AEDP® Education Committee
The AEDP Education Committee role is to ensure that every training offered by AEDP Institute meets the Institute’s rigorous standards and fosters a culture of continuous learning, diversity and inclusivity which enables mental health professionals to meet the evolving needs of their clients. Furthermore, the committee reviews applications from AEDP Supervisors who wish to teach the Essential Skills curriculum and achieve the title of Adjunct Faculty, along with applications from Adjunct Faculty aspiring to become Faculty, and from Faculty aiming to advance to Senior Faculty. Reporting to the Institute Steering Committee, their aim is to align their activities with the broader objectives of the AEDP Institute, fostering a community committed to transformative learning and development.
Contact the committee at educationcommittee@aedpinstitute.org
Meet our Education Committee
Mariana Barstad, PhD
Gregory Czyszczon, PhD, LPC
Goretti Faria, MSW, RCSW, CCC
Yuko Hanakawa, PhD
Lynne Hartwell
Amie Karp, LCSW-R
Yuval Moses, LCSW-R
Former Education Committee members-thank you for your work!
Michael Mondoro is a Certified AEDP Therapist, a Certified AEDP Supervisor, an Intra-Relational AEDP parts work enthusiast, a trauma and trauma-related dissociation specialist, a member of the AEDP Institute Education Committee, a participating certification supervisor in the AEDP Institute BIPOC Therapist Initiative, and an active member of the AEDP community since 2012.
Michael is dedicated to helping individuals who have experienced relational trauma, PTSD and complex PTSD to securely connect, heal, and flourish in life. As someone who has experienced the profound benefits of post-traumatic growth and is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, complex, relational trauma work is near and dear to his heart
Michael leads 3 clinical consultation groups for those interested in expanding their knowledge and effectiveness utilizing AEDP across the post-traumatic spectrum. Read more>>>
Eden Abraham (she/her), MSW is a Level 3 AEDP therapist. She earned her MSW from York University in Toronto, Ontario and is a Professional Counsellor working primarily with Black identified students at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Eden has witnessed the tremendous liberating impact on the self that AEDP can engender and feels grateful to have found her clinical home in a model that is not merely concerned with appearing to get it right but is committed to the brave/bold/messy/ever-changing work of truly getting it right. She feels profoundly grateful for the endless guidance and generosity of wisdom & expert knowledge that she has received from this community of teachers & healers. She humbly hopes to share the transformance driving gift of AEDP with other emerging Black therapists.
Eileen M. Russell, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a founding faculty member of the AEDP Institute. She began studying and training in AEDP in 1996 with Drs. Diana Fosha and Jenna Osiason. Dr. Russell has been an adjunct faculty member at NYU Medical/ Bellevue Hospital Center where she completed her internship training and later worked as a senior psychologist with individuals struggling with addiction and psychiatric diagnoses. She is currently also on the faculty of the National Institute of the Psychotherapies (NIP) Integrative Trauma Program. Her passion is AEDP, which she has taught to individuals and groups since 2004 nationally and internationally. She combines a warm and gentle clinical style with a probing and articulate interest in theory to bring out the depths of the AEDP approach. In addition to her practice with patients and consultees, Eileen enjoys expanding
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