Agenda 2-Day | Advanced Portrayal Work: Transformation Through Imagination in AEDP
February 4 + 6, 2027 (Thursday + Saturday)
Day 1 Thursday
11:00 – 11:30 AM
I: Course Overview
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
II: Portrayals and Emotion
a. Introduction to portrayals and how they are used in AEDP
b. The neuroscience of portrayals and the lived imagination
c. Review of emotion theory
d. Review of the AEDP 4-State model of transformation
e. Processing State 2 Affective Experiences
f. State 2 transformation and the emergence of resilience
g. Examples of clinical case studies: video recorded illustrations
1:00 -1:15 PM Break
1:15-3:00 PM
III: The different types of portrayals: Emotion to Completion, Rescue, Reunion and Reparative portrayals
a. Defining the different types of portrayals
b. Distinctive characteristics of each type and when to use in sessions
c. Shifting Internal Working Models and Memory Reconsolidation with different types of portrayals
d. Examples of clinical case studies: video recorded illustrations
3:00-3:30 PM
IV: Large Group Discussion
Day 3 Saturday
11:00 – 11:30 AM
I: Review of Days 1 & 2, Group Discussion, Day Overview
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
II: Tools, Techniques and Skills for Portrayals
a. Finding an entry point for a portrayal
b. Setting up a portrayal
c: The necessity of moment to moment tracking to guide interventions
d. AEDP Representational Schemas: Triangle of Experience, Self-Other Triangle and the Triangle of Social Experience
e. The role of relational experience inter-relationally and intra-relationally
f. Bringing portrayals to a close
g. The role of metaprocessing throughout a portrayal and at the end of a portrayal
h. Examples of clinical case studies: video recorded illustrations
1:00 – 1:15 PM Break
1:15 – 3:00 PM
III: Integrating Portrayals into Clinical Practice
a. When to reconsider and when to proceed
b. The importance of flexibility in practice: when one portrayal leads to another
c. Portrayals over time: creating new possibilities with each portrayal
d. Examples of clinical case studies: video recorded illustrations
IV: 3:00 – 3:30 PM
Large Group Discussion, Q & A