In envisioning how to most effectively teach AEDP, Diana Fosha and the Institute’s faculty members agreed that the teaching needed to reflect this fundamentally experiential model. Experiential learning was as important to the learning process as the didactic learning (in which AEDP theory and its underlying theoretical foundations are made explicit), and the clinical learning from the video presentations (through which AEDP clinical work comes alive with video of actual client sessions). And while faculty are responsible for the didactic teaching and the teaching from videos of clinical sessions, the experiential learning could not happen without AEDP Experiential Assistants. The caring and observant gaze of the skilled, experienced AEDP therapist in the role of Experiential Assistant allows each Skills course participant to experience AEDP fully: as therapist, as client, and as witness.
Dozens of generous, talented therapists have been invited by the Institute’s Essential Skills faculty to assist with experiential learning. In addition to giftedness in practicing and guiding AEDP, the Experiential Assistants are an unusually committed, devoted group of AEDP practitioners: they set to the side their practices, clients, and income-generating work in order to facilitate and hold AEDP learning. They give their time, energy, knowledge, and heart to make the AEDP Skills courses into rich learning opportunities. The AEDP Institute is grateful to our Experiential Assistants and we honor and thank them.
And being an Experiential Assistant not only helps participants in our Skills courses with embodying their learning of AEDP, but it further hones the skills of the Assistants themselves; and it deepens their human connections with the AEDP community. So, for all of these reasons, it is important to share just who these critical individuals are.
The Institute would simply not be a the same teaching organization or community without these individuals. We are deeply grateful for their generosity and hold them in the highest personal and professional esteem.
This list represents the Experiential Assistants who have assisted in one or more Skills courses in 2018 and since. We apologize for not having better, more complete histories to reliably share at this time – the list is being expanded. For edits, corrections, questions and comments, please email us at admin@aedpinstitute.org
Key: (D) means that this Experiential Assistant has an active AEDP Therapist Directory listing – click on their name or the D to learn more about them.
ES1 stands for Essential Skills * ES2 stands for Advanced Skills * HESfC stands for Hybrid Essential Skills for Couples
AEDP Skills Courses Experiential Assistants Since 2018:
Kristel Allen ES1 San Francisco 2018
Elizabeth Andersen (D) ES1 New York City 2017-2018
Penelope Andrade (D) ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Mary Androff (D) ES2 New York City 2017-2018
Maria Angelina ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018 * ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018 * ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Amy Attiyeh ES1 San Francisco 2018
Julie Baker Chouteau (D) ES1 San Francisco 2018 * AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018
Sigal Bahat (D) ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018* ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018
Mariana Barstad ES1 Brazil 2018
Tim Beyer (D) ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Emily Bilbao (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020
Annie Bjork AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018
Olga Bloch (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * HESfC Boston 2018
Magdalena Bluhme ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Larissa Blum (D) ES1 San Francisco 2018
Michele Bowers (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018 * ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Monica Bradley (D) ES1 San Francisco 2018
Merle Brenner (D) ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018
Tom Burdenski (D) ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018 *ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019
Steve Carroll (D) HESfC Boston 2018 * AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018 * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019 * HESfC Vancouver 2019
Sue Cates ES1 San Francisco 2018 * AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019 * HESfC Vancouver 2019
Mark Cecil (D) ES1 Boston 2019
Barbara Caust (D) ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019
Brenden Dix (D) ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Ann Marie Dobosz (D) ES1 San Francisco 2018
Debi Dulberg (D) ES1 Boston 2019 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019
Dwight Dugan ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018
Shari Eliot ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019 * ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018
Malin Endredi ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Eileen Epstein (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Goretti Faria (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 (Lead Assistant) * ES1 Los Angeles 2019 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019 * ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018 * ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018
Cathy Fewer ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018
Jasmine Flanigan ES1 San Francisco 2018 * AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018
Tony Frankenberg ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019
Matt Fried (D) ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018
Heidi Frieze (D) ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018
Celeste Froelich (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020
Birgitta Gabel HESfC Boston 2018 * HESfC Vancouver 2019
Lisa Gardner (D) HESfC Boston 2018 * ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018 * AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018 * ES1 Boston 2019 * HESfC Vancouver 2019
Patricia Geller (D) ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Robin Glantz ES1 San Francisco 2018 * AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018 * HESfC Vancouver 2019
Michael Glavin (D) ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018
Carol Goldman (D) ES1 Boston 2019 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Judi Goodman (D) ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018
Elizabeth Greason (D) ES1 San Francisco 2018
Laurie Greenberg ES1 Boston 2019
Heather Gretton ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 London 2018 – 2019 * HESfC Vancouver 2019
Niv Gross ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Kate Halliday (D) ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES1 London 2018 – 2019 * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019
Yuko Hanakawa (D) ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018
Richard Harrison (D) ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Susan Hazlett HESfC Boston 2018 * HESfC Vancouver 2019
Jenn Heatley ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020
Alexis Heitman (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020* ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019* ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018 * ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018
