Amy Broadbent

Training, Certifications & Specialized Care

Healing from betrayal trauma requires more than general relationship advice. It requires someone who understands the complex emotional, neurological, and relational impact of infidelity and sexual betrayal. Amy Broadbent brings specialized training, professional coaching credentials, and trauma-informed care to the women and couples she serves.

Amy is not simply a life coach offering encouragement. She has pursued advanced education and certification specifically in betrayal trauma recovery, partner-sensitive treatment, empathy development, and disclosure support.

Specialized Certifications & Professional Training

APSATS Certified Partner Coach (CPC)

Amy is certified through APSATS (Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists), one of the leading organizations dedicated to betrayal trauma and partner-sensitive treatment. APSATS training focuses on understanding betrayal trauma through a trauma-informed lens rather than blaming or pathologizing betrayed partners.

This training includes:

• Betrayal trauma stabilization

• Nervous system and attachment-based healing

• Boundary work and empowerment

• Partner-sensitive recovery models

• Infidelity and sexual betrayal recovery

• Emotional safety and relational repair

International Coaching Federation (ICF) – Associate Certified Coach (ACC)

Amy holds her ACC credential through the International Coaching Federation, the gold standard for professional coaching. This certification reflects extensive coach-specific training, ethics, continuing education, and supervised coaching experience.

This credential demonstrates Amy’s commitment to:

• Ethical care

• Evidence-informed coaching practices

• Professional accountability

• Client-centered support and growth

ERCEM Certified Empathy Specialist (CES-c) –

Amy is currently completing advanced training through the ERCEM model as a Certified Empathy Specialist. This training focuses on helping individuals and couples develop emotional attunement, empathy, accountability, and relational healing after betrayal and attachment injuries.

Disclosure Preparation & Support Training

Amy has specialized training in formal disclosure preparation and support. She works alongside individuals and couples navigating the disclosure process with intentionality, structure, emotional safety, and trauma sensitivity.

This includes support around:

• Therapeutic disclosure preparation

• Emotional stabilization before and after disclosure

• Boundary planning

• Recovery expectations

• Processing grief, shock, and trauma responses

Additional Training & Professional Affiliations

Amy has pursued additional education and collaboration through organizations and recovery communities focused on betrayal trauma, addiction recovery, emotional healing, and relational restoration, including:

• APSATS

• International Coaching Federation (ICF)

• ERCEM Model

• Kintsugi Recovery Partners

• A Door of Hope

• Awaken Coach Institute

• Help Them Heal

These trainings and affiliations reflect Amy’s commitment to ongoing education and providing informed, compassionate, trauma-sensitive care to the clients she serves.

Amy’s Approach

Amy is known for her grounded presence, deep compassion, honesty, and ability to create emotional safety in hard conversations. She helps women navigate betrayal trauma with clarity and support while reconnecting with their voice, identity, boundaries, and strength.

Her approach is warm, trauma-informed, practical, and deeply human. Clients often describe feeling understood, steady, and less alone in the healing process.

Amy believes healing happens when people feel safe enough to be honest, supported enough to grow, and empowered enough to make decisions rooted in truth rather than fear.