Amy Wheelecor
Training Director, Psychologist
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PsyD, LP, E-RYT
she/her
Amy is a relational trauma therapist who believes healing happens within the context of supportive relationship. She embraces the inherent dignity of all people and works to create an environment that honors your agency and pace for processing traumatic experiences. Amy views health holistically and through a trauma lens. She believes all people experience adversity and that everyone has the capacity to heal. These beliefs are at the heart of her value system and inform how she works as a therapist.
In addition to clinical work, Amy is a devoted dog mom, reads voraciously, loves the theater, both on stage and as a patron, and spends time without walls and surrounded by trees whenever she has the chance.
Focus Areas
Acute, post-traumatic stress
Betrayal trauma, moral injury, traumatic loss
Grief, loss, transition
Intergenerational, secondary, vicarious trauma
Growth through adversity, post-traumatic growth
Amy employs a variety of trauma-focused and informed interventions that include identifying your specific needs for safely and effectively processing trauma experiences.
Methods
Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Interventions
Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy (See Daphne’s bio)
Adaptive Disclosure for Moral Injury and Traumatic Loss
Compassion-Focused Therapy
EMDR Therapy
Integration Therapy for Expanded States of Consciousness
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
Mind-Body Interventions for Mental Health
Past Life Regression Therapy
Present-Centered Therapy
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness
Trauma-Informed Yoga
Trauma processing is supported through verbal, emotional, somatic, and experiential modalities. Amy incorporates interventions informed by training in meditation, mindfulness, Buddhist and Vedic philosophy, and Yoga. She is a practicing meditator and teaches mind-body practices and their associated philosophies as vehicles for enhancing self-awareness, self-compassion, and self-acceptance. She hopes you will connect with greater awareness, compassion, and meaning in your life as a result of working with her. Amy has a special fondness for working with creatives, healthcare professionals, working therapists, and therapists-in-training.
Education & Training
University of Saint Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Counseling Psychology, Doctor of Psychology
Mental Health Implications of Practicing Yoga in Veterans
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Counseling & Psychological Services, Master of Arts
Mental Health Implications of Practicing Self-Compassion
Select Trainings
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
Adaptive Disclosure for Moral Injury and Traumatic Loss, VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), EMDRIA, St. Petersburg, FL
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), Polaris Insight Center, San Francisco, CA
Past Life Regression Therapy, Eric Christopher, St. Paul, MN
Present-Centered Therapy (PCT), VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
Psychological First Aid, INDEAR Front Line Workers, India
Sitting and Integration Training (SIT) with the Zendo Project, Grass Valley, CA
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