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Irritable Bowel Syndrome can quietly take over your life — your plans, your relationships, your confidence. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Hi, I'm Susan Liddy MAMFT
I’m a master ‘s-level Marriage and Family Therapist, currently earning a Doctorate in Integrative Health. I specialize in the emotional and nervous system side of digestive disorders, including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
Living with IBS can quietly take over your relationships and your life. You might find yourself:
- Always thinking about where the nearest bathroom is
- Canceling plans last minute
- Feeling anxious before leaving the house
- Not trusting your body anymore
- Unsure how to communicate this to your loved ones
Over time, IBS doesn’t just affect your gut—it impacts your confidence, your relationships, and your sense of freedom. And even with the best medical or nutritional care… something may still feel missing.
That something is usually the gut-brain connection — the way your nervous system, thoughts, and gut are constantly talking to each other. When we work directly with that connection, your gut has a real chance to settle. That’s the work I do, and I’d love to talk with you about it.
Does Any Of This Sound Like You?
GI Psychotherapy Can Help
You've been quietly mapping your life around bathrooms
You scout exits at restaurants. You won't sit in the middle of the row. You've memorized which routes have rest stops. The map of your day is shaped by your gut — and you're tired of carrying it alone.
You've tried everything — and something is still missing
You've done the food diaries. The elimination diets. The medical workups. You've followed the protocols. And while some of it has helped, you can't shake the sense that there's a layer you haven't reached yet — something underneath the food and the supplements.
You can feel that stress is part of it — but knowing doesn't make it stop
Your gut flares when you're under pressure. You see the connection. Everyone tells you to 'manage your stress.' But nobody has explained how that actually works in your body — or given you tools that go beyond bubble baths and deep breaths.
Your world has slowly gotten smaller
You say no to dinners out. You think twice before booking travel. You skip the big family events. You don't tell most people what's actually going on with your body. IBS has quietly shrunk your life — and you're ready for it to stop.
You are a Georgia resident.
The Research Behind GI-Psychotherapy
GI Psychotherapy is one of the most well-studied — and very effective — approaches to IBS.
Working with the gut-brain connection isn’t new or experimental. Decades of peer-reviewed research show that psychological therapies — particularly gut-directed cognitive behavioral therapy (GD-CBT), nervous system regulation, and gut-directed hypnotherapy — produce measurable, lasting improvements in IBS symptoms. The Rome Foundation, the leading international authority on functional gastrointestinal disorders, recommends these approaches as first-line treatment for moderate-to-severe IBS. Below are a few of the studies that inform this work.
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