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Salt Psychotherapy, Annie Brogger, MS, LMFT

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Salt Psychotherapy, Annie Brogger, MS, LMFT

I come alongside people in their process of gaining wholeness and healing through the therapeutic re

I help people find wholeness and healing through the process of the therapeutic relationship. Together, we will work to restore and reclaim all the parts of you, so that you can thrive in life and relationships.

11/13/2025

“When the Heart Reopens”

Lately I’ve been feeling a quiet ache watching how we talk about the nervous system online.

Somatic healing is powerful. Learning to regulate, to breathe, to notice our body’s signals — these are vital steps toward safety.

But healing doesn’t end there.

The body holds trauma, yes — and so does the psyche. Our nervous system often adapts to feelings we never got to feel, to stories that went unwitnessed. When the pain was too great, and we didn’t have a loving attachment figure to help us feel, regulate and contain the overwhelming emotions, the heart closed, and the body learned to carry what consciousness could not.

True healing happens when these two parts — body and psyche — begin to meet again. When the sensations of the body and the meaning of the story finally find each other.

This can only happen in safety — not just a clinical kind of safety, but a relational and soulful one. The kind that comes from being with someone trustworthy, steady, and attuned. The kind that allows the heart to risk softening again.

Because the heart is both the container and the destination of healing. It’s where the unremembered feelings can finally be felt, held, and integrated.

Facing what once felt unbearable isn’t about re-living pain; it’s about reclaiming wholeness. The heart that once closed to survive learns it can stay open and stay safe.

That is the quiet work of real healing — where body, mind, and soul remember each other again.
🤍Annie

10/02/2025

Public Service Announcement from Salt— ☺️

Just our reminder that while fall is around the corner, it’s still sunny with clear beaches because all the vacationers have gone home. We highly recommend salt water and Salt Psychotherapy! A swim in the ocean after a good therapy session is medicine for the body and soul! 🤍🤍

📸 from the most recent Salt, Body, Breath, and the Sea event. Hope to see you at our next gathering!

09/23/2025

“You are okay, dear soul.
Every living thing aches as it changes.” 🫶🏼

Jaiya John
Fragrance After Rain

09/17/2025

Doing the hard work of therapy links together places on the inside that have been split because of trauma.

Stepping your feet into a process of wholeness and healing changes you so that you can live differently from those who wounded you.

09/10/2025

Thoughts for the hurting during su***de prevention month—Salt Psychotherapy cares for you! 🤍

Depression is real.
It often grows from the ache of feeling unloved, unseen, or without value. And when shame whispers, “don’t reach out,” silence can become deafening.

This is why agape love matters. It’s unconditional, soul-nourishing love that calms shame, steadies a weary nervous system, and reminds us: you are worth love simply because you exist.

Life does break us sometimes. Pain is heavy. Feeling low doesn’t mean something is wrong with you—it means you are human. Our hearts and nervous systems are wired for connection, even when despair says otherwise.

Deep pain does not disqualify you from love, belonging, or worth.
Your presence matters more than you know.
Annie 🫶🏼

If you or someone you love is struggling, please call or text 988 for immediate support.

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08/10/2025

What is the purpose of therapy?

It’s about returning someone to themselves. To the wholeness that’s been buried under years of survival. To the parts of them that were never welcomed, now being named with compassion.

And it’s about trust—letting someone in, slowly, so that what was once unbearable might begin to feel survivable in the presence of another.

Annie 🤍

07/23/2025

Featuring and — two gifted therapists at Salt who do what they love, and what they do so well: creating a space where every part of you is welcome to be seen, heard, and held.

Here, you don’t need to leave anything at the door. You’re invited to bring your whole self, even if it’s just one chapter at a time.
We’ll hold the safety.
You bring your story.

07/15/2025

The world is heavy
the weight too much
for our tender hands to hold

Our hearts feel the constricting pressure
bearing our personal cries
and the cries of our neighbors

It’s not you
it’s not me
it’s us.

