ASM Agenda 4-Day Expanding Receptive Affective Capacity
Kate Halliday, LCSW

Day 1:

Morning

11:00 AM Course Overview

11:15 AM Experiential Exercise: Arriving in the Body — somatic grounding and awareness check-in

11:30 AM Didactic: AEDP in theory and practice: emphasis on therapist capacity as foundational

12:05 PM Video Presentation: Therapist presence in clinical session

12:25 PM Small Group Experiential: Partners practice tracking somatic and affective experience in dyads

12:50 PM — BREAK (15 minutes) —

Afternoon

1:05 PM Didactic: Receptive Affective Capacity — definition, theoretical grounding, and neurobiological basis

1:35 PM Video Presentation: Receptive Affective Experience in Clinical Session

2:05 PM Lecture/Discussion: reflections and questions about video presentation

2:35 PM Large Group Debrief: What does lasting change look and feel like from the inside?

3:10 PM Dyadic experience: deliberate use of self disclosure

3:20 PM Closing: Day 1 takeaways and intentions to hold overnight

3:30 PM Day 1 Concludes
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Day 2

11:00 AM Reflections on Teaching of Previous Day, Reflections & Questions

11:30 AM Large Group Instructions for Experiential Exercises: Noticing and seizing opportunities for relational experience, including those that promote Receptive Affective Capacity

11:45 AM Experiential Group Orientation to Experiential Exercises: Noticing and seizing opportunities for relational experience; yours and your client’s. In your small groups.

12:00 PM Experiential Exercises continued; in your small groups

1:30 PM — BREAK (15 minutes) —

1:45 PM Experiential Exercises continued; in your small groups

3:00 PM Metaprocessing the day and reviewing participants’ experience of deliberate focus on relational experience in clinical work

3:30 PM Day 2 Concludes

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Day 3

Morning

11:00 AM Brief grounding and invitation to share overnight reflections

11:15 AM Didactic: Authentic Relational Engagement — therapeutic presence, attunement, and the AEDP stance

11:40 AM Video Presentation: The relational field in action — observing presence and attunement across clinical moments

12:05 PM Experiential Exercise: Deepening Attunement — triadic practice with observer role and structured debrief

12:50 PM — BREAK (15 minutes) —

Afternoon

1:05 PM Didactic: Transformative Experiences in AEDP — differentiating types, therapeutic significance, and clinical tracking

1:30 PM Didactic: AEDP and Clinician Vitality — mechanisms for burnout prevention and sustaining aliveness

1:50 PM Small Group Discussion: Three personal vitality mechanisms — how does AEDP sustain you?

2:10 PM Experiential: AEDP in Everyday Life — applying relational principles with family, friends, and colleagues

2:35 PM Individual Work: Complete personalized AEDP application framework; share with a partner

3:05 PM Closing Metaprocessing in big group: final reflections, deepening into what’s changed

3:20 PM Large Group: Implementation intentions, Q&A

3:30 PM Seminar concludes

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Day 4

11:00 Reflections and questions from previous day and overview

11:30 AM Large Group Instructions for Experiential Exercises

11:45 Experiential Exercises: Large group Instructions for experiential exercise: Making good use of ruptures in relationships using Portrayals and AEDP Parts work

1:30 PM — BREAK (15 minutes) —

3:00 PM Metaprocessing the day and reviewing participants’ experience

3:00 PM Large group gathers for Summation of small group experiences and entire course, cognitive reflections; affective reflections

3:30 PM Day 4 Concludes