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Trauma, Travel, & Transformation: Mental Health, Self-Compassion & Healing Across Borders

About Me

I’m Addie Wieland, LCSW—a mental health therapist, speaker, and digital nomad family passionate about helping individuals heal from trauma, emotional neglect, and complex PTSD. With over a decade of clinical experience, I specialize in nervous system regulation, self-compassion, and the intersection of mental health and travel. My mission is to equip individuals—whether clients or fellow therapists—with practical tools to heal, adapt, and thrive, no matter where life takes them.

Signature Talks

  • The Invisible Wound: Why Emotional Neglect Is Overlooked & How to Help Clients Heal

    Most people think of trauma as what happens to a person—but what about what doesn’t happen? Childhood emotional neglect is an often-misunderstood factor in long-term mental health struggles. This talk explores how emotional neglect shapes self-worth, relationships, and nervous system responses, equipping therapists with practical tools to help clients reconnect, regulate, and heal.

  • Hacking Your Nervous System: Practical Strategies for Trauma Healing

    Healing trauma requires more than just insight—it requires working with the body's innate capacity for regulation and resilience. This talk introduces actionable techniques for hacking the nervous system, including polyvagal-informed strategies, breathwork, movement, and sensory-based interventions. Attendees will learn how to shift from dysregulation to a state of safety and connection, both for themselves and their clients.

    Perfect for therapists, coaches, and wellness professionals looking to integrate somatic techniques into their practice.

  • Resilient Nomads: Mental Health & Emotional Well-being in a Life of Constant Change

    Whether you're a digital nomad, expat, worldschooling family or therapist supporting globally mobile clients, understanding the psychological effects of constant transition is key. This session unpacks the unique mental health challenges of a location-independent lifestyle and provides actionable strategies for building stability, connection, and resilience on the move.

  • Beyond Shame: Cultivating Self-Compassion, Emotional Awareness, and Inner Trust

    Many people intellectualize their emotions rather than truly feeling them, leading to cycles of shame, disconnection, and emotional suppression. This talk explores the power of self-compassion, emotional processing, and how to practice empathy with yourself and others. "Attendees will learn how to stop overanalyzing their emotions and start experiencing and processing them in a way that fosters deep, lasting change."

  • Complex Trauma: Understanding, Assessing, and Working with Clients Who Have Experienced Chronic Adversity

    Complex trauma, resulting from prolonged exposure to harmful or neglectful environments, can manifest in ways that often go unrecognized or misunderstood. This presentation provides an overview of what complex trauma is, how to assess for it, and an overview of what approaches will work best. Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of how complex trauma affects mental health and how to tailor interventions for lasting healing.

Why Book Me

I love sharing knowledge in a way that is both deeply informative and highly practical. As a lifelong learner and self-proclaimed nerd, I over-prepare, research extensively, and fine-tune every presentation to ensure it is of the utmost quality. .

I blend clinical expertise, lived experience as a traveling therapist, and an engaging, research-backed teaching style to create interactive, thought-provoking presentations. My goal is for attendees to leave not just informed, but empowered with tools they can immediately apply to themselves and their clients.

What Attendees Say

  • "I learned so much even though I wasn’t considering being a traveling therapist when I came in. Now I am thinking about how to make it work in another state."

    - Traveling Therapist Panel Attendee

  • "I left feeling empowered, informed, and with tools I could immediately apply—both in my personal life and my work with clients. Addie is a wonderful speaker."

    - Hack your nervous system Attendee

  • "This presentation gave me a fresh perspective on emotional neglect and how it impacts my clients. I walked away eager to start practicing what I learned."

    - Emotional neglect attendee

  • "Addie doesn’t just lecture—she makes complex trauma concepts accessible, engaging, and actionable."

    - Complex Trauma Attendee

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