AEDP® Advanced Skills Overview
AEDP Advanced Skills offers in-depth training for experienced therapists, focusing on advanced interventions to refine techniques and deepen mastery of the AEDP framework.
Available in full course or didactic-only formats, it provides flexible, comprehensive learning for advanced practitioners.
Advanced Skills builds on your Essential Skills foundation — deepening your fluency with the model, sharpening your confidence with complex cases, and expanding your grasp of the interventions that accelerate lasting change.
What to Expect: 2 Options
Full Program (Seminar + Experiential) offer a rich blend of specialized learning through expert-led instruction and extensive experiential practice with peers to master interventions. Completing five Advanced Skills Full Course Modules counts towards Level 3 in the AEDP certification process.
Partial Program (Seminar-Only) offer specialized learning through expert-led didactic instruction in a setting where you can connect with our vibrant community. The Seminar format does not count toward certification. It is ideal for a wide range of people – those who are already AEDP Certified as well as those who have not yet completed Essential Skills but and want to get a peek at what more advanced training feels like.
Hallmarks of Training
Faculty, experiential assistants (in full courses) and clinical video. These are the hallmarks of AEDP training. In AEDP, we pride ourselves in how thoroughly and deeply we seek to both undo professional aloneness and engage in rigorous clinical teaching. Our faculty are excellent as academics, clinicians and teachers.
Routine for Full Courses and Seminars
Advanced Skills trainings generally consist of 4 half-days. The first and third days include didactic and clinical video – they are experienced by both Full Course and Seminar participants. The second and fourth days are spent almost entirely in small group experiential work – these days are for Full Course participants only.
Prerequisites
Full Program (Seminar + Experiential) Must have completed Immersion and Essential Skills.
Partial Program (Seminar-Only) Must have completed Immersion
These seminars expand on foundational knowledge, exploring advanced clinical applications and nuanced AEDP topics. While practitioners who haven’t completed Essential Skills may find the material stimulating, its complexity is best suited for experienced AEDP clinicians, including Certified Therapists looking to refresh or deepen their practice.
Upcoming Advanced Skills Modules
Live Online and Highly Interactive
Training Levels: Full Course: Advanced | Seminar: Intermediate
November 2026
ADVANCED SKILLS • LEVEL 1+ / LEVEL 2+
Advanced Skills: AEDP® 9+1 Affective Change Processes
Presenter
Presented by Diana Fosha, PhD
Full Program (Seminar + Experiential): 4 half-days | November 13- 16, 2026 | Friday – Monday | 11:00 AM–3:30 PM ET
Partial Program (Seminar-Only): 2 half-days | November 13 & 15, 2026 | Friday & Sunday | 11:00 AM–3:30 PM ET
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December 2026
ADVANCED SKILLS • LEVEL 1+ / LEVEL 2+
Advanced Skills: Navigating AEDP’s Experiential-Attachment Work in the Context of Trauma, Dissociation, and Multiplicity
Presented by Kari Gleiser, PhD
Full Program (Seminar + Experiential): 4 half-days | December 3, 4, 6 & 7, 2026 | Thursday, Friday, Sunday & Monday | 8:00 AM–12:30 PM ET | No session Saturday, December 5
Partial Program (Seminar-Only): 2 half-days | December 3 & 6, 2026 | Thursday & Sunday | 8:00 AM–12:30 PM ET
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February 2027
ADVANCED SKILLS • LEVEL 1+ / LEVEL 2+
Advanced Skills Portrayal Work: Transformation Through Imagination in AEDP
Presented by Ben Medley, LCSW
Full Program (Seminar + Experientials): 4 Half-Days | February 4–7, 2027 | Thursday–Sunday | 11:00 AM–3:30 PM ET
Partial Program (Seminar-Only): 2 Half-Days | February 4 & 6, 2027 | Thursday & Saturday | 11:00 AM–3:30 PM ET
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What participants have to say about Advanced Skills
2026
Feeling Felt: Expanding Receptive Affective Capacity
Presented by Kate Halliday, LCSW
July 9–12, 2026
Deepening the Work Through Deliberate Practice
Presented by Natasha Prenn, LCSW
February 26–March 1, 2026
2025
Therapist Bravery: Navigating Complex Relational Terrain
Presented by Benjamin Lipton, LCSW
December 5–8, 2025
Working with Disorganized Attachment: The Journey to Coherence and Connection
Presented by Karen Pando-Mars, MFT
November 14–17, 2025
Portrayals: Harness the Power of the Imagination
Presented by Ben Medley, LCSW
September 5–8, 2025
AEDP® Magnificent ‘9+1’ Affective Change Processes
Presented by Diana Fosha, PhD and Guest Presenters
July 25–28, 2025
The Therapist as Organizing Other: Regulating and Building Self-Structure in Dysregulated Clients Through an AEDP Lens
Presented by Jennifer Edlin, MFT
March 14–17, 2025
Undoing Disempowerment: Cultivating Agency in AEDP®
Presented by Eileen Russell, PhD
January 24–27, 2025
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AEDP® Magnificent ‘9+1’ Affective Change Processes
Presented by Diana Fosha, PhD and Guest Presenters
November 1–4, 2024
Memory Reconsolidation at Work Across States in AEDP: Portrayals and Metaprocessing
Presented by Ronald J. Frederick, PhD
September 13–16, 2024
From No SELF to Core Self: The Process
Presented by Annika Medbo, MA
July 19–22, 2024
Presence and Bravery in Action: AEDP Interventions to Awaken Emotional Resilience After Loss, Endings, and Death
Presented by Kate Halliday, LCSW
June 7–10, 2024
Undoing Disempowerment: Cultivating Agency in AEDP®
Presented by Eileen Russell, PhD
February 23–24, 2024