Amanda Gerdts: Additional Information
Amanda helps with a wide range of mental health concerns such as (but not limited to) anxiety, depression, marital discord and care, trauma recovery, parenting, work and stress management. She has a passion for and high level of training and experience in working with couples toward health, healing, and connection. She also specializes in working with all types of trauma and knows first hand that recovery, hope, and resiliency are real! With compassion and understanding, she works with each individual to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing. Amanda is also the founder of Footnotes Trauma Foundation, offering scholarships to sexual abuse survivors and military veterans with PTSD symptoms.
“As the owner, I coach and develop each individual on our team and follow up to make sure our environment is warm and professional. I bring to my clients a passion for marriage reconciliation, deep knowledge of trauma recovery, effective clinical tools, and a solid moral compass.”
Education
Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Presentations Available
“Prepare & Enrich Building Strong Marriages” Group Program, 8 hour premarital, marital, or mixed options
“Premarital Foundations” 8 hour Premarital Investment Class, individual couples or group options
“Prepare & Enrich Facilitators Program” Learn and get certified, 8 hour, for pastors & professionals
“What Can I do When My Emotions Get Hijacked? Dealing with Intense Emotions” one hour, any audience
“What’s Love Got To Do With It?” one hour, any setting, couples
“Communication Excellence” one hour, any audience, can be corporate
“Communicating Intimacy Marriage Enrichment Workshop” Weekend or formatted to fit
“Intimacy and Communication Workshop” 1/2 day premarital, marital enrichment, or combined
MACC Summit panel presentation: “Differences Between Bonding, Bondedness, and Bondage”
"“Understanding the Legacy of Trauma in the Body” at the Minnesota Chiropractic Association: Pediatric Summit 2020
Additional Training
Comprehensive Integrated Approach to Couples Intimacy & Sexuality: Sex Issues in Couples Counseling
Using the DSM 5 for Revolutionizing Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
The 10 Core Competencies for Trauma, PTSD, Grief & Loss
Evidence-Based Treatments and Interventions
Anxiety Treatment that Really Works
EFT Learning Group: From Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist
Collaborative Couples Counseling
Building Strong Foundations: Early Childhood Mental Health Training
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: The Power of Attachment and Affect
Minnesota Mental Health and the Law 2012
Shifts in Attachment Relationships Between Older Teens & Parents: Guiding the “Child to Adult” Transition
Safety Net, Please
Beyond the Yellow Ribbon: How Clinicians can Help Combat Veterans and Military Families
Play Based Crisis Counseling and Play Therapy with Traumatized Children
Using Play Therapy Techniques in Family Therapy
ACT Model & Approach: Acceptance and Behavior Training
New Trends in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
DC 0-3 Diagnosing Infants and Toddlers
Applied Neuroscience with Bessel A. van der Kolk M.D.
Interpersonal Neurobiology & the Clinical Implications of the Adult Attachment Interview with Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. Mindsight Institute
Brainstorm: a Clinician’s Guide to the Changing and Challenging Adolescent Brain with Daniel J Siegel, M.D.
Trauma Treatment Certification Workshop with Megan Howard, LCSW, CSUD, EMDR CIT.
Counseling Grief Clients Certification Training with Joy R. Samuels, D.MIN., LPC-MHSP, NCC
Janina Fisher’s Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training Level 2 (CCTP-2): Treatment of Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders with Janina Fisher, Ph.D.
Cognitive Processing Therapy: An Evidence-Based Approach to Treat PTSD and Related Conditions with Kathleen M. Chard, Ph.D.
Best Practices in Clinical Supervision: A Blueprint for Providing Effective and Ethical Clinical Supervision with George Haarman, PsyD, LMFT
Peter Levine PhD on Trauma: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness with Peter Levine, Ph.D.
2-Day Intensive Course: Clinical Supervision: Confidently Manage Risk, Ethical Dilemmas the Most Difficult Scenarios You’ll Face as a Supervisor with George Haarman, PsyD, LMFT
Janina Fisher’s Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Training Level 1 (CCTP): Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma with Janina Fisher, Ph.D.
Dr. Dan Siegel Online Course - Attachment in Couples Therapy - Six Week Online Course with Dr. Dan Siegel, M.D.
Mental Health Documentation & Medical Necessity: Simple, Clear Guidelines that Maintain Quality of Care and Protect Your Practice with Beth Rontal, MSW, LICSW
2-Day: Couples Experiential: Live Clinical Demonstrations with Real Couples featuring Terry Real with Terrence Real, LICSW
M2_Session 4: Dick Schwartz Answers Therapist Questions about IFS with Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D., Owner
The Challenge of Complex Trauma: Embracing the Disowned Self featuring Richard Schwartz with Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D., Owner
The Myth of Unitary Self: A Dialogue on the Multiplicity of Mind with Daniel Siegel, MD and Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.
Internal Family Systems Step By Step with Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D., Owner
The Neurophysiology of Trauma, Attachment, Self-Regulation & Emotions: Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory with Stephen Porges, Ph.D., Professor
Internal family Systems Therapy (IFS): A Revolutionary & Transformative Treatment with Frank G. Anderson, MD
Shaping secure Connection with EFT: Stage I Live Session - De-escalation Speaker with Susan Johnson, ED.D.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (ETF) with Sue Johnson, Ed.D.: On Target Couple Interventions in the Age of Attachment
Attachment Theory and Science: A Clear Map for Effective Couple Intervention with Dr. Sue Johnson, ED.D.
Changing Attachment Bonds: Necessary and Sufficient Moves and Moments with Dr. Sue Johnson, ED.D.
Healing Toxic Injuries in Love Relationships: Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) with Susan Johnson, ED.D.
Sex and the Bonds of Love: What We Know - What We Can Do with Susan Johnson, ED.D.
Confidently Address Difficult Issues and Build a Foundation for Success with Lois Ehrmann PhD, LPC, NCC/ACS
Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS) with Frank G. Anderson, MD
Intensive 2 Day Course: Clinical Supervision- Confidently Address Difficult Issues and Build a Foundation for Success with Lois Ehrmann, BA, MA, PHD
Treating Complex Trauma with Internal Family Systems (IFS): 2-Day Certificate Training with Frank G. Anderson, M.D.
Assessment and Treatment Strategies for Some of the Most Misunderstood Disorders in the DSM with Greg Nooney, LISW
Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial and Historic Personality Disorders: Effective Treatments for Challenging Clients with Jeff Terrell, PH.D., M.S., M.DIV.
Attachment-Focused EMDR: (PAR6B) with Laurel Parnell, Ph.D.