Amanda Blain
Clinical Mind-Body Therapist
Stress and Trauma Specialist
We can solve these problems together...
You're struggling with recurring mental, emotional, and physical symptoms and/or chronic illness and seeking an alternative path to healing.
​
You've tried conventional therapies and medication, but nothing has helped.
You're in an ongoing battle with your symptoms, wondering if
this is how you'll always be.
​
You feel like the methods you've tried are superficial band-aids masking a deeper, root cause.
​
You believe there's a link between your psycho-emotional state and your physical symptoms, but you're not sure what to do about it.
​
You're ready to heal your psyche and body and start a new chapter of life in which your symptoms do not define you.
​
​
Your symptoms are a language.
Work with a clinical mind-body therapist
with a track record
of helping people heal at the root cause
and rebirth their lives.
"I'm 40 years old now and have been in and out of traditional therapy since I was 12. In 28 years, it just hadn't helped - although I desperately wanted to heal.​
After working with Amanda, I'm no longer debilitated by symptoms, and I can feel a reality where stress and trauma don't rule my life. It's like I was living in a dark forest of perpetual night and the sun is just rising for the first time."​
​
-Alex in Portland
The science and experience
behind my approach
Mind-Body Science
Applying the science to get the results...
In the 1990s, the mainstream scientific community began to acknowledge the link between the mind and body through a field of research known as psycho-neuro immunology. ​
This research, in addition to the most current trauma research, guides our approach here at Rooted Rebirth, resulting in our history of helping clients address the root cause of their symptoms and experience remission - even after conventional treatments failed. ​
​​
As a clinical mind-body therapist, I do not diagnose medical conditions, nor do I practice conventional medicine. Instead, I help clients identify and metabolize the psychologic roots of their health challenges.
The benefits of this deep inner work, as reported by our clients, have included the reduction of decades-old symptoms, and in many cases, the remission of chronic illness, autoimmunity, trauma, and stress-related mental disorders.​
To see what clients are saying, click here.
Hi, I'm Amanda
I'm a Clinical Mind-Body Therapist, Stress and Trauma Specialist, and Cross-cultural Educator. While working in Chicago's health care sector, I observed the link between mental and physical health. I helped dialysis clinics improve patient outcomes by implementing mind-body education and depression management services. I was later discouraged by industry norms that prioritized profit over impact. I left in 2013 to volunteer in the Peace Corps in South Africa. ​
That's when I met David Patient, one of the first people to be diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. Doctors told him he had 6 months to live, and there were no effective drug therapies at the time. But David pioneered his own holistic treatment plans and lived another 34 years. He co-authored the book, The Healer Inside You, and was my mentor from 2013-2017 until he passed away from other causes. While in South Africa, I trained with David and his colleague Neil Orr, a psycho-neuro immunologist, who were consultants to NIH and the United Nations.
Afterwards, I moved to Colorado to mentor with a body-centered psychotherapist and studied with the world's leading experts on trauma in Dr. Bessel van der Kolk's Traumatic Stress Studies Certificate program. I also take continuing education classes through the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine to stay up-to-date on the most advanced psych research.
​
Personally, I've experienced my own suffering, and healed naturally from adult onset asthma, IBS, adverse childhood events, and complex trauma. Because I know disorder and dis-ease intimately, and because I've experienced the miracle of healing, I'm committed to helping people finally breakthrough when nothing worked.​​
Today, I live among the indigenous Mayan people of Guatemala, where we're collaborating on a regenerative community homestead and preparing to host cross-cultural retreats. It's here that my professional background and scientific study meet indigenous wisdom - a powerful combination that we look forward to sharing with you!
From my clinic on Lake Atitlán, I work in-person and remotely to help people heal the psychologic roots of chronic illness, autoimmunity, digestive issues, and trauma. Most of these individuals report breakthroughs and healings - which come as a tremendous relief after being discouraged by decades of unsuccessful mainstream and alternative approaches. I operate independently of any institution or licensure, which enables me to serve people who feel their healing progress has been limited by conventional protocols.
It is my passion and honor to watch people overcome and create new chapters of their lives in which their symptoms do not define them ... I look forward to supporting you in doing the same.
Sign up for the
Rooted Rebirth Newsletter
