Befriending the AEDP Triangles: Using AEDP Representational Schemas to guide interventions and harness positive neuroplasticity
Presented by AEDP Faculty Member Karen Pando-Mars, MFT
Friday December 8 – Sunday December 10, 2023 | Three 5-hour days
Prerequisites: AEDP Advanced Skills Courses are for licensed practitioners who are Level 2 or above; See details further below.
Course Description:
The experiential focus in AEDP aims to harness positive neuroplasticity. Our effectiveness is tripled in its impact when we make use of the AEDP three representational schemas: The Triangle of Experience, the Self-Other-Emotion Triangle, and the Triangle of Relational Comparisons to guide our interventions and clinical decision making. Additionally, mapping out the insecure patterns of attachment on these three AEDP Triangle further informs and strengthens our therapeutic work. With the four-state transformational process map in the background, this course illustrates the value of these three triangles. Using clinical videotape, we will notice how they provide underlying structure for moment-to-moment therapeutic activities and fortify the AEDP therapist’s use of self: our sensitive attunement, potential blind spots.
Therapists’ use of self, and clarity of recognizing markers of our patient’s experience, play a huge part in how we attune to and engage with our patients: 1) how we perceive and respond to how they show up, 2) how we identify transformance motivational forces at play, and 3) how we search to discover the roots of each patient’s suffering and the dynamics that underlie their functioning. Understanding how each triangle provides a window into patterns of emotional regulation, internal working models and relational strategies will help us befriend the triangles: appreciating how they organize experience and help us to meet our clients and help them to feel met. How AEDP therapists lean into the AEDP transformational focus and make use of these three representational schemas maximizes our effectiveness to potentiate positive neuroplasticity in our patients. Orienting our interventions to their presenting pattern of attachment, helps each patient have the specific healing transformation they need.
We will have both didactic teaching with new video illustrations and experiential exercises guided by our dedicated and knowledgeable experiential assistants.
Course Objectives:
- Participants will be able to describe the AEDP Triangle of Experience
- Participants will be able to describe Self-at-Best version and the Self-at-Worst version of the AEDP Triangle of Experience.
- Participants will be able to apply interventions to soften and bypass emotional and relational defenses
- Participants will be able to describe the Self-Other-Emotion Triangle
- Participants will be able to name multiple AEDP Interventions to reduce anxiety
- Participants will be able to describe the AEDP Triangle of Relational Comparisons
- Participants will be able to role-play intervention strategies for reducing defenses and anxiety and processing emotion
Meet the Presenter
Karen Pando-Mars, MFT
Karen Pando-Mars, MFT, is a psychotherapist in San Rafael, California, and Senior Faculty of the AEDP Institute. She was irresistibly drawn to AEDP in 2005 and captivated by the depth and breadth of this transformational model. She immersed herself in training and consultation with Dr. Fosha and three years of core training with Dr. Frederick. Ms. Pando-Mars is one of the founders of AEDP West and chaired the AEDP Institute Education Committee from 2011-2018. Since 2020, Ms. Pando-Mars is a member of the AEDP DBEI (Diversity, Belonging, Equity and Inclusion Committee). Ms. Pando-Mars’ passionate interest in what cultivates deep connection between Self and Other has been furthered by attachment theory and related neuroscience. She is known for her presence, warmth, and the clarity of her presentations. Videotapes of her clinical work are moving and inspiring examples of how AEDP explicit relational and experiential practices can help patients heal from relational trauma. (Read More…)Prerequisites
This is an Advanced Skills Course (not a seminar). Pre-requisites: you must be AEDP Level 2 or above meaning:
- You must have completed Immersion, and
- You must have also completed either Essential Skills (ES1), Core Training, or the equivalent in AEDP supervision (30 hours Small Group or 20 hours Individual)
If you have a question about the relevance of this course for you and/or your eligibility for this course please contact admin@aedpinstitute.org with your credentials before registering.
This course counts toward AEDP Certification
This course counts toward AEDP Certification. Any five modular Courses are considered the equivalent of any 10-Day Retreat-Style Course. Level 3 + AEDPers are encouraged to participate to refresh AEDP skills and reconnect with faculty and community. Learn more here.
Course Location, Dates and Times
Location: Live, Online
Dates (Three 5-hours day) : Friday December 8 – Sunday December 10, 2023
Times for each session: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern Time USA and Canada (go here to convert to your time zone)
Course Fee and Registration:
Course Fee
- $649 Member Price (must be logged in to register)
- $679 Non-Member Price
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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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Marilia Rodriguez
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813-553-1294