by Amy Wilhelmi | Mar 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Mental health care has not always been safe for LGBTQ+ individuals. Historically, homosexuality and gender diversity were pathologized within psychological and psychiatric institutions. Conversion therapy practices attempted to alter sexual orientation or gender...
by Amy Wilhelmi | Feb 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Infidelity Is a Trauma Event — Not Just a Relationship Problem When infidelity is discovered, the betrayed partner often presents with symptoms consistent with trauma: intrusive thoughts, hypervigilance, sleep disturbance, emotional flooding, and a persistent sense of...
by Amy Wilhelmi | Dec 15, 2025 | Blogging, couples therapy, Emotinally- Focused Therapy, Ketamine- Assisted- Psychotherapy, Mentality Coaching
How sexual healing rewires the nervous system for safety and intimacy When Pleasure Feels Like Too Much Jules wanted intimacy — desperately.They loved their partner. They missed touch.But every time things became sensual, their body disappeared. Their breath...
by Amy Wilhelmi | Nov 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why Love Feels Unsafe After Trauma For many trauma survivors, love doesn’t feel like safety—it feels like risk. You might long for closeness but freeze when someone gets too near. You might crave connection yet feel unworthy of it. These paradoxes aren’t signs of...
by Amy Wilhelmi | Aug 22, 2025 | Blogging, EMDR therapy, Sex Therapy, trauma therapy
Rewiring the Past: EMDR and the Power of Memory Reconsolidation You survived. You made it through.So why does a smell, a glance, or even a moment in bed still send your body into panic? Because trauma doesn’t live in the past—it lives in the present tense of the...
