Blog
Writing on trauma and healing
Articles by Amy Dilworth, MS, LPC, MHSP.
April 2026
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
On consent, coercion, and why survivors deserve support instead of shame.
Trauma
The different kinds of trauma, and why our reactions to abnormal events are actually normal.
Trauma and the brain
How trauma changes the hippocampus and amygdala, and the therapies that help.
Are we supposed to keep people in our lives when they feel toxic to us?
Questions to ask yourself, and options for drawing boundaries.
Responsibility
We aren't responsible for our emotions, or anyone else's. We are responsible for what we do with them.