All AEDP® Events
At the heart of the AEDP Institute lies a profound commitment to delivering exceptional education and training in AEDP.
A comprehensive overview of upcoming AEDP Institute training opportunities, including Seminars and Certification Courses for therapists at various levels.
Courses
Our AEDP courses are designed to help therapists develop their skills and mastery of AEDP through a progressive learning path that deepens their clinical skills and mastery of AEDP. While you do not need to be pursuing certification to take these courses, each level provides the necessary training to support therapists’ growth.
Seminars
AEDP Seminars are designed to support therapists at every stage of their AEDP journey, offering rich learning experiences tailored to different levels of expertise.
December 2025
Immersion
All Levels
Immersion December 2025
Training Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Presented by: Diana Fosha, PhD
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Thursday thru Monday | December 4 – 8, 2025
Time: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST
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Essential Skills
Intermediate
ESSENTIAL SKILLS December 2025 (Nickname: Lynx)
Training Level: Intermediate
Presented by: AEDP™ Institute Faculty
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: December 5, 2025 – August 3, 2026 | Five 4-Day Modules
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Advanced Skills
Full Course
Advanced
Therapist Bravery: Navigating Complex Relational Terrain
Strengthening Clinical skills for some of the hardest
moments in AEDP
Training Levels: Intermediate & Advanced
Presented by: Benjamin Lipton, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Friday – Monday | December 5-8, 2025
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Advance Skills
Didactic Only
Intermediate
Therapist Bravery: Navigating Complex Relational Terrain
Strengthening Clinical skills for some of the hardest
moments in AEDP
Training Levels: Intermediate
Presented by: Benjamin Lipton, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Friday December 5 & Sunday December 7, 2025
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Transformance Talk 26
for members only
To Make the Implicit Explicit and the Explicit a New Experience: My Discovery of AEDP in a Swedish Context (article from the International Series)
Designed for all levels
Presented by Anna Christina Sundgren, MA
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM -1 :00 PM EST
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NEW! Reading Together
for members only
Seeing the Invisible by Kari Gleiser, PhD
Training Levels: All Levels
Presented by: Hosted by Carrie Ruggieri, LMHC, BCETS, editor of Transformance, The AEDP Journal
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: December 10, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST
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Seminar
All Levels
Seminar: Finding a Way out of the Maze: Working with Defense and Anxiety in AEDP
Presented by: Kari Gleiser, PhD
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Friday, December 12, 2025
Times: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
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January 2026
Seminar Open to All Levels
The Imaginal Realm: Working with Visual Mental Imagery in AEDP
Presented by: Mary Androff, MD, Faculty
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Friday and Saturday, January 9 + 10, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM EST
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NEW! Reading Together
for members only
Bite by Bite: Working with Eating Disorders by Jessica K. Slatus, LCSW
Training Levels: All Levels
Presented by: Hosted by Carrie Ruggieri, LMHC, BCETS, editor of Transformance, The AEDP Journal
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: January 14, 2026
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST
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Immersion
All Levels
Immersion January 2026
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Diana Fosha, PhD
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Thursday January 22 – Monday January 26, 2026
Time: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST
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Essential Skills
Intermediate
ESSENTIAL SKILLS December 2025 (Nickname: Denali)
Training Level: Intermediate
Presented by: AEDP™ Institute Faculty
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Thursday January 29, 2026 – Sunday September 13, 2026| Five 4-Day Modules
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Seminar Series
All Levels
Clearing the Path: Working Effectively with the Challenges of Defense & Anxiety
Presented by: Presented by Steve Shapiro, PhD
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: 6 Thursdays | January 29 – June 18, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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February 2026
NEW! Reading Together
for members only
Therapeutic Presence by Wendy Summer, LPC
Training Levels: All Levels
Presented by: Hosted by Carrie Ruggieri, LMHC, BCETS, editor of Transformance, The AEDP Journal
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: February 11, 2026
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST
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Seminar
Intermediate & Advanced
Ketamine-Assisted AEDP – Synergistic Healing and
Integration, with Relational and Transpersonal Holding
Presented by: Presented by: Diana Fosha, PhD, Mark Green, MD & Kari Gleiser, PhD
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Friday, February 6, 2026 – Monday, February 9, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM
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Advanced Skills
Full course
Advanced
Deepening the Work Through Deliberate Practice
Training Levels: Advanced for Essential Skills Grads
Full Course: Four days including 2 days of experiential work
Presented by: Natasha Prenn, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Fri – Mon | February 27 – March 2, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM EST
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Advanced Skills
Didactic Only Intermediate
Deepening the Work Through Deliberate Practice
Training Levels: Intermediate – for Immersion / ES Grads
Presented by: Natasha Prenn, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Fri & Sun | February 27 & March 1, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM EST
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March 2026
Immersion
All Levels
Immersion March 2026
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Jerry Lamagna, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Wednesday March 4 – Monday March 9, 2026 SKIP Saturday
