Gerald Brooks is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with licensure in Florida, Tennessee, Nevada, Virginia, and Michigan. Gerald began his career in the mental health field at 20, working with adults with persistent mental health concerns as a direct care staff member. After completing his master’s degree in social work, he became the Clinical Director at the same mental health facility. Gerald also holds master’s degrees in counseling psychology, spirituality, culture, and health, and sport management. He is finishing a master’s degree in religion and pursuing a doctorate in sports and performance psychology. His credentials include a Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CAADC), Certified Professional Coach (CPC), Department of Transportation Certified Substance Abuse Professional (SAP), and a certificate in sports social work.
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Emily Bilbao, LCSW
Emily is a Certified AEDP Therapist and is in the process of becoming a Certified AEDP Supervisor. She received her Master’s degree from Smith College School for Social Work in 2004 and has been practicing as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since.
Much of her work is focused on Queer and non-binary Individuals and couples. She is also a certified Psilocybin Facilitator in Oregon and is a Co-Founder of the Institutes AEDP & Psychedelics Committee. She teaches seminars for the AEDP Institute and has presented her work at Immersion. She is a research therapist with AEDP’s 16 Session Research Project. She a member of the Portland AEDP Steering Committee and coordinates in person training opportunities and events locally.
(Read More…)Kosu Boudreau, RP, MSW, RSW
Kosu Boudreau, RP, MSW, RSW, is mixed-race, black-identified psychotherapist/ social worker from Toronto, Canada with over 18 years’ experience working with trauma, addictions and end-of-life care. Kosu currently is in private practice with a focus on trauma treatment using psychedelic assisted psychotherapy. She uses an integrated, somatically-grounded, experiential approach, which includes: AEDP™, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP).
All of these therapies emphasize integration of mind/body/spirit and give primacy to the importance of relationship. Kosu is also an experienced group facilitator, yoga teacher and long-time meditation practitioner.
Judy Silvan, LICSW, LCSW
Judy Silvan LICSW, LCSW, she/her is an early AEDP enthusiast and a licensed U.S. psychotherapist in Massachusetts and California. Judy is Certified as an AEDP Supervisor & Therapist, as well as in Bioenergetic Analysis and Mindfulness in Psychotherapy. She’s been an Experiential Assistant in AEDP courses since 2010, and has treated over ten patients as part of the AEDP Research Project. Most of her research patients have presented with symptoms from serious complexities in their histories, many including sexual traumas. Her passion for practicing, supervising and teaching AEDP runs deep: She recently taught a five week AEDP seminar series to Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Interns, and another workshop to members of AEDP Africa Regional Community in South Africa.
She has presented on the topic of AEDP and the treatment of sexual trauma in complex PTSD in several of Diana Fosha’s Immersion courses and seminars. Judy continues her own clinical training in the area of Psychedelics to enhance emotional healing with AEDP, and in a Certification Program for Executive Coaching.
Emerging ways of un-doing oppression in racism, gender, family composition, neurodiversity and other under-celebrated human contingencies build Judy’s activist value base. Reach out to connect with Judy through her website: judysilvanpsychotherapy.com
Kelly Prothero, LCSW
Kelly Prothero, LCSW, is a psychotherapist with a private practice in Portland, Oregon. After earning her graduate degree from Smith College School for Social Work, Kelly worked in community mental health settings in New York City.
After moving to the West Coast in 2011, Kelly was introduced to AEDP and became quickly drawn to the healing potential of the AEDP model. Kelly went on to become a Certified AEDP Therapist and Supervisor under the mentorship and supervision of SueAnne Piliero, Jenna Osiason, Karen Pando-Mars and Jerry Lamagna.
Kelly has assisted in numerous Essential Skills and Core Training courses throughout the country. She has been instrumental in forming and developing Portland AEDP, a group committed to the development and growth of AEDP in Portland and surrounding areas. In addition to her clinical practice, Kelly brings over 20 years of yoga experience to her work. She is a certified yoga teacher and studied Yoga Nidra meditation extensively with psychologist, Dr. Richard Miller. It was her background in yoga that opened Kelly to the experiential and transformational healing aspects of AEDP.
Kelly brings warmth, humor and authenticity to her work as both an AEDP Therapist and Supervisor. Her clinical interests include treating trauma and dissociation and using “intra-relational” and bold relational clinical methods to facilitate transformational
Shari Geller, PhD, C.Psych
Shari Geller, PhD, C.Psych, is an author, clinical psychologist, certified Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher and leader in the field of therapeutic presence.
Shari offers training modules in therapeutic presence internationally as part of a longer-term vision of having presence be a foundational training across psychotherapy approaches. With over thirty years’ experience weaving psychology and mindfulness, Shari co-authored the book, Therapeutic Presence: A Mindful Approach to Effective Therapeutic Relationships – 2nd Edition (2022) with Dr. Leslie S. Greenberg. Shari’s book: A Practical Guide For Cultivating Therapeutic Presence (2017), offers hands on tools and guidance for cultivating and strengthening presence in therapy. Shari created the Therapeutic Rhythm and Mindfulness Program (TRM™), a group modality integrating mindfulness, rhythm practices and emotion-focused awareness to enhance wellbeing and presence. (Read More…)
Nicky Cameron, LCSW
Nicky Cameron, LCSW
Nicky Cameron, LCSW, is a native of Jamaica. Driven by her unyielding determination to reduce suicide rates, normalize mental health hygiene, and mental health illness among youth, she founded Ideal Case Management Services, and Emergent Counseling & Consulting. Nicky is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has accumulated over two decade’s worth of experience serving in various capacities within the field of Behavioral Health.
Nicky is a Youth Mentor, and has been recognized in her community for mobilizing large youth groups to perform community service projects. She is a Behavioral Health Case Management Supervisor, a Motivational Speaker, and a Qualified Clinical Supervisor and Mentors other mental health clinicians.
Nicky embraces a spiritual path to healing, and believes in the body’s organic intelligence. She is trained in integrative body-based therapies such as: AEDP™, Somatic Experiencing, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Brain-spotting, EMDR, and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT Tapping).
Hilary Jacobs Hendel, LCSW
Hilary Jacobs Hendel, LCSW, is author of the international award-winning book, It’s Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self (Random House). She received her B.A. in biochemistry from Wesleyan University and a DDS from Columbia University. The education at Columbia included neuroscience, which was so relevant in understanding why AEDP is effective.
Hilary received an MSW from Fordham University. She is a certified psychoanalyst and AEDP psychotherapist and supervisor. Hilary has published articles in The New York Times, TIME, NBC Think, and Oprah, and her blog is read worldwide.
Hilary has been involved in the AEDP community since 2004. She first heard Diana Fosha present at a conference on Affect Regulation in 2003. Other major influences were AEDP Faculty members Benjamin Lipton, LCSW, Eileen Russell, PhD, and Natasha Prenn, LCSW with whom she attended the 2004 AEDP Immersion Course. (Read More…)
James Santos, MDiv, MA, MFT
James Santos, MFT is a corporate chaplain and minister providing pastoral counseling to individuals and organizations. He is also a AEDP Level III and member of the AEDP Diversity, Belonging, Equity and Inclusion (DBEI) Committee and consultant for the Racialized Trauma and Spirituality in AEDP Exploratory Group. James has worked in many multicultural settings in downtown Louisville, KY and led trips internationally where he provided pastoral care, consultation, and education, helping groups navigate new cultural and spiritual experiences.
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