Children watch their parents
bent over in the fields,
smiling with grit
sweat on their courageous brows,
offering bowls of fruit
and salad on our tables,
tending to our gardens and grass
moving from one job to another.
after my keys click
and the office doors are locked,
he smiles and says, “it’s okay?”
I smile and say, “Yes, gracias, thank you.”
the hum of the vacuum is what I hear
as I tiredly walk away under the moonlight.

and then,
the children wait for parents
who never return home
the men in masks whisked them away, those criminals who worked two jobs
with loving, tired and worn hands
just trying to make end meet.

I’m at the grocery store,
buying strawberries
with prices bulging at the seams.

the world is heavy.

it’s not you,
it’s not me,
it’s us.

and then the next day
there’s flooding
tragedy gripping
the heartbreak rings through the ears
of every caring soul in our nation.
wordless pain
this trauma brings us to weep
for the parents
whose grief is now insurmountable
a terror too big to speak

the world is heavy.

it’s not you
it’s not me
it’s us.

we only have each other.

If we only look to the right
or to the left,
we won’t see clearly—
our neighbor

the scale is breaking—
bent too far,
too far to either side

we can’t see each other,
we can’t feel each other’s hearts.

There is a narrow,
middle way…

love one another.

who is my neighbor?

the world is heavy.

it’s not you,
it’s not me,
it’s us.

Annie 🤍

06/25/2025

In any relationship — no matter the shape it takes — rupture and conflict are inevitable. Repair and reconnection should always be our first, best hope. But sometimes, despite your efforts, the other person simply isn’t willing or able to meet you there. Let their actions speak for themselves. Let them be the closure you need — and your confidence to walk away with strength and peace.

Annie 🤍

06/14/2025

Just wanted to take a moment to give a shoutout to this incredible woman. Serena was my very first associate, and today she’s an accomplished, licensed therapist. I hired Serena back in 2019 as an AMFT. Just six months later, we were navigating the start of a global pandemic together—and since then, we’ve traversed so much ground, both professionally and personally.

She’s been by my side as Salt has grown and flourished. Like the rest of the salty team, Serena is part of what makes Salt beautiful and good. She’s a trusted, competent therapist who excels in couples work as well as individual counseling for young moms.

Another hat Serena wears is that of a homeschooling mom—and on top of that, she’s written curriculum to help parents support their kids’ emotional regulation through the homeschooling process.

I’m so grateful for this grounded, wise, and steady friend and colleague.

Annie 🤍

(1st photo from 2019, second photo from 2024)

05/28/2025

May is mental health awareness month, and I love that we have a month dedicated to honoring the importance of caring for our inner wellbeing.

What if we put our mental and emotional health at the forefront of everything we do? The truth is, our mental health affects every area of our being. Our entire existence will thrive or struggle depending on how well we tend to our inner world.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed to the degree that I have, but our culture, world wide, is struggling in psyche. I sometimes am accutely aware of the anxiety and angst that seems to hover like an unseen cloud. We don’t have to look too far to notice the way people are hungry for emotional and relational nourishment; we see this in our individual lives, in families, in socio-cultural structures.

Dear Ones, let’s take time to nourish the inside. We are constantly reminded to take care of our external needs, but what if we were inentional about tending to the world inside? I believe if we did this, we would feel full of life in surprising ways. Our connections to other people would be even more fulfilling because we wouldn’t be bound by fear, anger, resentment, and bitterness.

What does it mean to take care of your mental health? Start by talking to someone. Find a trusted therapist who will listen intently. When we speak words from the depth of our hearts, we reconnect to our emotional life, and often uncover feelings and thoughts that we didn’t even know were there—and this release feels so good, it sets us free. Speaking our own words, and examining our own thoughts cultivates a freedom that lends to deep and lasting peace.

Take time for you, for your mental health. You are so deeply deserving of this.

Annie 🤍

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Newport Beach, CA
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Monday	9am - 8pm
Tuesday	9am - 9pm
Wednesday	9am - 9pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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http://www.saltpsychotherapy.com/

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