Archives: Faculty

Charlotte Lee

Charlotte Lee is a Certified AEDP Therapist and Supervisor-in-Training, as well as a Registered Social Worker (RSW) licensed in Ontario, Canada. She holds a Master of Social Sciences in Counselling from the City University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Social Science in Social Work from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Additionally, she has completed training in teaching children with special education needs (SEN), advanced transformative couple therapy, focusing, children focusing, play therapy, NLP, Enneagram, and MBTI.

Her clinical practice encompasses a wide range of therapeutic areas including anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, parenting and family dynamics, interpersonal relationships, life transitions, and personal development. She provides services to clients of all ages and facilitates support groups for caregivers and parents to strengthen emotional well-being.

With over 30 years of professional experience, Charlotte has worked extensively with SEN children, mainstream students, and parents in Hong Kong. Since obtaining her AEDP certification in 2022, she has developed and personally delivered a parenting course that integrates AEDP principles with her broad clinical expertise and life experience. The course focuses on fostering a sense of security, love, and emotional strength, helping families manage emotions, resolve conflicts, and grow with peace. 

To promote AEDP to the community, Charlotte integrates AEDP techniques for cultivating a sense of safety and emotional transformation into all her teachings. She has collaborated with many organizations in both Hong Kong and Canada, including schools, churches, and mental health centers. She also conducts workshops and training sessions on parenting, emotional management, support for parents with SEN children, couple communication, personality frameworks such as MBTI and Enneagram, mindfulness, and relational healing.

Kristina Rassidaki, MA

Kristina is a certified AEDP therapist based in Athens, Greece. She holds a degree in Psychology and began her career as a Person-Centered Therapist in the late 1990s. While studying Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, she discovered AEDP and
embarked on her training in 2017.

In addition to her private practice in Athens, Kristina serves on the faculty of Play Therapy Greece and works as a parenting and teacher advisor and trainer. She is the creator of the 3Step Method, now also taught at university level, which equips parents and educators with effective strategies for managing challenging situations with children of all ages. A prolific author, Kristina has published five books for parents, educators and students with one of Greece’s leading publishers. She is deeply passionate about AEDP, having experienced firsthand its transformative power in ways no other therapy had before. As the first certified AEDP therapist in Greece, she hopes to
introduce this approach to the professional community in Athens. Kristina’s studies and career have taken her across Europe, and she is bilingual in English and Greek, with proficiency in French.

Luiza Neumayer, MA (Psych)

Hello and welcome! I am Luiza and I work with individuals and couples in Central London, UK. My initial psychotherapy training was in Jungian analytical psychology in 2010 back home, in Romania. Due to some unfortunate personal circumstances, I relocated to the UK in December 2017. My personal and professional life completely changed after meeting Diana and attending the Immersion held in London in 2018. I then understood what was missing in my therapy practice – making the implicit explicit, the explicit relational and the relational transformational. I fell in love with AEDP from the “get-go”, getting certified in 2021. Alongside AEDP, I trained in other experiential, somatic and emotionally -focused therapeutic modalities such as: AB-ISTDP, EFIT, IFS, EFT for couples, as well as EMDR and DBR (Deep Brain Reorienting).

My essential mode of supervision is relational, integrative and experiential, inviting supervisees into a safe, creative space where experiential learning can emerge. The supervisory space is a co-created space, encouraging collaboration, dialogue, curiosity and diversity. My aim is to foster each supervisee’s individual and unique ways of thinking and being with their clients, supporting them develop a clear theoretical understanding with practical skills and experiential learning. I value authenticity, vulnerability, openness, not-knowing, curiosity and I feel inspired to live from an approach to growth. I also have a spiritual practice which nurtures my personal and professional life and I feel deeply dedicated to support my supervisees in deepening their theoretical knowledge and embodied felt sense of AEDP.

Avi Klein

Hi there. I’m Avi—a lifelong New Yorker and father of three. I’m an AEDP-certified psychotherapist, supervisor-in-training, and the owner and clinical director of Downtown Somatic Therapy in New York City. I’ve been practicing for over 15 years and was lucky enough to join the AEDP community at an early stage in my career. My personal practice has focused on working with individuals and couples, particularly addressing issues related to masculinity and its impact on men’s relationships to themselves and others. I’m drawn to experiential, emotionally-focused, and somatic approaches, and in addition to AEDP, I have advanced training in Somatic Experiencing, PACT, and EFT, among other modalities.

My supervision style is warm, curious, and collaborative, emphasizing authentic presence and relational safety while gently encouraging supervisees and clients to step slightly outside their comfort zones. I strive to balance helping my supervisees develop a clear theoretical understanding with practical skills and experiential learning.

In addition to my clinical practice, I’ve contributed writings to publications such as The New York Times and Esquire and previously co-hosted “Hey Man – The Advice Podcast for Men.” As a therapist and thinker, I enjoy the challenge of communicating complex ideas in ways the public can understand, and I’m particularly interested in helping therapy-ambivalent individuals feel comfortable enough to try therapy. I deeply value authenticity, vulnerability, and an active, evolving, open-ended approach to growth—qualities I strive to nurture in my supervisees as they deepen their AEDP practice.

Laurie Greenberg

Jessie Chan

Jessie is a certified AEDP Therapist and an AEDP supervisor-in-training. She is also a certified TIFI Focusing Trainer, Certified HKPCA Counsellor, and NCDA Certified Career Service Provider. Jessie expresses deep gratitude and feels honored to be a member of the AEDP community. She developed a strong passion in AEDP and devoted much of her time and efforts to learn and serve in the AEDP Chinese Community.  With 20 years of extensive counseling experience, she specializes in working with adolescents, university students, and parents, offering professional support in both university settings and private practice in Hong Kong.

Jessie holds a Master of Social Science(Counseling) from the University of Hong Kong. Since discovering AEDP and Focusing, she has dedicated herself to helping individuals reconnect with their authentic selves in a safe environment. Her work facilitates healing from trauma and fosters the rebuilding of inner relationships. This transformative process has inspired her to integrate Focusing and AEDP methodologies into her practice.

In recent years, Jessie has focused on equipping therapists, social workers, and counselors with these valuable techniques, with the aim of benefiting both themselves and those they serve.

Abraham Lim

Abraham is a Certified AEDP Therapist, Supervisor-in-Training, Certified EFT Therapist, Certified TCT Trainer, Supervisor, Therapist, and Christian Spiritual Director. With over 20 years of dedicated experience in pastoral work and clinical practice, he provides compassionate care and guidance to individuals, couples, and families through his private practice.

Abraham holds a Master of Divinity from Singapore Bible College and a Master of Social Work in Family Practice from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is deeply committed to fostering holistic growth in those he serves. His dedication extends to supervising Bachelor’s Counseling students and teaching at various seminaries in Hong Kong, where he shares his wisdom and experience with the next generation of counselors.