Elly Huber ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019
Robin Huppmann ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Kate Hurley AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018
Lia Jones (D) ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018 * ES1 San Francisco 2018 * ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019 * * ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Greg Jowdy ES1 San Francisco 2018
Reyna Kahan (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019 * ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018
Amie Karp (D) ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018 * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019
Michelle Kehn (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018
Betsy Kelley McCormick (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES1 Boston 2019 * ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018
Sarah Kennedy ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019* ES1 London 2018 – 2019 * ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018
Deborah Kors (D) ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Susan Kroft ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Cheryl Kruse (D) ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018
Eri Kubota ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020
Nalini Kuruppu ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019 * ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018
Kristina Kyser (D) ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019
Elizabeth LaCaze ES1 San Francisco 2018 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Stephanie Lambert ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019
Rebecca Lee (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020
Deborah Lee-Thornby (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019 * ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018
Sara Lesser (D) ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018
Leonora Lorenzo ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018 * ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Mary Anne Lowell (D) ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018
Clarisse Lula (D) ES1 San Francisco 2018
Craig Malkin (D) ES1 Boston 2019
Koreana Mangan (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020
Julianne Maslabey (D) HESfC Boston 2018 * AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018
Angela Massucco (D) ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Janet Mazzioti ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 Boston 2019
Lori Lynn Meader (D) ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018
Annika Medbo ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Gabriela Mendes ES1 Brazil 2018
Cristina Mendonca ES1 Brazil 2018 * ES1 London 2018 – 2019 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019
Karen Minsberg (D) ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018
Alex Momtchiloff (D) AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018
Michael Mondoro (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018
Suki Montgomery Hall (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020
Jazmin Moral (D) HESfC Boston 2018
Dawn Morgan (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020
Marta Moreno ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018
Amanda Morrison ES1 San Francisco 2018
Negar Morshedian ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020
Carline Napolitano (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020
Viveka Nyman ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Jaqueline Orenbuch ES1 Brazil 2018
Maria Palmer (D) HESfC Boston 2018
Yuko Parris (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020
Beth Peritz (D) ES1 Boston 2019
Elizabeth Perkins (D) ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018 * ES1 San Francisco 2018 * ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019
H. Jacquie Perman (Ye) (D) HESfC Boston 2018 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Barbara Pierson (D) ES1 San Francisco 2018
Regina Pontes (D) ES1 Brazil 2018
Josh Pretsky ES1 Los Angeles 2019
Kelly Prothero (D) ES1 San Francisco 2018 * ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019
Sarah Pullman (D) ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018
Miles Pulver ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Idit Ronen-Setter HESfC Boston 2018 * HESfC Vancouver 2019
Carrie Ruggieri (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018
Elysa Safran (D) ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019
Nancy Sagon ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 Boston 2019
Kim Sarasohn ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018
Elizabeth Schoettle ES2 NYC Apr/Sept 2019
Volker Schuetz (D) ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018
Gail Schumann (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * HESfC Vancouver 2019* ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018 * ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018
Ethan Seidman (D) ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018 * ES1 Boston 2019
Libby Shapiro (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018
Judy Silberstein (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 (Lead Assistant) * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019 * ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018
Peter Silin (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat 2019 – 2020 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019 * ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018
Judy Silvan (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019 * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019 * ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018* ES1 San Francisco 2018 * ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018
Jessica Slatus (D) ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018 * ES2 Vancouver/Denver 2018
Teri Smith ES1 San Francisco 2018
Maria Candida Sobral Soares (D) ES1 Brazil 2018
Lisette Soini ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020
Dawn Staniszewski (D) ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018
Kaori Stram (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018
Lisa Strayer ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020
Bob Sugar HESfC Boston 2018 * HESfC Vancouver 2019
Anna Christiana Sundgren (D) ES1 London 2018 – 2019
Hoai-Thu Truong (D) ES1 San Francisco 2018
Scott Van Note ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES1 Denver 2017 – 2018
Martina Verba (D) ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019
David Von Kohorn (D) HESfC Boston 2018 * AEDPfC Intensive 3-Day Course San Francisco 2018 * ES1 Boston 2019
Sara Wicks (D) ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019 * ES1 New York City Aug/Dec 2018
Merry Wingfield (D) ES1 San Francisco 2018
John Wiskind ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018
Jessica Wolk Benson ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES1 San Francisco 2018
Joan Wolkin (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES2 NYC 5Wkend 2019 * ES1 New York City May/Oct 2018
Gail Woods (D) ES1 New York City/Online 3 Wknds 2019 – 2020, ES1 New York City/Online Retreat, 2019 – 2020 * ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES1 New York City 2017 – 2018
Ilene Yasemsky ES2 New York City 2017 – 2018 * ES1 Los Angeles 2019