Amanda Soden is the Regional Director of Virtual Programs for Monte Nido. She oversees virtual day treatment programming at partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient levels of care across 28 states. She started at Monte Nido as the Clinical Director of Monte Nido Portland Day Treatment in Oregon before transitioning to virtual programming. She has been supervising virtual eating disorder treatment since March of 2020.
Amanda has an MA in Clinical Mental Health from George Fox University and received specialized eating disorder training through The Center for Body Trust®. Prior to becoming a therapist, she worked in the legal and hospitality fields. Amanda is committed to providing eating disorder treatment from a weight-inclusive, social justice lens and is passionate about treatment access for underserved populations.
Amanda had the privilege of being born in Nairobi, Kenya and growing up in Eastern and Southern African and the Middle East. She enjoys international travel, fostering puppies through the local humane society, and is ridiculously excited about women’s soccer.