Matt Fried, MA, Ph.D., MFA

Matt is a certified AEDP Therapist and Supervisor who holds a special interest in moment-to-moment tracking, verbal and non-verbal communication, relationship dynamics, and portrayal work. He has led AEDP supervision groups and presented AEDP in various therapy training settings, including the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and the Mid-Hudson Chapter of the NY State Society for Clinical Social Work.

In private practice in Manhattan and Delaware County, NY, Matt works with individuals, groups, and couples while supervising therapists learning AEDP. He endeavors to teach his supervisees patience, self-awareness, self-acceptance, relationship dynamics, working with the body, and the recognition and validation of transformational states. Matt loves supervising therapists and helping them grow.

In addition to being a certified AEDP Therapist, Matt is a PBSP (Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor) supervisor and trainer, serving as a member of the USPBSPA Certification Committee. PBSP, rooted in portrayal work, is an approach he actively incorporates into his practice. While not currently practicing as a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, he utilizes Feldenkrais knowledge in his work. He has presented workshops on PBSP in various locations and is trained in interpersonal psychoanalytic and psychodynamic models, as well as strategic therapy with Milton Erickson. He holds certification in NLP and earned an MFA in Fiction from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2012.

Matt serves on the board of the NY State Psychological Association Trauma Special Interest Group and is a member of the COVID-19 Psychology Task Force, established by 14 divisions of the American Psychological Association. His past experiences include being a Red Cross Mental Health responder on 9/11, volunteering as a communications consultant with the Obama campaign in Ohio in 2012, organizing the Psych and Medical Resources Team for the Women’s March on NYC in 2017 and 2018, and developing curriculum (and teaching it) with AEDP-oriented content in two New York public high schools. His co-authored paper on territoriality in the subway has been reprinted in several environmental psychology textbooks.