Who AM I?

Amanda Wood! I'm a native Forestvillain with a Rogue streak in my hair AND my manner of living. I've got a penchant for world travel, backroads, amazing food and submerging in natural bodies of water. I studied World History, am a licensed Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, have worked in nonprofit development domestically and abroad, and have spent a decade working with teenagers in foster care.

2020 set me on a home-bound trajectory that led me to studying Western Herbalism and two RAPIDLY EFFECTIVE and HIGHLY BADASS healing modalities: ERT & EFT Tapping--which are my primary offerings as Transformative Experiences.

Why Work With Me?

With 20+ years in 12-step recovery, 10+ years working in trauma-informed residential treatment with foster teens, 5+ years practicing somatic release therapies, and 40+ years as a West County hippie, I know in my bones how to sit with the fury, grief, terror, horror or anything else that feels too big, too scary, or too dark to be seen.*

I'll hold your heart while you open the door and we'll meet whatever has been waiting with deep compassion and true care (literally if it's an ERT session and figuratively with the other practices). I spent the first half of my life to date crawling through the muck and have been diggin' in the depths ever since and am here to share with you:

"There's LIGHT down here once your eyes adjust."

--The Bengsons

*I'm also VERY fun.

What's in an ARCONYM?

ERT – In the words of Pat Jackman, who I studied with 2022-2023,

"Emotional Release Therapy is a type of hands on body work that is a creative synthesis of specific bodywork and Inner Child work. Points on the body are activated and trapped emotions like fear, anger, grief, or any feeling that was held because it was not safe or allowed, are given an opportunity to express. The body has hundreds of points/doorways that have become ‘clogged’ over the years. With breath, opening, and Inner Child work, there is an invitation to the channels of the body to clear stagnant energy. When opened, memories can resurface, emotions can move, and we can learn to embrace the wounded parts of ourselves in order to be who we are meant to be – peaceful loving beings."

see videos at PatJackman.com

EFT -- In the words of Sonya Sophia, who I studied with in 2024,

"Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a self-healing modality that combines aspects of Chinese medicine and modern psychology with self-acceptance and unconditional love.

EFT recalibrates your brain’s responses to stimuli, reprogramming your body and brain’s ability to function properly.

EFT can positively transform your life in ways you never imagined possible."

See more at: https://sonyasophia.us/