All About AEDP® Certification
AEDP® Certification reflects a commitment to clinical excellence, ethical practice, and deep integration of AEDP theory and practice. Whether you are pursuing certification as an AEDP Certified Therapist or advancing toward becoming an AEDP Certified Supervisor, the certification pathways are designed to support your development through rigorous standards, relational learning, and experiential depth.
This page provides an overview of the AEDP certification landscape and helps you understand how the pieces fit together. Detailed guidelines, requirements, and submission instructions are available on the pages that follow.
Certification Pathways at a Glance
AEDP offers two primary certification pathways:
- AEDP Certified Therapist – recognizing competence and integration of AEDP clinical practice
- AEDP Certified Supervisor – recognizing readiness to supervise, mentor, and train other AEDP therapists
Both pathways are grounded in experiential learning, videotaped clinical work, reflective practice, and relational supervision.
Becoming an AEDP Certified Therapist (Overview)
Certification as an AEDP Therapist demonstrates your ability to apply AEDP principles skillfully and experientially across clinical contexts. Certification involves:
- Progressive training through AEDP Levels
- Ongoing supervision with eligible AEDP supervisors
- Submission of recorded clinical work that demonstrates AEDP interventions across the AEDP transformational states
Key elements of Therapist Certification include:
- Achieving AEDP Level 3
- Supervision with at least two eligible supervisors
- Completing certification-level supervision with a designated Certification Supervisor
- Submitting a Certification Package that includes recorded sessions, transcripts, microanalysis, and reflective writing
The detailed requirements, five-step process, certification package components, video guidelines, microanalysis formats, and review process are outlined on the Becoming an AEDP Certified Therapist page.
➡️ Proceed here for full Therapist Certification guidelines.
Becoming an AEDP Certified Supervisor (Overview)
AEDP Certified Supervisors play a vital role in stewarding the model, mentoring therapists, and supporting the growth of the AEDP community. The supervisor pathway is intentionally developmental and emphasizes both clinical mastery and supervisory presence.
The Supervisor certification pathway includes two stages:
- AEDP Supervisor-in-Training
- AEDP Certified Supervisor
AEDP Supervisor-in-Training
Therapists who have been AEDP Certified for at least one year may apply to become Supervisors-in-Training. This stage focuses on learning to supervise AEDP work through:
- Experiential assisting in AEDP trainings
- Supervision-of-supervision using videotaped supervision sessions
- Study of AEDP supervision theory and practice
- Ongoing evaluation using the AEDP Supervisor Certification rubric, here
Important notes: - -Supervisors-in-Training may provide supervision to therapists at any level. A maximum of 10 total supervision hours—whether received from one or multiple Supervisors-in-Training—may be applied toward AEDP Level 3 supervision requirements.
- -Supervisors-in-Training may offer additional supervision beyond these 10 hours, which is encouraged for skill development and consultation; however, these additional hours do not count toward Level 3 requirements or Certification.NOTE: Supervisors-in-Training may not serve as Certification Supervisors for level 3 therapists going for certification.
Graduation to AEDP Certified Supervisor
Certification as an AEDP Supervisor requires demonstrated readiness to supervise AEDP work with depth, clarity, and fidelity to the model. This includes:
- Completion of required supervision-of-supervision hours
- Advanced experiential assisting and community engagement
- Submission of a Supervisor Culminating Project, including recorded supervision of recorded therapy sessions
- Review by the AEDP Supervisor Certification Review Board
The full eligibility criteria, application steps, supervision requirements, culminating project guidelines, fees, and review timeline are outlined on the AEDP Supervisor Certification pages.
➡️ *Proceed here for the Supervisor Certification section for complete Supervisor-in-Training and Certified Supervisor guidelines.