“The AEDP Essential Skills course is absolutely one of the best psychotherapy trainings I have ever done. The format is a perfect balance of didactics, video observation and experiential practice (doing it!), with loads of supportive individual attention and feedback. I can’t recommend this training enough!”
– Victoria Lemie Beckner, PhD
The Essential Skills (ES1) Course is a certification course designed for licensed AEDP level 1 Immersion graduates
Upcoming Essential Skills (ES1) Courses – Registration is Open!
APRIL 2023
Presented by: Ronald Frederick, PhD, Anna Christina Sundgren, MA, Karen Pando-Mars, MFT, Richard Harrison, PhD, Sigal Bahat, MA
Designed for: Graduates of AEDP Immersion
CE’s / AEDP Certification Credit: 85 CE | Counts toward AEDP Certification
LIVE ONLINE, Module 1 begins April 21 2023 thru January 8, 2024 (formerly February 17, 2023 thru October 30, 2023)
Learn more and Register – Sold out with a waitlist- please email Marilia (admin@aedpinstitute.org) to be added to the list.
JULY 2023
Presented by: Benjamin Lipton, LCSW, Mary Androff, MD, Richard Harrison, PhD and
Ronald Frederick, PhD
Designed for: Graduates of AEDP Immersion
CE’s / AEDP Certification Credit: 85 CE | Counts toward AEDP Certification
LIVE ONLINE July, 21 2023 thru April 29, 2024 | Friday – Monday | 12:00 – 4:30 PM EST USA
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OCTOBER 2023
Presented by: Kate Haliday, LCSW, Mary Androff, MD, Karen Pando Mars and Ben Medley, LCSW
Designed for: Graduates of AEDP Immersion
CE’s / AEDP Certification Credit: 85 CE | Counts toward AEDP Certification
LIVE ONLINE October 6, 2023 thru May 13, 2024 | Friday – Monday | 12:00 – 4:30 EST USA
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NOVEMBER 2023
Presented by: Benjamin Lipton, LCSW, Annika Medbo, MA, Ben Medley, LCSW, Richard Harrison, PhD,
Designed for: Graduates of AEDP Immersion
CE’s / AEDP Certification Credit: 85 CE | Counts toward AEDP Certification
Live Online: Module 1 begins November 3, 2023 thru July 14, 2024
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Upcoming Essential Skills (ES1) Courses – Save the Date!
Who the Essential Skills Course is for:
This course is open to Licensed AEDP Immersion Graduates.
Course Overview:
AEDP Essential Skills course will provide practical skills for the application of AEDP as well as a thorough immersion in the theory underlying the practice. Our aim is to teach, in both left-brained and right-brained ways, different types of clinical interventions so that participants will emerge with both an understanding and a felt sense of how to “do” AEDP. Each day’s teaching will include didactic presentations of theory along with video of actual sessions conducted by AEDP Faculty followed by small group experiential exercises.
Instructional Methodology:
AEDP skills are introduced with their theoretical foundations and then with illustrations by way of clinical videotapes; skills are then practiced in group experiential exercises. In online courses, exceptionally effective experiential exercises are held in online “breakout rooms.”
Faculty, Experiential Assistants and Clinical Video:
These are the hallmarks of all AEDP trainings. 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. Participants deeply appreciate how effectively faculty presenters’ clinical video demonstrates “AEDP in action.” And faculty have skilled accompaniment from a large number of Experiential Assistants. Participants rave about the excellent attention and support they receive in this unique learning environment.
Hear and see what a recent participant has to say about:
how inspiring and effective that ES1 course was for him…
what Advanced Skills did for her…
Closed for Registration … Now in Progress
MARCH – November 2023
Presented by: Richard Harrison, PhD, Sigal Bahat, MA, Ronald Frederick, PhD, Annika Medbo, Psych, Kari Gleiser, PhD.
