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Licesned Clinical Social Worker Located in Peoria, Illinois
In-Person and Telehealth treatment available statewide
In-Person and Telehealth treatment available statewide
Currently accepting new clients
MFG Counseling
Client-centered therapy treating a broad spectrum of mental health needs, specializing in substance use, pet grief, and animal welfare burnout
Wherever you are today is a good place to start.
- Availability
- Accepting new clients
- Insurance
- BCBS PPO, United, Cigna & Evernorth, AETNA, Optum, TELUS Health, Lyra, MultiPlan
- Sessions
- In person in Peoria, or by video anywhere in Illinois
- Response time
- I reply to calls and messages within two business days
Morgan Fulton-Gorham
About Me
Everyone seeks counseling for different reasons. Maybe you have recently experienced a major life event and are looking for an ally to assist you in processing your emotions or thought patterns. Maybe you're looking to shed behaviors that you no longer find useful or healthy. Maybe you're seeking new skills that will help you better understand and manage a recent change or diagnosis. No matter your reason for seeking help, my hope is to provide a compassionate, judgment-free space of trust where you are able to do the work you need to take back control of your life.
In addition to 14 years of providing both inpatient and outpatient treatment for a variety of mental health diagnoses, I have a specialty in treating substance use. I also hold a graduate certificate in veterinary social work, assisting animal welfare workers dealing with burnout and compassion fatigue, as well as individuals suffering from pet loss.
Therapy is not a one-size-fits-all approach, and my mission is to always be someone who meets you where you are, who is empathetic and empowering, and who trusts you as much as you trust me. We will work collaboratively and utilize your strengths in order to figure out how you can best move toward your goals, find healing, and enact positive change.
Cognitive Behavioral TherapyDialectical Behavior TherapyMotivational InterviewingPerson-CenteredStrengths-BasedCulturally SensitiveTrauma-Informed
A specialty within the practice
Veterinary Social Work
Grief for an animal is real grief, and professionals who care for animals often carry a weight that most of their clients never see.
If you’ve lost an animal
Pet loss is what clinicians call disenfranchised grief — genuine, heavy, and routinely met with “it was just a dog.” This causes people to grieve it quietly and apologize for it. You don’t have to do either here. This also covers grief before a loss or difficult decision, guilt afterward, and the particular loneliness of losing an animal who was an important part of your life.
If you work in veterinary medicine or animal welfare
Compassion fatigue, moral distress over euthanasia and economic-constraint cases, client hostility, and burnout in the field has been sounding alarms for many years now. My training is tailored for the mental health needs of veterinary professionals, technicians, support staff, and shelter and rescue workers.
Post-Master’s Certificate in Veterinary Social Work — NYU Silver School of Social Work. A post-graduate program covering the human–animal bond, companion animal bereavement, and the mental health and ethical demands of animal welfare work.
More information on veterinary social work at MFG Counseling
Getting started
What actually happens if you reach out.
A short call is free
We'll schedule 15 minutes to hear what’s happening and whether we'd be a good fit. If I’m not, I’ll do my best to help point you toward someone who is. No one is obligated to anything on that call.
Your first session
You don’t need a tidy explanation or plan going in — building a path forward is the work, and that starts here.
Fees & insurance
What it costs, before you have to ask.
In-Network with
Blue Cross Blue Shield (PPO)UnitedAETNACignaEvernorthOptumTELUS HealthLyraMultiPlan
Your cost depends on your plan’s copay or deductible. If you’re unsure, call the member services number on your card and ask what you’d owe for outpatient mental health treatment with an in-network provider.
Paying out of pocket
Income-based Sliding Scale: $75-$165 per 55-minute session
If you’re out of network, I can provide a superbill you can submit to your insurer for possible reimbursement. If you’re paying without insurance, federal law gives you the right to a written estimate of what your care will cost before you begin. I’ll provide one.
Contact
Reaching out is the hardest part.
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Write as much or as little as you want — a sentence about what you’re looking for is plenty. I reply within two business days.
- Call or text
- (309) 323-0060
- Office
- 4541 N. Prospect Rd. Suite 104
Peoria Heights, IL 61616 - Hours
- By appointment
- Telehealth
- Video sessions available for anyone located in Illinois