Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Preparation, Integration, and everything in between in the context of AEDP™
8 Tuesdays | February 27 – June 4, 2024
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Eastern Time USA
AEDP Level Prerequisite:
The seminar, where we will be actively engaging in discussions about AEDP theory, is best for therapists who are AEDP Level 2 and above or Level 1 therapists who are in AEDP supervision and have read “Undoing Aloneness & the Transformation of Suffering Into Flourishing: AEDP 2.0”
Learning about psychedelic-assisted therapy equips therapists with valuable skills to offer Preparation and Integration sessions to their clients who may be exploring psychedelic therapy outside of their dyad. In this new era of psychedelics, AEDP therapists need to know about this growing area, whether or not they plan to provide it themselves.
This series will provide an opportunity for rich discussions about psychedelic-assisted therapy in the context of AEDP. It will prepare clinicians to help their own clients navigate this evolving field, enhancing their ability to support their clients effectively, while enriching their therapeutic practices. We will delve into a deep understanding of the principles, processes, and ethics of psychedelic-assisted therapy. This series will also help therapists envision what this work can look like when combined with the transformative power and theory of AEDP.
In summary, this series aims to prepare AEDP therapists to be informed, empathetic, and supportive guides on their clients’ journeys toward healing and self-discovery, combining the power of AEDP with the emerging science of psychedelic therapy.
Format: the course will require reading to allow for deep class discussions on theory and practice. There will also be experiential exercises and some clinical video will be shown to illustrate key concepts.
Watch this video where Emily Bilbao describes why this seminar series is relevant and important for all AEDP therapists – not only those already involved in Psychedelic therapy work.
The following topics will be covered:
- Preparation & Transformance Detection
- Set & Setting, creating safety, moment to moment tracking, Defense work
- Music- Influence on Defense work, State 2 experience, and Mystical Experience
- Touch & Consent, Relational Interventions, Can you “feel” me here- literally, Regulating Disregulated Experience
- Bad trips & Undoing Aloneness
- Mystical Experience & State 4 Phenomena,
- Use of Portrayals, Processing Emotions
- Integration: MetaProcessing State 3 and State 4 experience, Processing Self experience, Undoing Aloneness
*NOTE: This is not a training on how to use psychedelics and we are not endorsing the use of illegal substances outside of research settings.
Learning Objectives:
Course participants will be able to:
- Name two existing models of psychedelic preparation and compare and contrast an AEDP approach to those models.
- Name key components of preparation such as creating safety, assessing goals, setting intentions, identifying fears, setting realistic expectations, and the overall concept of “flight instructions.”
- Describe how the AEDP therapist can use this “preparation” in their practice to help clients make informed decisions about engaging in this type of treatment.
- Explain the importance of Set and Setting to the psychedelic experience.
- Describe how defense work interventions and moment to moment tracking inform the setting.
- Describe the evidence for music having a central role in psychedelic therapy.
- Describe 3 important factors that make music most appropriate for inducing mystical psychedelic experience.
- Describe how music relates to Defense work in AEDP.
- Comfortably participate in a conversation pertaining to consent re: the use of touch with clients and/ or advise clients on the importance of having this conversation with other providers.
- Describe when touch may be helpful and even necessary in some forms of trauma therapy/ psychedelic assisted therapy.
- Understand and describe the ways that receptive affective capacity, attunement, and co-regulation function to “hold” people during psychedelic assisted therapy.
- Identify components of “bad trips” and discuss them from an AEDP framework.
- Describe 2 interventions that a clinician can use to help a client through a difficult experience.
- Identify the 4 factors of mystical experience, including mystical qualities (sense of internal and external unity, noetic quality, sacredness), positive mood, transcendence of time and space, and ineffability.
- Use the AEDP psychotherapy framework of the 4 state model to discuss psychedelic assisted therapy’s mystical experience transformation.
- Name 3 different types of portrayals (example: reparative, reunion, rescue, etc).
- Describe why it may be particularly useful to use portrayals during psychedelic assisted therapy.
- Identify key elements of the Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Integration process.
- Describe how AEDP can assist in the Integration process.
Meet the Presenter
Emily Bilbao, LCSW
Emily Bilbao, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist in private practice in Portland Oregon. She received her Masters from Smith School for Social work in 2005. She is a Certified AEDP therapist, an AEDP Supervisor in training, a 16 session AEDP Research Therapist, and a founding member of the AEDP & Psychedelics Committee. She is a Certified Psilocybin Assisted Therapy provider in Oregon and has been trained by MAPS in anticipation of developing an AEDP MDMA protocol. In her private practice she sees individual adults & adolescents as well as couples. She works extensively with the Queer community. She has a particular current interest in exploring the synergies between Psychedelics & AEDP. In fall 2023 Emily taught an Institute-sponsored seminar entitled Psychedelics 101, and she has been accepted to teach an in-depth, Institute-sponsored seminar series on AEDP and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy in 2024.
Dates, Times, Location
Dates: 8 Tuesdays
February 27, March 12 + 26, April 9 + 23, May 7 + 21, June 4, 2024
Time:
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Eastern Time USA
Please double check the meeting times for your local time zone if not Eastern Time USA
Agenda:
Please go here for the agenda
Location: Live, Online
Fees, Registration:
Non Member: $669 USD
Member: $659 USD
Please see AEDP Level Prerequisite above before registering.
Limited Scholarships are available. To learn more and apply, please go here.
Continuing Education:
CE may be available. See registration confirmation email or contact admin@aedpinstitute.org.
ADA Accommodations | Attendance | Refund Policy | Questions
Disability Access: If you require ADA accommodations please contact Marilia Rodriguez, admin@aedpinstitute.org or call 813-553-1294 thirty days or more before the event so we can be sure to accommodate you.
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