amino acid therapy training
The Next Evolution in Nutrition Practice
Learn how nutritionists are helping clients overcome depression, anxiety, and addiction through amino acid therapy – while building specialized practices that command premium rates
You know nutrition affects mental health. But your training stopped at "eat more omega-3s for depression.
Meanwhile, your clients are struggling with challenges that basic nutrition can’t touch:
- Perfect meal plans that don't address their anxiety, depression, or cravings
- Emotional eating patterns that sabotage every nutrition goal you set
- Food addiction and binge eating that goes beyond willpower or meal timing
- Clients on psychiatric medications that affect their appetite and metabolism
- Complex cases you're forced to refer out because you lack the specialized tools
- Sugar addiction that operates like drug addiction in the brain - but you only have willpower and meal timing as tools
While you’re competing with wellness coaches on meal planning services, there’s a growing field of mental health nutrition that most nutritionists know nothing about.
You could be addressing the neurotransmitter imbalances that drive these behaviors.
You could help clients overcome depression, anxiety, and addiction through targeted amino acid protocols. You could stabilize blood sugar crashes and hypoglycemia at the neurochemical level – addressing why their brain craves sugar like an addictive drug, not just when to eat protein.
You could become the specialist that doctors and therapists actually refer their complex cases to.
Founder
Level 1 Core Training: Certified Recovery Nutrition Coach (CRNC 1)
The Academy for Addiction & Mental Health Nutrition’s Level 1 Core Training is the only comprehensive program that teaches nutritionists how to use amino acid therapy for mental health and addiction recovery.
You’ll master evidence-based protocols developed through decades of clinical experience and featured at major addiction and mental health conferences nationwide.
As a Certified Recovery Nutrition Coach Level 1, you'll be specifically trained to:
- Assess the potential need for amino acid and nutrient support of neurotransmitter function in clients who are detoxifying and recovering from substance use disorders, other addictive behaviors, psychotropic drug dependencies, depression, anxiety, insomnia and other behavior disorders.
- Understand the relationship between specific nutrient deficiencies and mental health and behavioral symptoms.
- Design an individualized and targeted amino acid and supplement protocol to address this potential need.
- Give information about the 5-Star Pro~Recovery Diet © , which may address these insufficiencies and support clients in making and maintaining these dietary and lifestyle changes.
- Identify common insufficiencies in diet, such as missing a meal or over-consumption of sugar, which may contribute to the above symptoms.
HOW IT TRANSFORMS YOUR PRACTICE
From Meal Plans to Life-Changing Interventions
Move beyond basic nutrition into the growing field of nutritional psychiatry, addressing emotional eating, food addiction, and mood disorders at the neurochemical level.
Command premium rates for specialized mental health nutrition services while differentiating yourself from basic nutritionists and unqualified wellness coaches.
Receive referrals from therapists, doctors, and treatment centers who need practitioners trained in amino acid therapy and neurotransmitter support.
Keep challenging, high-paying cases and create lasting transformations for clients others can't help.
Trusted by Professionals
The Academy for Addiction & Mental Health Nutrition has been invited to speak at some of the most respected national conferences in the fields of addiction, mental health, and functional nutrition. Our work has also been featured in leading industry publications, podcasts, and professional platforms committed to advancing integrative approaches to recovery. This recognition reflects the growing awareness of how nutritional strategies and brain-based interventions are transforming the future of treatment.
Join interactive Zoom sessions led by experienced instructors from the comfort of your home.
Choose a class schedule that fits your lifestyle with both AM and PM cohorts available.
Access downloadable resources, video replays, handouts, protocols, and more inside your student portal.
Connect with fellow students, alumni and practitioners in a private online forum for ongoing support and inspiration.
Real Results Your Clients Will Experience
When you master amino acid therapy, your clients get:
- Freedom from constant anxiety - clients experience noticeable calm within 10-20 minutes of targeted amino acid support
- End food cravings and binge eating - address the neurotransmitter imbalances that drive addictive eating behaviors
- Natural mood stabilization - help clients overcome depression without the fog and side effects of psychiatric medications
- Restful sleep and stable energy - restore healthy sleep cycles and eliminate energy crashes
- Reduce or eliminate psychiatric medications (when appropriate and with medical supervision)
- Maintain long-term sobriety from substances through biochemical stabilization
- Address both body and mind - heal nutritional deficiencies AND neurotransmitter imbalances simultaneously
- Experience lasting motivation to maintain healthy lifestyle changes
- Achieve mental clarity and emotional stability that supports all other wellness goals
Certification
Certification The Academy for Addiction & Mental Health Nutrition is pleased to provide CEU’s for all courses through: B.E. Education Group, LLC. 1432 S. Lindenwood Drive Olathe, KS 66062 B.E. Education Group, LLC is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing, Provider Number LT0258-0310. B.E. Education Group, LLC is a pre-approved provider for Social Workers through the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board, KSBSRB Provider Number 14-002.
The Level 1 CORE Training is approved for 24 contact hours applicable for RN’s, APRN’s, LPN’s and LMH re-licensure at a cost of $60. Internship is approved for 16 contact hours for $40. The Level 2 ADVANCED Training is approved for 32 contact hours applicable for RN’s, APRN’s, LPN’s and LMH re-licensure at a cost of $80. Pre-approval by BSRB for continuing education credit is not required for mental health professionals. BSRB-approved providers for Social Workers is accepted for Psychologists, Professional Counselors, Master’s Level Psychologists, Clergy, Marriage and Family Therapists and Addiction Counselors. It is the responsibility of each professional to know what their credentialing body accepts and what documentation needs to be sent for re-licensing.
Evidence-Based Nutrition Training for Sustainable Mental Wellness
Ready to Transform Lives Through Mental Health Nutrition?
The next Level 1 Core Training cohort is forming now.
Since this is a live, cohort-based program with limited enrollment, we’re scheduling discovery calls to ensure this training is the right fit for your practice goals.
On this complimentary 20-minute call, we’ll discuss:
This is a consultative conversation – no pressure, no sales pitch. Just an honest discussion about how amino acid therapy training could transform the results you create for clients.
Available appointment times fill quickly, and the next cohort has limited spots.