AEDP® Immersion Overview

Immersion is the first step in your AEDP journey, offering a deep dive into the theory, practice, and spirit of AEDP. This transformative, multi-day experience is designed for therapists at all stages of their professional careers and serves as the foundation for AEDP training.

Through a combination of engaging lectures, clinical video presentations, and experiential exercises, Immersion provides a rich learning environment where you’ll explore AEDP’s healing-oriented approach and core principles. Whether you’re new to the model or looking to deepen your understanding, this course lays the groundwork for integrating AEDP into your clinical practice, setting the stage for further training and skill development.

What to Expect

The Immersion course provides a comprehensive dive into AEDP psychotherapy’s transformative theory and practice. By the end of the course, participants gain both a solid understanding of AEDP theory and practical, hands-on skills they can immediately apply in their work with clients. This professional training equips therapists to use beginner-level AEDP techniques across a range of clinical populations and supports the integration of AEDP into multi-modal practices, particularly those incorporating experiential, body-focused, trauma-informed, relational, and psychodynamic approaches.

Hallmarks of Training

Faculty, experiential assistants and clinical video. These are the hallmarks of AEDP training. In AEDP, we pride ourselves in how thoroughly and deeply we seek to both undo professional aloneness and engage in rigorous clinical teaching. Our faculty are excellent as academics, clinicians and teachers.

Daily Routine

The AEDP Immersion course typically follows a structured routine designed to integrate both didactic learning and experiential practice. The day often begins with lectures on AEDP psychotherapy’s theoretical foundations, followed by clinical video demonstrations where participants observe real therapy sessions. These videos are key to understanding how AEDP is applied in practice. The course also includes one afternoon of small group experiential exercises where participants get hands-on practice with the guidance of experienced assistants. Throughout the course, there are opportunities for Q&A to clarify concepts and deepen understanding. This blend of lecture, demonstration, and experiential learning helps participants absorb the material more fully and gain the confidence to apply AEDP in their own clinical work.

Prerequisites

Immersion is open to all licensed mental health practitioners – see course pages for more details. This course is a prerequisite for the Essential Skills training. While it counts toward certification, you don’t need to be pursuing certification to attend.

What participants have to say about Immersion

Honestly, this workshop will also help my interpersonal relationships in life overall.
—Anonymous

I have never felt such a deep sense of belonging online with 80+ people. —J.L (MN RN)

This training reminded me why I changed careers and joined this profession in the first place. 

The biggest need that was met was that my body felt safe enough to learn. —TW

I love this approach. I’m grateful to everybody who has contributed to the development of it. It carries a promise to be an antidote to the collective suffering going on in the world at present times.
—Suvarna Joshi, Clinical Psychologist, PHD

I am trained in a variety of trauma models like ART, BSP, EMDR, IFS. AEDP is the first model where the therapist and the client truly work side by side and they are equally involved in the healing process. It blows my mind how the client receives so much appreciation, positive feedback, praise and love in the session. The AEDP therapist is the caregiver some of us never had and the experiences lived as a client as so profoundly transformative. I am in awe of this model. — Ioana Avery LMFT

That was the best training I have ever experienced! I will be exploring the next steps in my AEDP training very soon. Thank you again, what an amazing Institute and team of people you all are!
Lisa Corey, LMFT

As I heard Diana Fosha eloquently lay out the theoretical basis of AEDP seamlessly integrating the clinical and research literature on attachment with affective neuroscience, and then witnessed its immediate positive impact on the many clients we saw on videotape, and then had the opportunity to safely practice some of the new learning with fellow [Immersion] participants, I still vividly recall the feeling of “coming home” and the recognition that AEDP would henceforth ground my clinical work, my teaching, and my personal exploration.
-Steve Kanofsky, PhD Professor Emeritus, The Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA

I was amazed at the difference I saw within myself and in my own sessions with clients right away when applying the skills that Jerry taught
Jerry struck a great balance between eliciting participants’ existing strengths, knowledge base, and felt sense and sharing the theory and practice of AEDP in a clear and operable way

