About Susan Milligan
Founder of The Freedom Haven for Healing
I've lived the story I now help others walk through. Growing up as a military brat, I learned early how to adapt, achieve, and hold everything together even when life felt uncertain. That constant pressure to be perfect shaped me in ways I didn't fully understand until much later. On the outside, I looked steady and successful; inside, I carried old wounds, unspoken emotions, and a deep exhaustion that no one could see.
My own healing through Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems, and somatic work changed everything. It taught me how to soften, how to listen inward, and how to release the perfectionism that once felt like survival. I don't ask my clients to go anywhere I haven't gone myself.
Before becoming a therapist, I spent nearly two decades in the corporate world. I understand the pressure to perform, the weight of responsibility, and the constant juggling of work, relationships, and your own well-being. That lived experience shapes the way I hold space: grounded, compassionate, and deeply attuned.
Outside the therapy room, I'm married with two grown sons, the proud queen of my testosterone castle, and I adore my cats, travel, and time with friends. These pieces of my life keep me rooted, joyful, and connected.
The Freedom Haven is a sanctuary, a place where you don't have to be the strong one, the achiever, or the one who carries it all. Here, you're invited to exhale, to be seen, and to heal at a pace that honors your nervous system.
If you're ready to release what's been weighing on you and return to yourself with more ease and clarity, I'd be honored to walk with you.
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Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed by the State of Arkansas P2507017
Brainspotting and IFS Trained
We go beyond talk therapy with these tools to help your brain and body find deeper healing
Betrayal Trauma
Specialized support for those healing from broken trust in relationships, including infidelity and emotional betrayal
My Specializations
- Arkansas State University - B.A. in Communication
- Lamar University - M.A in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- Certified in Brainspotting and Grief Counseling
- Working towards Certification in Betrayal Trauma (CPTT)
- Specialized trauma training (Internal Family Systems)
- Specialized anxiety training (Acceptance and Commitment Training)
My Approach
As a primarily Person-Centered therapist, you are going to be met with warmth and genuine care. In an environment free of judgement, we can explore your trauma and deeper issues that need a place to feel completely safe when being treated.
Services & PricingTrauma is not the story of what happened to you, but the story of how your body learned to survive.
Healing begins when you finally have a safe place to listen to what it's been trying to say.
Core Belief
The Freedom Haven for Healing
"Healing is relational. Safety is sacred. Growth happens when the nervous system feels seen and respected. We honor both the measurable and the meaningful, the clinical and the poetic."
Mission
To provide trauma-informed, integrative care that helps people reclaim safety, meaning, and connection. We exist to guide clients from surviving to living, blending evidence-based methods with compassion, creativity, technological insight, and respect for the whole person.
Vision
To become Northwest Arkansas's trusted home for transformative healing, a refuge where clinicians and clients alike experience growth, collaboration, and renewal.
What Makes Us Different
We offer a deeply integrated, trauma informed approach that blends neuroscience, somatic practice, and the power of human connection. Technology is used thoughtfully to support attunement and insight, never to replace it. Clients step into a true sanctuary where the environment itself, with natural textures, gentle light, and a sense of safety, supports embodiment, reflection, and meaningful transformation.
Beliefs and Culture
Healing is relational. Safety is sacred. Growth happens when the nervous system feels seen and respected. We are grounded in calm professionalism, serious about ethics, rooted in evidence, and never sterile. Sessions are spacious, attuned, and intentional. Every detail light, pace, texture, supports the sense of sanctuary.