Training
AEDP training utilizes a three-pronged method to engage both left and right brain, as well as mind and heart.
Certification
The journey to AEDP Certification is full of learning and unlearning, of growing and becoming your true therapist self.
Research
Since 2015, AEDP clinicians and researchers led by Diana Fosha have conducted groundbreaking research of the effectiveness of AEDP psychotherapy..
AEDP Psychotherapy
There is no better way to capture the ethos of AEDP than to say this: we try to help our patients and ourselves become stronger at the broken places. By working with trauma, loss, and painful consequences, we discover places that have always been strong, places that were never broken.
—Diana Fosha
PhD, Developer of AEDP Psychotherapy and Director of AEDP Institute
Undoing Aloneness
Our ‘true self’ emerges by fully experiencing and processing our emotions in the presence of a ‘true other’.
— Diana Fosha, PHD
The AEDP Community
AEDP Around the World
Meet AEDP therapists who live nearby – or start a regional group.
Become a Member
Reap the benefits of closer connection with our referral network, clinical discussion listserv, discounts and more!
Committees & Working Groups
Steering Committee, Psychedelics Group, the Vision Collective, Diversity (DBE&I) Committee and more.
Experiential Assisting (EALC)
Join the EALC – Experiential Assistant Learning Community – and take your AEDP skills and service to the next level.
Exploring the Landscape
Research Publications
Breakthrough research has demonstrated the effectiveness of AEDP® psychotherapy which is now officially designated as Evidence Supported.
Transformance Journal
Transformance is devoted to publishing what is cutting-edge in AEDP theory, research and clinical practice.
Clinical Discussion Listserv
Support and promote discussion, communication and learning about the theory and practice of the AEDP model of psychotherapy among Members of the AEDP Institute
News & Spotlights
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AEDP Research Shines as Shigeru Iwakabe Caps His Presidency of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
For the past five years, the AEDP Institute’s Director of Research, Shigeru Iwakabe, PhD, has served as president of the world’s most prominent psychotherapy research organization: the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR). Shigeru capped off his tenure by hosting SPR’s 57th annual international conference in Osaka, Japan, where he and his team of graduate students welcomed over…
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Congratulations to Our Newly Certified AEDP Supervisors!
We are thrilled to celebrate three members of our community who have achieved AEDP Supervisor certification, a milestone that reflects not only clinical mastery but also a deep capacity to hold, guide, and delight in the growth of other therapists. Supervision in AEDP is more than case consultation. It is experiential and relational at its…
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Celebrating Our Newly Certified AEDP® Therapists
There is a particular joy in witnessing a clinician grow into the fullness of their craft. AEDP certification marks a deepening capacity to sit with another person in their most vulnerable moments and to help transform suffering into healing through genuine connection. AEDP rests on a simple but profound conviction: that human beings are wired…