Meet the Innovators Redefining Mental Health Care

Meet the clinicians, educators, and innovators challenging conventional thinking and expanding what’s possible in mental health care.

Our roster brings together leading voices who are rethinking how we understand mental health and how we care for the people behind it, sharing new frameworks, emerging perspectives, and more inclusive approaches that are helping shape the future of care.

Linda Thai

LMSW

Dr. Thomas Whitfield

Ph.D.

Kory Andreas

LCSW-C

Prentis Hemphill

M.A.

Jenn Turner

LMHC

Mariah Rooney

MSW, LCSW

Sarah Bergenfield

Ph.D

Martha Sweezy

Ph.D.

Amanda Donald

Founder of Mindful Courses & Mindful MGMT

Founders Note

I created Mindful Courses because I believe the future of mental health care depends on the people willing to question what we have always done, explore what is emerging, and bring new possibilities into the room.

There are clinicians and educators doing remarkable work across trauma, neurodivergence, IFS, somatics, relational care, social justice, and beyond. They deserve a platform, and practitioners deserve access to their ideas, tools, and lived wisdom.

Mindful Courses is about creating that connection. We bring innovative educators and curious practitioners together through meaningful, practical continuing education that can make a difference in the therapy room and beyond.

If you have knowledge to share, a perspective that deserves a wider audience, or a course that could help move the field forward, we would love to hear from you.