Finally...
a mentorship for experienced
health and wellness practitioners
to specialize your trauma support skills and
hone your application of mind-body science
Pre-reqs for applying
1. You have at least 10 years of experience in your personal healing journey. ​
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2. You have at least 5 years of education and professional training in your respective field.
3. You have at least 5 years of experience as a professional wellness provider.
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4. You have a foundational understanding of trauma, but you want to become more specialized in your knowledge and ability to meet diverse needs in your community.
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5. You want to learn practical, clinically effective approaches for applying mind-body science to support your patients or clients.
6. You want to develop a more concise and customized process for applying research-based approaches for helping your community overcome specific psycho-emotional conflicts, relationship challenges, and recurring physical symptoms.
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7. You understand that professional credentials alone do not enhance your ability to meet the needs of your community, but that your personal healing and embodiment work also has a direct impact on your capacity to serve.
Specialize your professional skills and
deepen your personal embodiment...
Advanced
Trauma Support Skills
Applied Psycho-Neuro Immunology
Practitioner Self-Care
and Embodiment
Mentor with Amanda Blain
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.
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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.
