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EMDR + Sex Therapy for Pleasure and Safety
Trauma can make pleasure feel unsafe — but healing is possible. This week’s blog follows Tanya’s journey through EMDR and sex therapy, showing how releasing traumatic memories and reintroducing touch step-by-step helped her reclaim her body and intimacy on her own terms.
14. From Surviving to Thriving – Integration Beyond Therapy
Therapy is a catalyst, not a conclusion. This week’s blog explores how clients carry their healing into life beyond therapy — from intimacy and boundaries to purpose and community — and how therapists can support lasting post-traumatic growth.
Therapist as a Healing Container
Techniques matter, but the therapist’s presence is the real catalyst for healing. This week’s blog explores how attunement, regulation, and flexibility create a “healing container” where trauma can safely be processed and intimacy reclaimed. Whether you’re a clinician or client, understanding the power of relational safety can transform the therapeutic experience.
Ethical Compass for Integrative Therapy
Integrative trauma therapy is powerful — but only when grounded in ethics. This week’s blog explores the core compass that guides safe, effective practice: ongoing consent, therapist competence, cultural humility, and scope of practice. Whether you’re a client or clinician, ethical clarity is what allows trust, safety, and transformation to take root.
"I never spend a day disliking what I do. Helping clients level up their mentality is my soul work. I choose to lead by example. How can I expect my clients to make mental gains if i'm staying stuck? You gotta walk the walk if you wanna be effective. Ascension Mentality. "
-Amy Wilhelmi, LMFT
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This Mental Fortitude journal is your first step to stepping out from behind the screen of Apathy towards your Awakening. With every question, you learn more about who you really are. As you identify the stages and unravel your trauma, you identify what you love about yourself and learn to focus on what is important, becoming whole. You are the one that ultimately decides how your life should go. Your past might be a part of you, but it shouldn’t define the rest of your life.
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