterns, careers
and other blind alleys. In 1982, we founded Life Mission
Associates in Santa Monica, California, and since then
have helped thousands identify their unique Life Purpose.
If we weren't women, we'd be famous by now. Many have
borrowed our ideas and expanded on them. We should only
be grateful.
My Coaching Philosophy and Methodology:
You have the answers within you, my job is to ask the
right questions, and provide you with the right tools
to dig into those buried parts of yourself so long neglected
and forgotten. I do individual, couple, group psychotherapy,
short or long term. I work face-to-face, short or long
term, by email or by phone. I am completely accessible
and flexible to your pace and your current needs. I
consider it a personal responsibility to provide a good
model for you by manifesting my own passions, by playwrighting,
poetry, travel, and a joyful expansion of myself on
all levels, emotional, physical, and spiritual.
For those of you interested in an expanded version of
my autobiography, please refer to my BLOG (Coming Soon).
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