Time: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST
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NEW! Reading Together
for members only
Time & Slowing, Attachment & Loss in 16-Session AEDP Therapy by Gail Woods, LCSW, LMFT
Training Levels: All Levels
Presented by: Hosted by Carrie Ruggieri, LMHC, BCETS, editor of Transformance, The AEDP Journal
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: March 11, 2026
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST
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April 2026
Essential Skills
Intermediate
ESSENTIAL SKILLS December 2025 (Nickname: Chimborazo)
Training Level: Intermediate
Presented by: AEDP™ Institute Faculty
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Thursday April 16, 2026 – Sunday November 22, 2026| Five 4-Day Modules
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Immersion
All Levels
Immersion April 2026
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Jerry Lamagna, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Wednesday April 29 – Monday May 4 | SKIP SAT Saturday
Time: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST
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September 2026
Immersion
All Levels
Immersion 10-Session Series September 2026
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Ben Medley, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: 10 Thursdays September 10, 17, 24, October 8, 15, 22, 29. November 5, 12, 19, 2026
Time: 111:00 AM – 2:30 PM EST
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Seminar
All Levels
Seminar: Treating Eating Disorders with AEDP: Bringing Top-down Interventions into our Bottom-up work
Presented by: Martina Verba, LCSW, DSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: October 24 – 25, 2025
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Seminar Series
All Levels
Seminar Series: Tailoring AEDP Treatment to Attachment Patterns: Healing Trauma in Relationship
Presented by: Karen Pando-Mars, MFT
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: 9 Wednesdays, October 15, 2025 – May 27, 2026
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Transformance Talks
Free & for members only
Talk 24: How to Set Transformance into Action
Designed for all levels
Presented by Natasha Prenn. LCSW
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
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NEW! Reading Together
Free & for members only
How to Set Transformance Into Action by Natasha Prenn, LCSW
Training Levels: All Levels
Presented by: Hosted by Carrie Ruggieri, LMHC, BCETS, editor of Transformance, The AEDP Journal
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST
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Essential Skills
Intermediate
ESSENTIAL SKILLS October 2025 (Perseus)
Training Level: Intermediate
Presented by: AEDP™ Institute Faculty
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: October 3, 2025 – June 29, 2026 | Five 4-Day Modules
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Essential Skills
thru May 18, 2026
ESSENTIAL SKILLS September 2025 (Nickname: Orion)
Training Level: Intermediate
Presented by: AEDP™ Institute Faculty
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: September 25, 2025- May 18, 2026 | Five 4-Day Modules
Thursday – Monday with SATURDAY OFF.
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Advanced Skills Seminar
Intermediate
Portrayals: Harness the Power of the Imagination
Training Levels: Intermediate – for Immersion / ES Grads
Presented by: Ben Medley, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Friday + Sunday | September 5 + 7, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM EST
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Clinician’s Corner Inaugral
Relational Healing in Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood
Training Levels: All Levels
Presented by: Elley Newton, LCAS, AEDP Certified Therapist
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: September 17, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
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September
The Dyadic Regulation of Affect by Diana Fosha, PhD
Training Levels: All Levels
Presented by: Hosted by Carrie Ruggieri, LMHC, BCETS, editor of Transformance, The AEDP Journal
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: September 10, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST
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July
Advanced Skills Course / Seminar: AEDP Magnificent ‘9+1’ Affective Change Processes
Training Levels: Intermediate – for Immersion / ES Grads
Presented by: Diana Fosha, PhD
Dates: Friday thru Monday | July 25 – 28, 2025
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July
Immersion Course
Training Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Presented by: Diana Fosha, PhD
Dates: Thursday thru Monday | July 17 – 21, 2025
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June 2025 thru February 2026
ESSENTIAL SKILLS June 2025 (Nickname: Vela)
Training Level: Intermediate
Presented by: AEDP™ Institute Faculty
Dates: June 20, 2025- February 9, 2026 | Five 4-Day Modules
In Progress
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April 2025 thru January 2026
Essential Skills (Nickname: Northern Cross)
Training Level: Intermediate (must be an Immersion Grad)
Presented by: AEDP™ Institute Faculty
Dates: April 11, 2025 – January 12, 2026 | Five 4-Day Modules (Fridays – Mondays)
In Progress
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January 2025
Seminar Series: The Initial Phase – Getting a Worthy Start
For All Training Levels: Foundational, Intermediate & Advanced
Presented by: Steve Shapiro, PhD
Dates: 6 Thursdays, January 30 – June 19, 2025
In Progress
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January thru September 15, 2025
Essential Skills (Nickname: Eldordo)
Training Level: Intermediate
Presented by: AEDP™ Institute Faculty
Dates: January 31 – September 15, 2025 | Five 4-Day Modules (Fridays – Mondays)
Module 1: 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST
Modules 2-5: 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM EST
In Progress
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December 2024 thru August 4, 2025
Essential Skills (Nickname: Redwood)
Training Level: Intermediate
Presented by: AEDP™ Institute Faculty
Dates: Dec 6, 2024 – August 4, 2025 | Five 4-Day Modules (Fridays – Mondays)
In Progres
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August 2024 thru March 24 2025
Essential Skills (Nickname: Sequoia
Training Level: Intermediate
Presented by: AEDP™ Institute Faculty
Dates: Five 4-day Modules | Aug 2, 2024 – March 24, 2025
In Progress
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