Upcoming Immersion Courses

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December 2025


Immersion December 2025
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Diana Fosha, PhD
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Thursday thru Monday | December 4 – 8, 2025
Time: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST

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January 2026


Immersion January 2026
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Diana Fosha, PhD
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Thursday January 22 – Monday January 26, 2026 
Time: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST

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March 2026

Immersion March 2026
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Jerry Lamagna, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Wednesday March 4 – Monday March 9, 2026 SKIP Saturday
Time: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST

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April 2026

Immersion April 2026
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Jerry Lamagna, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Wednesday April 29 – Monday May 4 | SKIP SAT Saturday
Time: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST 

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September 2026

Immersion 10-Session Series September 2026
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Ben Medley, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: 10 Thursdays September 10, 17, 24, October  8, 15, 22, 29. November 5, 12, 19, 2026
Time: 111:00 AM – 2:30 PM EST 

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September 2025

Immersion Course
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by:  Jerry Lamagna, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: 4 half days across 2 consecutive weeks
Session 1: September 5 – 8, 2025
Session 2: September 12 – 15, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM EST

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July 2025

Immersion Course
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Diana Fosha, PhD
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Thursday thru Monday | July 17 – 21, 2025
Time: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST

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April, 2025

Immersion Course
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Jerry Lamagna, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Wednesday April 30 – Monday May 5
Schedule: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM| Skip Saturday | Monday 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM

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March, 2025

Immersion Course
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Jerry Lamagna, LCSW
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Thursday, March 6 – Monday, March 10
Schedule: Thursday – Sunday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST
Monday: 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM EST

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January, 2025

Immersion Course
Training Level: Foundational
Presented by: Diana Fosha, PhD
Delivery Format: Live-Online
Dates: Wednesday, January 22 – Monday, January 27 (No class on Saturday)
Schedule: Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST | Friday: 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM EST

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November 2023- Jerry Lamagna, LCSW | Nicky Cameron, LCSW, Peter Muhwati, CSW, James Santos, Jacquie Ye-Perman, Ph.D.
Thursday – Monday | November 30 – December 4, 2023 | 10:30 am – 7:00 pm EST

September 2023- Jerry Lamagna, LCSW no guest presenters listed
Thursday – Monday| September 7 – 11, 2023 | 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM Eastern Time USA

July 2023 – Diana Fosha, PhD and Guest Presenters
Thursday – Monday | July 27 – 31, 2023 | Days 1 – 4: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM | Day 5: 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM

May 2023- Jerry Lamagna, LCSW and Guest Presenters Nicky Cameron, LCSW, H. Jacquie Ye-Perman, PhD
Week One: Tuesday – Friday May 9 – 12 | Week Two: Friday – Monday May 19 – 22

March 2023 -Diana Fosha, PhD and Guest Presenters
Thursday – Monday | March 9-13, 2023 | Days 1 – 4: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM | Day 5: 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM

January 2023- Diana Fosha, PhD and Guest Presenters
Thursday  – Monday  | January 26 – 30, 2023 | Days 1-4 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM| Day 5 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM

May, 2024- Presented by: Jerry Lamagna, LCSW
May 8 – 11, 2024 (Wednesday – Saturday) and May 17 -20, 2024 (Friday – Monday)  | 11:00 am – 3:30 pm Eastern Time USA

August, 2024- Presented by: AEDP Founder and Director, Diana Fosha,
Thursday – Monday | August 8 – 12, 2024 | Days 1 – 4: 10:30 AM – 7:00 PM EST + Day 5: 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM Eastern Time USA

September 2024- Presented by: Jerry Lamagna Thursday – Monday | September 5 – 9, 2024 | Mon 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM  Eastern Time USA

December 2024- Presented by: Jerry Lamagna, LCSW Thursday, December 5 – Monday, December 9, 2024 Thursday – Sunday 10:30am – 7:00pm EST