For the past five years, the AEDP Institute’s Director of Research, Shigeru Iwakabe, PhD, has served as president of the world’s most prominent psychotherapy research organization: the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR).

Shigeru capped off his tenure by hosting SPR’s 57th annual international conference in Osaka, Japan, where he and his team of graduate students welcomed over 730 researchers from 48 countries. They came together to share leading-edge psychotherapy process research findings, discuss new ideas and challenges in the field, and network and enjoy each other!

Because Shigeru and his team at Ritsumeikan University are deeply involved and invested in the ongoing AEDP psychotherapy research project, there was a lot of excitement about AEDP at the conference. Below are the titles of the panel, presentations, and posters presented by Shigeru and his team.

Panel

Positive Experiences and Transformational Processes in Psychotherapy: Measuring In-Session Pathways of Change in AEDP
Wakako Yamazaki, iEFT Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Presentations

The Role of Positive Emotions in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
Niv Gross, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; Eran Bar-Kalifa, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel; and Ben Shahar, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Development of a Coding System of Affirmation in Psychotherapy
Ayumi Noda, Taisho University, Tokyo, Japan; Shigeru Iwakabe, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan; Marina DiCorcia, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan; Akira Matsumoto, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan; Fumika Nishikawa, Ritsumeikan University, Japan; Cheng Liu, Ritsumeikan University; Chen Liang, Ritsumeikan University; Junzhe Zhang, Ritsumeikan University, Japan; Toki Ozaki, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan; and Kenshin Shigemura, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

Flourishing Experiences in AEDP: Client Flourishing Experiences and Subsequent Improvement in a Lagged Model
Wakako Yamazaki, iEFT Japan, Tokyo, Japan; Marina DiCorcia, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan; Kaori Nakamura, Bunkyo Gakuin University; Shigeru Iwakabe, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan; Diana Fosha, AEDP Institute; Andrew Joseph, AEDP Institute; Richard Harrison, AEDP Institute; and Lauren Lepow, Parsons Research Center for Psychedelic Healing at Mount Sinai

Poster Presentations

Effective Moment-to-Moment Interventions for Working with Complex PTSD: Findings from a Multiple-Case Comparison in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
Akira Matsumoto, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan; Marina DiCorcia, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan; Richard Harrison, AEDP Institute; Cheng Liu, Ritsumeikan University; Chen Liang, Ritsumeikan University; Andrew Joseph, AEDP Institute; Diana Fosha, AEDP Institute; and Shigeru Iwakabe, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan

Examining Therapeutic Change: Emotional and Relational Processes in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP): A Multilevel Analysis
Junzhe Zhang, Ritsumeikan University, Japan; and Shigeru Iwakabe, Ritsumeikan University

Congratulations to Shigeru Iwakabe, Wakako Yamazaki, Ayumi Noda, Akira Matsumoto, Niv Gross, and Marina DiCorcia on this incredible achievement, and thank you for continuing to be the academic backbone of AEDP psychotherapy research!

Learn more about the Society for Psychotherapy Research at psychotherapyresearch.org.

Dear Community,

It is with great pleasure that I share wonderful news: Michael Mondoro LCSW will be joining the AEDP Institute Adjunct Faculty. We are delighted to welcome the depth of experience, dedication, and vision that Michael brings to the AEDP community.

Michael’s journey with AEDP began in 2012 and has clearly been one of deep commitment and continuous growth. His teaching evaluation scores speak to his exceptional ability to engage and inspire learners. Michael’s specialization in complex trauma and trauma-related dissociation brings highly valuable clinical depth that will benefit participants. This also addresses a need in our course offerings that we have become increasingly aware of. Alongside his deep immersion in AEDP, Michael brings a wealth of experience from complementary clinical models, enriching his teaching with a broad and integrative perspective. His self-described “intuitive, down-to-earth style,” combined with warmth, humor, and attunement to diverse learning needs, is a gift that aligns perfectly with AEDP’s ethos of undoing aloneness in the learning environment.

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