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Mosaka Harris, LCSW

Mosaka Harris is a Licensed Social Worker based in Westchester County, New York. She has years of experience working with children and families. She is an AEDP level 2 therapist who fell in love with AEDP when she attended the Healing Relational Trauma seminar in 2018. In her work experience, AEDP has been a game-changer in supporting children in undoing the aloneness from years of complex trauma. She is also a founding member of the AEDP Institute’s Vision Collective working to develop approaches to using AEDP to heal racialized trauma.

Marsha Elliott, LMSW

Marsha Elliott retired recently from the NYC Department of Education where she worked as a social worker and administrator for 30 years. She recently felt drawn back to her “first love” as a therapist and found AEDP as a perfect fit to hone her skills. “I consider it a privilege to work with the AEDP Vision Committee”. 

Marsha was an Experiential Assistant at the workshop, AEDP™ with applications to racialized and other relational developmental trauma, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; 2023. She is also a founding member of the AEDP Institute’s Vision Collective working to develop approaches to using AEDP to heal racialized trauma.

Gerald Brooks, LCSW

Gerald Brooks, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, maintains a solo private practice in Portage, Michigan, and also serves as the Director of Mental Performance and Wellness Services at Western Michigan University, within the university’s newly developed department that integrates therapy, mental performance, and nutrition.

His clinical experience includes working with children, adolescents, college students, and adults in various clinical settings. He is a Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CAADC), Certified Professional Coach (CPC), and a Department of Transportation certified Substance Abuse Professional (SAP). He is working toward certification in AEDP.

He is a founding member of the AEDP Vision Collective working to develop approaches to using AEDP to heal racialized trauma.Gerald has frequently served as a Guest Presenter in Immersion as well as an Experiential Assistant.

Jacqueline Lynch, PhD 

I describe myself as a British Nigerian, heterosexual cis woman with strong Yorkshire pride, a military historian and author husband, two amazing kids and a pet collection. I am also dyslexic, and my children have dyspraxia and are hypermobile, and I am used to navigating an ableist world with children who often feel disabled by others’ view of them. I qualified with a doctorate in clinical psychology in 1994 and have worked almost exclusively with children ever since, being the director and manager of an independent therapy service for children and their families who are or looked after by the local authority, adopted or in kinship placements. However, I have recently developed a passion for AEDP and love the links between this and working with children.

“In all my work and career, I have been driven by the need to hear the silent and give voice to the unheard in our society, and to be able to put a voice to the pain within. I am passionate about equity, and as a woman whose identity is deeply embedded in the beauty of my colour, this is particularly played out in the forum of racial equity and finding a voice of my own that will be heard, and raising up others so that they feel empowered and included.”

Monica Hodges, MBA

Monica Hodges (she/her) has been Lead Administrator of the AEDP Institute since 2016. Her role is to work side by side with Institute Founder and Director Diana Fosha and the Institute’s wonderful administration team to bring the mission of AEDP Institute to life and to help it grow in a way that is ethos-syntonic and culturally and financially sustainable. She brings a wealth of experience in all aspects of business management, and has especially loved helping smaller organizations navigate the challenges of growth.

Monica loves to garden and to sing in her town’s community chorus.

Eden Abraham, Counsellor

Eden Abraham (she/her), MSW is a Level 3 AEDP therapist. She earned her MSW from York University in Toronto, Ontario and is a Professional Counsellor working primarily with Black identified students at Toronto Metropolitan University. 

Eden has witnessed the tremendous liberating impact on the self that AEDP can engender and feels grateful to have found her clinical home in a model that is not merely concerned with appearing to get it right but is committed to the brave/bold/messy/ever-changing work of truly getting it right. She feels profoundly grateful for the endless guidance and generosity of wisdom & expert knowledge that she has received from this community of teachers & healers. She humbly hopes to share the transformance driving gift of AEDP with other emerging Black therapists.

Suad Mohamed, MEd, RCC

Suad Mohamed (she/her), is a Level 3 AEDP therapist, and Registered Clinical Counsellor. Suad holds a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology from Simon Fraser University and has over 15 years of experience working in various community and mental health programs. Suad has a private practice in Vancouver, Canada where she works with individuals, couples, and families.

Suad is also a Certified EFFT therapist (Emotion Focused Family Therapy) and provides caregiver workshops for Eating Disorder Programs in British Columbia, Canada. Suad provides supervision for graduate students, therapists, and group supervision to BIPOC therapists across Canada. 

Suad has experienced the personal and professional transformative power of AEDP and appreciates supporting individuals in their healing using the model. Suad is inspired daily by watching her clients’ growth, flourishing, and thriving. Suad is grateful to be a part of the AEDP community and appreciates the guidance and supervision of faculty members in deepening her knowledge and connection to AEDP.

When not practicing, Suad enjoys spending time with her family, being outdoors, belly laughs with friends, and traveling to new places.

Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD

Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry is the director of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research unit at the University of Western Ontario. She established the Traumatic Stress Service and the Traumatic Stress Service Workplace Program services that specialized in the treatment and research of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and related comorbid disorders. She currently holds the Harris-Woodman Chair in Mind-Body Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests focus on studying the neurobiology of PTSD and treatment outcome research examining various pharmacological and psychotherapeutic methods. She has authored more than 150 published papers and chapters in the field of traumatic stress and is currently funded by several federal funding agencies. She regularly lectures on the topic of PTSD nationally and internationally. She has recently published a book Healing the traumatized self: Consciousness, neuroscience, treatment with Paul Frewen.

Bret Lyon, PhD, SEP

Bret Lyon has been a teacher of Somatic and Emotional Mindfulness for over 30 years and holds doctorates in both Psychology and Drama.

He is certified in Focusing and Somatic Experiencing® and has trained in EFT with Sue Johnson, in AEDP with Diana Fosha and in Coherence Therapy with Bruce Ecker.

Bret has also trained in Reichian Breathwork with Al Bauman, who worked directly with Wilhelm Reich. He finds his theater background very helpful with clients and especially in giving presentations.

Sheila Rubin, MA, LMFT, RDT/BCT

Sheila Rubin, is a leading authority on Healing Shame. She co-created the Healing Shame – Lyon/Rubin method and has delivered talks, presentations and workshops across the country and around the world, at conferences from Canada to Romania, for over 30 years.

Sheila is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Registered Drama Therapist and a Board Certified Trainer. She has developed therapy techniques that integrate AEDP, EFT, drama therapy and somatic therapy to work with the
all-pervasive shame and trauma that underlie eating disorders, addictions and toxic family dynamics. She has served as adjunct faculty for the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) Drama Therapy Program and JFK University’s Somatic Psychology Department. Her expertise, teaching, and writing contributions have been featured in numerous publications, including seven books. 

Sheila offers therapy through her private practice in Berkeley and online and also offers consultation to therapists. 

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