Designed for: Graduates of AEDP Immersion
CE’s / AEDP Certification Credit: 85 CE | Counts toward AEDP Certification
LIVE ONLINE, Module 1 begins March 3, 2023 thru November 13, 2023
Learn more – Closed with a waitlist- email admin@aedpinstitute.org to be added to the list
November 2022 – June 2023
Presented by: Ben Medley, LCSW, Anna Christina Sundgren, MA, Kate Halliday, LCSW (formerly Diana Fosha, PhD), Annika Medbo, MA
Designed for: Graduates of AEDP Immersion
CE’s / AEDP Certification Credit: 85 CE | Counts toward AEDP Certification
LIVE ONLINE, Module 1 begins November 4, 2022; Module 5 ends June 12, 2023
9:00 am – 1:30 pm, Eastern Time USA + Canada
Learn more This course is sold out with a waitlist
October 2022 – May 2023
Presented by: Karen Pando-Mars, MFT, Kari Gleiser PhD, Ben Medley, LCSW
Sponsored by: AEDP Institute
Module 1 begins October 7, 2022; Module 5 ends May 15, 2023 | 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern Time USA
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September 2022 – June 2023
Presented by: Ben Medley, LCSW, Mary Androff, MD, Karen Pando-Mars, MFT, Benjamin Lipton, LCSW, Sigal Bahat, MA
Module 1 begins September 16, 2022; Module 5 ends June 26, 2023 | 12:00 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern Time USA + Canada
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June 2022 – March 2023
Presented by: Jeanne Newhouse, NCPsyA, Sigal Bahat, MA, Ronald Frederick, PhD, Richard Harrison, R.Psych & Kari Gleiser, PhD
Module 1 begins June 10; Module 5 ends March 13, 2023
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Past AEDP Essential Skills (ES1) Courses
LIVE ONLINE: February – October 2022 | Presented by: Kate Halliday, LCSW, Benjamin Lipton, LCSW, Annika Medbo, PhD | February 18; Module 5 ends October 29, 2022
LIVE ONLINE: April – September 2022 | Presented by: Richard Harrison, PhD, Sigal Bahat, MA, Diana Fosha, PhD, Ronald Frederick, PhD, Benjamin Lipton, LCSW | April 1; Module 5 ends September 12, 2022
LIVE ONLINE: July – December, 2021 | Presented by: Ronald Frederick, PhD plus AEDP Guest Presenters
Module 1 starts July 23; Module 5 ends December 13, 2021
LIVE ONLINE: April –September 2021 | Presented by: Kate Halliday, LCSW plus AEDP Guest Presenters
Module 1 begins April 16, 2021; Module 5 ends September 2021
Essential Skills (ES1)Feb 2021- June 2021 | Co-Sponsored by: AEDP Institute and AEDP Australia
Presented by: Karen Pando-Mars, MFT + Guest Faculty Kate Halliday, LCSW and Dale Trimble, MA
Essential Skills (ES1) LIVE ONLINE | November 2020 thru June 2021 | Co-sponsored by AEDP Brazil | Compatible time zones: the Americas & Brazil | Karen Kranz, PhD plus AEDP Guest Presentations
Essential Skills (ES1) LIVE ONLINE | July 2020 & February 2021 | Presented by Karen Pando-Mars, MFT & Ben Medley, LCSW | Formerly scheduled for London
Essential Skills (ES1) LIVE ONLINE | August 2020 & January 2021 | Compatible time zones: the Americas – especially east coast | Presented by Ben Medley, LCSW and Jerry Lamagna, LCSW plus AEDP Guest Presenters | Formerly Scheduled for New York City
Essential Skills (ES1) LIVE ONLINE | July & December 2020 | Presented by Jeanne Newhouse, NCPsyA and Karen Kranz, | Formerly scheduled for Denver
Essential Skills (ES1) LIVE ONLINE | July & November 2020 | Presented by Karen Pando-Mars, MFT & Ben Medley, LCSW |Formerly scheduled for London
Essential Skills (ES1) LIVE ONLINE | June & October 2020 | Presented by Ronald Frederick
Formerly scheduled for Los Angeles
Essential Skills (ES1) Three-Long-Weekends 10 Day Course in New York City October 2019 / January 2020 / May 2020 moved online!
Essential Skills (ES1) 10-day Retreat-Style Course in New York City November 2019 / March 2020 – moved online!
ES1 Three-Long-Weekends Course in Boston, MA, USA: March 2019 / June 2019 / October 2019
ES1 Retreat-Style Course in Los Angeles, CA, USA: January 2019 / May 2019
ES1 Retreat-Style Course in London, UK : December 2018 / April 2019
ES1 Retreat-Style Course in New York City, NY, USA: August 2018 / December 2018
ES1 Retreat-Style Course in New York City, NY, USA: May 2018 / October 2018
ES1 Retreat-Style Course in San Francisco, CA, USA: March 2018 / July 2018
ES1 Retreat-Style Course in Denver, CO, USA: 2017 – 2018
ES1 Essential Skills Retreat-Style Course in Vancouver, BC, CA: July 2017 / December 2017
ES1 Retreat Style Course in Durham, NC, USA: February 2017 / June 2017
ES1 Essential Skills Retreat-Style Course in New York City, NY, USA: 2016 – 2017
ES1 Essential Skills 5-weekends in New York City, NY, USA: 2016 – 2017
ES1 Retreat Style Course in Shanghai, China: 2016 – 2017
ES1 Essential Skills Course in Europe: Stockholm, Sweden & Parma Italy: 2016 – 2017
ES1 Essential Skills San Francisco Bay, CA, USA: 2015 – 2016
ES1 Essential Skills Course in Boston, MA, USA: 2015 – 2016
ES1 Essential Skills Retreat Style Course in New York City, NY, USA: 2015 – 2016
ES1 Essential Skills Course in Vancouver, BC, USA: 2014 – 2015
ES1 Essential Skills Course in New York City, NY, USA: 2014 – 2015
Essential Skills • 2013-2014 • New York
Essential Skills • 2013-2014 • West Coast
Essential Skills • 2012-2013 • Vancouver, BC
*Prior to 2021 the Institute allowed some individuals the following exception to taking Immersion prior to ES1: “if you are committed to learning AEDP and have not yet taken Immersion, please complete the recorded webinar Intro to AEDP prior to starting ES1. Note, however, that Intro to AEDP is by no means a substitute for Immersion and Immersion is a requirement for AEDP certification. You will earn 6 CE for taking the recorded Intro to AEDP webinar and when you complete it you may request a $100 credit towards a future Immersion course.” Starting in January, 2021 this alternative is no longer offered.