Beyond Diagnosis
Practitioner Training 2026
I wrote Beyond Diagnosis for coaches and practitioners like you.
For those who care deeply and quietly wonder if they’re really able to work with clients with diagnoses.
I want you to see, clearly and unequivocally, that no matter what label your client has been given, you are already deeply qualified to support them. So many caring, capable coaches hold back because they are told that a diagnosis automatically requires “real therapy” or someone with ever-expanding credentials.
But when you truly see that there is no scientific foundation for any mental health diagnoses in the DSM, something powerful shifts. Confidence and compassion replace doubt. And you begin to trust what we already know to be true.
As Syd Banks said, "There need only be one generic mental illness, a misunderstanding of the role of Thought."
This training is an invitation to step into that understanding fully.
Welcome to the 2026 Beyond Diagnosis Practitioner Training
Two paths.
One understanding.
Choose Your Track:
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BDx BASIC – Foundational understanding of mental health
grounded in the Three Principles -
BDx PLUS – Deeper mentoring, guided practice, and support
The Basic Course
We begin by exploring the central insight at the heart of Beyond Diagnosis:
No one is ever broken!
In the first session, I am excited to introduce you to what I call The Innate Wellbeing System, a practical understanding of life lived from the inside out.
You will learn how to help your clients recognize when they are drifting into confusion, how they can build awareness, return to clarity, and learn not to be afraid of the noise.
With this fresh new perspective, we will explore one of the ten 'DSM-like' categories each week, seeing clearly how you, as a coach or practitioner, can support anyone, regardless of what they’ve been through or their diagnosis.
What if your client learned they don't have to be afraid of their thoughts and showed up anyway?
Their world would change!
This is freedom!
"My 25 years of chronic pain and physical issues disappeared when my mind slowed down. My body had been screaming at me to get out of my thoughts and into my life."
Why food?
Because control, restriction, and obsession are never about food.
Learn how to point clients to the real issue: state of mind, not willpower.
What is trauma?
Learning its about the meaning we make out of our experiences no matter what we have been through sets us free of the past.
“We are all on the spectrum.”
Could 'ADHD' simply be a busy mind? What if autism and 'ADHD' weren’t life sentences but untapped potential misunderstood through fear?
"We are always feeling our thinking".
What if your client understood the Innate Wellbeing System and could see that their moods are actually useful information?
So many children are medicated for what is really a misunderstanding of how the mind works.
Children are resilient.
Children are brilliant.
Alcohol, drugs, gambling etc
are not the problem. They’re the attempted solution.
Recovery based on fear is not freedom.
Learn how to point clients upstream.
What if what we call “schizophrenia” is not illness but extreme confusion and fear?
By understanding what leads here, you can help prevent enormous suffering.
Self-harm, narcissism, and extreme risk-taking are not diseases. They are signs of insecure fearful thoughts.
And thought is always changing.
Wrap-up session
“We are all one thought away from good mental health.” Syd Banks
Different symptoms.
Same answer.
We close by slowing down, answering your remaining questions, and reflecting on what has been seen. Together, we recognise what has always been true: that courage, resilience, and innate wellbeing are present in everyone, no matter what they have been through or what diagnosis they have been given.
BDx Basics
Live on Zoom
Starts Sunday, March 1st
12 90-minute sessions
LA 10am | NY 1pm | London 6pm
You won’t miss a thing — all sessions are recorded.
This impactful 12-week course is $750 (early bird before Feb 15th, $550!)
Who is this Training course for?
I have made this course for coaches, but also therapists, social workers, and mental health professionals who have a basic understanding of the Three Principles.
Struggling to find help in the health system and spending money on therapy and treatments only to feel worse is sadly a common story. Everyone has stressful thoughts, but being told they are mentally ill and will need treatment for the rest of their lives is hard to bear. This course is going to equip you with knowledge, access to research, and lived experience that will bring out your innate confidence to help all your clients, no exceptions.
Beyond Diagnosis PLUS!
If you’re here, you already sense this:
Understanding doesn’t deepen through more information.
It deepens through seeing more clearly, staying in the conversation with your clients.
The BDx Practitioner PLUS Track is for those who feel a quiet pull to step more fully into their work, with more individual guidance and support.
This is not about becoming an expert.
It’s about becoming a present, steady, and confident guide for the people you serve.
What does the BDx PLUS Course offer?
The Practitioner PLUS Course is designed to sit alongside the main training, offering a more personal, mentored experience.
In addition to the twelve powerful topic sessions, PLUS participants are invited to six additional mentoring sessions where the focus shifts to your practice. To explore your questions, your clients, and growing your confidence as a practitioner.
In addition to the core program, BDx PLUS offers:
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6 additional live sessions (every other Tuesday starting March 10th)
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Client Check-In Clinic (bring real client questions)
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Individual WhatsApp Mentoring support
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Coaching Demos
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Detox guidance (Understanding Hyperbolic vs Linear)
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Video success stories of real recovery
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WhatsApp Group for support and community
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Volunteer clients for you to practice with
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Extensive reading list and resources.
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All recordings will be posted, so if you can't make every live session, you won't miss a thing
As you build confidence and experience, there won't be a diagnosis or client situation
that will be beyond you!
This is a unique Three Principles mentored practitioner space for you to grow and deepen your
coaching practice.
The investment for the whole amazing PLUS package is $1100 ( Early bird price of $850 ends February 15th )
Not Sure Which Path Is Right For You?
Book a free discovery call, and we’ll explore what best supports you and your coaching practice.
BDx PLUS
Live on Zoom
Starts Sunday, March 1st
18 90-minute sessions ( 12 Sunday sessions, PLUS 6 Tuesday Sessions)
LA 10am | NY 1pm | London 6pm
You won’t miss a thing — all sessions are recorded.
This powerful 18-week course is $1100 (early bird before Feb 15th, $850!)
Testimonials
Chana Studley is offering something truly special to the world with her Beyond Diagnosis book and practitioner training program. When I discovered the book, I quickly reached out to Chana to ask about training me in this understanding of mental health and diagnoses. I had already seen deep coaching change people’s lives in incredible ways, but sometimes it would seem like psychiatric diagnoses put people in a separate category where that level of transformation was not available to them - a notion that deeply bothered me. Now, thanks to Chana, I see more clearly how the mind truly works, and that understanding has benefited me, my family, and my clients tremendously.
Lance, NY
“Before this course, I secretly felt out of my depth when clients came with diagnoses. I worried about saying the wrong thing or not being qualified enough.
Through Chana's teaching, I stopped seeing diagnoses as something I needed to work around or be afraid of. I learned to trust the human being in front of me, and to trust myself.
I now sit with clients with far more calm and confidence, regardless of their history or label. My sessions feel safer, deeper, and more effective for both of us.”
Michelle, NY
“I came to this course with years of training and experience, and still felt unsure in client conversations. What I found here was something I hadn’t found anywhere else: permission to slow down and trust this understanding.
Working with Chana helped me drop my belief that I wasn't qualified to work with clients with diagnoses and show up with presence instead.
My work feels lighter, more impactful, and far more grounded.”
Juliet, UK
"As someone with lived experience of pain and emotional struggle, I was always afraid of causing more harm.
I thought I could only help if I'd either had the same experience as my client or had studied it.
I now approach sessions without urgency or fear, and that alone creates change.
Learning from Chana felt safe, ethical, and deeply respectful."
Carol, LA
"Beyond Diagnosis" is more than just a book; it's a movement . . . .
Natasha Swerdloff