DISCOVERY PSYCHOTHERAPY CENTER - Key Persons
Discovery: I like the name because it speaks to me of finding, uncovering and celebrating that which was already there. We cannot create solutions or new behaviors as easily as we can find our way. I cannot change you, but I will try to help you discover what you need to make your life more enjoyable.
I received a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology with a specialization in assessment from Radford University, a Clinical Psychology Master of Arts from the New School for Social Research, and a Ph.D. from Seton Hall University. My experience began long before I finished my degrees. I was a peer counselor in college and have always​been the one my friends came to with problems.The way their lives shaped their needs propelled me in the direction I followed to the completion of my studies.
My training was in Clinical Psychology, with a specialty in Child Clinical Psychology and I am a licensed psychologist in New Jersey. I was raised with an awareness and immersion in my family's Native American heritage and have always been an advocate for cultural awareness and diversity. I have done extensive research and have presented papers on suicidal behavior as it relates to culture, and organized a panel discussion of multicultural perspectives on children in crisis for the New Jersey Psychological Association.
As a Speaker, Author, Educator and Life Coach I have dedicated my career to helping people turn their lives around and to help them develop a sustainable positive attitude that can actually turn one into an optimist, literally.
I'm the Author of Three Books, "Baby Steps: the path from Motherhood to Career", "Creating Balance and Finding Happiness" and my latest book "Mindfully Happy - Waking up to Life". I have been speaking and empowering people nationwide for over seven years.
I'm also an Adjunct Faculty Member at Montclair State University in the Undergraduate Psychology Department. I have been teaching and mentoring students in both personal and professional issues for over ten years. I have been featured in various TV, Radio and Magazines including The Daily Record, Family Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, Channel 12 NJ News, Good Day CT, Style CT, CBS News and Fox and Friends.
As a Life Coach, I help clients meet their goals by helping them better understand who they are and what they want to achieve. I can help you:
Job Titles:
- Licensed Professional Counselor
Dr. Keith Morgen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey and an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). Dr. Morgen has extensive clinical experience working with both adolescents and adults struggling with substance use disorders and the behavioral addictions (e.g., sex addiction, gambling), as well as anxiety, depressive, trauma, and bipolar disorders. Dr. Morgen is consistently up-to-date on the latest clinical research and theory in his other role as an academic. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Morgen is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Counseling at Centenary University (Hackettstown, New Jersey) where he teaches in the undergraduate Psychology and graduate Counseling programs, serves as Undergraduate Psychology Program Coordinator, and is a former recipient of the Centenary Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. Morgen has published over 35 scholarly articles and book chapters focused on substance use and mental health disorders, in addition to being the author of the text Substance Use Disorders and Addictions (Sage Publishing) and the upcoming forensic psychology text Aging Behind Prison Walls (Columbia University Press). Dr. Morgen also has over 75 scholarly research presentations at major psychology conferences. Dr. Morgen is a former President (2013-14) of the addictions counseling division of the American Counseling Association and is the current Clinical/Counseling Psychology Conference Programming Chair for the Eastern Psychological Association. Dr. Morgen received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology (Lehigh University) with his APPIC/APA Internship at the New Jersey Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, VA Medical Center in East Orange, New Jersey where he trained in the inpatient/outpatient substance use disorder treatment rotations. Dr. Morgen is also a former pre/postdoctoral research fellow (funded by the National Institutes of Health) in the Behavioral Science Training in Drug Abuse Research Program (formerly at National Development & Research Institutes in New York City; currently housed at New York University).
In therapy it all begins with effective communication and ironically, the key to good communication lies in the art of being silent. I believe that communication is a foreign language in and of itself where one must first learn the basics and be able to translate before speaking to others. I love helping my clients grasp this "language" in hopes of being able to have a conversation without words or actions that can be grossly misinterpreted.