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AEDP Institute is now an APA Approved CE Provider

AEDP Institute, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. AEDP Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

AEDP Institute courses — including Immersion, Essential Skills, Advanced Skills, and eligible seminars — will now offer APA CE credits.

APA approval reflects our commitment to offering rigorous, clinically grounded training that meets the highest professional standards in the field.

APA CE credits will be available for courses after April 22, 2026. Participants currently enrolled in an ongoing course are not eligible to receive APA CE credits for that course.

Questions? Email Marilia at admin@aedpinstitute.org

Congratulations to Our Newly Certified AEDP Therapists!

We are so proud to celebrate these members of our community who have recently achieved AEDP certification. Each of these clinicians has demonstrated deep commitment to the healing-oriented, relationally embedded work at the heart of AEDP, and we are honoured to mark this milestone with them.

Please join us in congratulating:

Click on each name to learn more about their work and how to connect with them.

We are grateful for the dedication each of them brings to this community and to the clients they serve!

Visit our Therapist Directory to connect with a certified AEDP therapist.
Learn more about the AEDP Certification Pathway.

Julia Jalalat is now an AEDP Certified Therapist!!!

I had the good fortune of being Julia’s Certification supervisor working closely with her on the transcriptions of her work with her clients. Our discussions were lively and informative and educative for me as well as for Julia. Her ability to invite me fully into the sessions and feel the work with her was very powerful.

Julia is thoroughly engaged with her clients. On display in her work is her clinical skillfulness, her easeful attunement and the way in which that fosters a stance of secure attachment. Her work demonstrates how she weaves AEDP principles and skills into her practice with adept skill and authenticity.

Her commanding and deeply caring presence is not something that can be taught. Julia lives into the work in a bold and deeply authentic relational way.

Ilene writes of her experience of working closely with Julia..

Stephen McDonnell is now a certified AEDP Supervisor

Dear community,

It is a true pleasure and honor to announce that Stephen McDonnell is now a certified AEDP Supervisor.

I first got to know Stephen in the sixteen-session AEDP Research weekly supervision group. His attuned, gentle, and yet persistent work with clients stood out immediately. Over time, those same qualities became even more apparent in how he showed up as a peer in the group—finding just the right words to ease anxiety, highlight the positive, or offer another lens or intervention to fellow research therapists.

Watching Stephen step into the role of supervisor during the certification process only deepened what I already knew: he is a natural and gifted supervisor as well as a highly skilled AEDP therapist.

Book Release: Deliberate Practice in AEDP

Published by APA

By Natasha C. N. Prenn, Hanna Levenson, Alexandre Vaz, and Tony Rousmaniere

Overview: Deliberate practice exercises help trainees achieve competence in essential accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy skills and apply them in a variety of contexts while honing their own personal style.

These exercises present role-playing scenarios in which two trainees act as a client and a therapist, switching back and forth under the guidance of a supervisor. The therapist improvises appropriate and authentic responses to client statements organized into three difficulty levels—beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

Congratulations to Tammy Siu Ling Choi – newly Certified Therapist.

It is my great pleasure to announce that Tammy Choi from Hong Kong is now an AEDP Certified Therapist. Following are comments from her two certification reviewers, from Tammy herself and finally from me – her Certification Supervisor:

Martina Verba, LCSW, DSW, joins AEDP Institute Adjunct Faculty.

Dear AEDP Community,

I am delighted to welcome Martina Verba , LCSW, DSW to our AEDP Adjunct Faculty. After careful review of her qualifications, extensive teaching experience, and profound commitment to the AEDP model, we are thrilled to have her join our Institute teaching faculty.

Congratulations Elley Newton, LCSW-R– now an AEDP Certified Therapist!

Dear Beloved Community,

It is with the utmost joy and delight that I and Kate Halliday bring you the announcement that Elley Newton is now an AEDP Certified Therapist!

I have had the good fortune of being Elley’s certification supervisor and can wholeheartedly attest to her excellence as an AEDP Certified Therapist. Elley possesses all the qualities as a person as well as a therapist that you would want in a relationship. Elley brings such a warm, caring presence that is both respectful and grounding. She is highly attuned, regulating and tracks the process so skillfully. Elley’s client’s feel so accompanied by her and she is a wonderful transformance detector who is always on the lookout for those glimmers to cultivate. Elley is also highly self-reflective and open to learning.

Still Feeling the Ripple Effects of the 2025 AEDP Conference ✨

Reflections from the 2025 AEDP Conference
In It Together

As we reflect on the 2025 AEDP Conference, we’re filled with deep gratitude for the richness of our time together. This year’s theme, “In It Together“, came to life through powerful keynote presentations and moving experiential clinical videos. We witnessed the power of community in action and the genuine, heartfelt connections that unfolded across our global network.

Click here to go to the Reflections Page on the website to view pictures

A Call for Collaboration: Exploring Core State and the Role of Implicit Relational Messages in AEDP:

Exploring Core State and the Role of Implicit Relational Messages in AEDP: A Call for Collaboration

I’m excited to share news of my soon-to-be-launched doctoral study exploring a key dimension of AEDP: Core State phenomena, and the role of implicit relational messages (IRMs) in their unfolding.