Amanda Blain
Clinical Mind-Body Therapist
Stress and Trauma Specialist
Heal your existential crisis,
stress disorder, or stress-related illness into a personal REBIRTH.
I know how it feels...
I know how helpless it feels when you've tried conventional therapies and medication, but nothing has helped.
I know what it's like to battle with your symptoms, wondering if
this is how you'll always be.
I was forced to find clinically effective approaches so I could finally heal from my own stress disorders and chronic illness.
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In our work together, we'll take a bio-psycho-social approach to balance your bio-chemistry, heal your psyche and body, and create new chapters of your life in which your symptoms do not define you. ​
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I'm here to guide you in a natural healing journey so you can transform your crisis into wellness and rebirth.
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I know how it feels to suffer, and what it takes to heal in mind, body, and soul. ​​​​​​​
Your symptoms are messengers
trying to bring you into alignment
with your NATURE.​
Work with an unconventional therapist
with a proven track record
of helping people heal at the root cause
& 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."​
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-Alex in Portland
Finally BREAKTHROUGH with
bio-psycho-social therapy...
BIO THERAPY
HEAL via your natural design...
In Dr. Bessel van der Kolk's Traumatic Stress Studies Certificate Program, the world leading trauma expert, who was instrumental in the creation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), shares that there is no scientific backing to any of the disorders listed in the DSM - except for PTSD. In his expert opinion, patients are deprived of more effective treatment approaches when licensed professionals quickly diagnose and prescribe medications that often interfere with a patient's ability to more naturally heal their symptoms at the root cause.
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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. In more recent years, mainstream science has also connected the dots between gut health and brain chemistry.
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This research guides our approach here at Rooted Rebirth, resulting in our history of enabling clients to NATURALLY heal the root cause of their symptoms.​
HOLISTIC PSYCHO-THERAPY
TRANSFORM disorder once and for all...
Most people who undergo big change, like ending relationships, starting a new job, or moving to a new city, end up feeling the same emotions and stress as before. They changed the external circumstances, but they didn't transform their subconscious & unconscious beliefs - which govern over 95% of your emotions, relationship dynamics, and personal & professional expression.
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Mainstream talk therapists are not trained to work with the subconscious and unconscious parts of the psyche, which is why so many people struggle to see lasting transformation from conventional approaches to mental health.
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Our unique therapeutic approach incorporates subconscious & unconscious awareness, body-centered psychology, and advanced trauma support in programs that have been successful even for clients who were previously discouraged by decades of unsuccessful mainstream therapy.
SOCIAL-THERAPY
BUILD deeper connections and higher meaning...
We feel isolated and empty when our brain's social engagement center is disrupted by
technology, overworking, and trauma. This causes us to feel like we're going through the motions of life, but not feeling fully alive. ​
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Attachment wounds also form a constellation of avoidance patterns and coping strategies that block us from emotional honesty, vulnerability, and true intimacy.
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In our work together, we'll focus on helping you rebalance your brain's social engagement center and heal attachment wounds, so you can feel nourished by human connection and deepen your sense of purpose within a larger, collective cause.
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 completed a 1-year training program with David and Neil Orr, a psycho-neuro immunologist, who both worked as United Nations consultants.
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.
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Personally, I've endured and transcended my own suffering, healing naturally from adult onset asthma, IBS, adverse childhood events, and complex trauma. That journey brought me into an embodied understanding of the scientifically known link between mind & body. Because I know disorder and dis-ease intimately, and because I've experienced the miracle of natural healing, I have a unique passion for helping people finally breakthrough when nothing else seemed to work.​​
My bio-psycho-social approach to healing has resulted in transformation even for people who were previously discouraged by decades of unsuccessful mainstream therapy.
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