Amie Karp, LCSW-R

Amie is a Certified AEDP Therapist and Supervisor in New York City. She is the Clinical Director of Crime Victims Treatment Center (CVTC), New York State’s oldest rape crisis program, providing trauma-focused therapy free of charge to survivors of interpersonal violence. Amie specializes in work with survivors of childhood sexual abuse with a particular interest in dissociative processes and ego state integration. One of Amie’s greatest sources of pride is establishing AEDP as CVTC’s central model of practice for its clinical team, allowing survivors who would otherwise be unable to access any support at all to receive the highest caliber of care. In her role, Amie has had the privilege of supervising dozens of clinicians learning AEDP, from graduate student interns to therapists with decades of experience. 

Amie has been a student of AEDP since the earliest moments of her career, participating in the inaugural Essential Skills course in 2010. In addition to her training in AEDP,  Amie is a graduate of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy’s Trauma Studies Center two-year post-master’s program. She has completed certification in the Safe and Sound Protocol, post-graduate training in Affective Neuroscience and the Neurobiology of Attachment and training EMDR. Amie received her Master’s in Social Work from New York University and her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Vassar College. 

Niv Gross

Niv is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Mevasseret-Zion and Srigim, Israel, and a certified AEDP therapist and supervisor. Niv teaches AEDP courses across Israel and leads various supervision and experiential-learning groups alongside private supervision sessions. 

As a member of the Israeli AEDP Steering Committee, he contributes to advancing AEDP practice and community development in Israel. When not in psychotherapy sessions, Niv enjoys spending time with his four children, extended family and friends, as well as cooking, growing succulents, trekking, sports, history, and reading.

Mary Anne Lowell, LCSW

Mary Anne is a certified AEDP psychotherapist and supervisor. After graduating from New York University, she obtained certification as a psychoanalyst and supervising analyst at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in New York City. She was also a certified yoga teacher with a focus on integrating the two disciplines in her psychotherapeutic work. Her first contact with AEDP was at a Friday afternoon presentation by AEDP therapists at Mt. Sinai Hospital. The warmth of the community and their highly-skilled transformative work served as motivation for her to seek further training. (more…)

Matt Fried

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.
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Shari Eliot, LCSW

Shari is a psychotherapist with over 30 years of experience, operating her private practice in New York City. Throughout her extensive career, Shari has specialized in providing individual, couples, and group psychotherapy, as well as clinical supervision offering a safe and nurturing environment for clients and supervisees. Dedicated to advancing her skills and knowledge in the field, Shari is a certified AEDP Therapist and Supervisor. Additionally, she holds certification as a psychoanalyst, enriching her therapeutic approach with a deep understanding of psychodynamic principles.

Shari’s journey with AEDP began in 2015, captivated by the transformative work presented by Diana Fosha at an AEDP Seminar. Instantly recognizing the profound impact of AEDP’s healing and non-pathologizing approach, Shari felt she had discovered her clinical home. Since then, she has been an active member of the AEDP community, assisting Immersion, Essential Skills and Advanced Skills courses. Additionally, In conjunction with AEDP Metro NYC, Shari formed an AEDP peer supervision group that has been meeting since 2018. (more…)

Eileen A Epstein, Phd, LCSW, LCSW-C, LCSW-R

Eileen is an AEDP Certified Therapist and Supervisor. Coming into AEDP with a Certification in Psychoanalysis, she jumped into IMM in 2010.  She is a licensed Clinical Social Worker in Maryland, New York, and New Jersey. She provides AEDP Therapy and Supervision via ZOOM. She conducts AEDP Supervision for individuals and groups. Supervision deepens learning, experience, skill building and camaraderie. Eileen has been a member of the weekly AEDP Research Group since its inception in 2017 under the guidance of Diana Fosha. Partaking in this group is not only skill-building in AEDP treatment, but in supervisory acumen  par excellence as well.
I welcome supervisees at every level of AEDP training. It is my honor and privilege to work with you.

Joanna M. Berrio Kipnis, LCSW

Joanna is a Colombian, multi-racial, licensed clinical social worker, with over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist. Joanna has an online practice, works with supervisees worldwide, leads supervision groups, with a special interest in leading BIPOC supervision groups, and sees clients located in New York and Colorado.  Joanna started her career as an activist in New York, and as a therapist has specialized as a complex trauma therapist working with refugees, immigrants, queer and trans communities, and other victims of crimes. Today she works mainly with people who hold healing spaces for others.

Joanna’s AEDP journey began in NYC over a decade ago; and she has come to respect, to love and to integrate AEDP’s principles in her professional and personal lives as a way of being with others, not just as a model. AEDP’s transformational framework is not just at the heart of her clinical work with clients and with supervisees, it’s also foundational in the anti-oppression work she does. (more…)

Simone Levey, Ph.D

Simone, is a registered Clinical Psychologist and she lives in Toronto, Canada. She is a certified AEDP supervisor and she currently offers group supervision virtually. In addition to her training in AEDP, Dr. Levey has many years of training and experience practicing Relational Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (STDP), and she trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

Dr. Levey received her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University. She brings almost two decades of experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families, working at various levels of the mental health system, including in emergency rooms, psychiatric inpatient and outpatient hospital settings, and in schools. Dr. Levey is the co-founder of RENNI in Toronto, Canada, which is a multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to the treatment and healing of mind and body. (more…)

Bob Yip Mang Sau

Bob Yip Mang Sau is a Certified AEDP Therapist and Supervisor based in Hong Kong. Bob has been a dedicated psychotherapist for over 45 years in the Chinese community with a wealth of experience in helping individuals, couples, and families as well as providing training and supervision to social workers, pastors and other helping professionals. Bob is also a Certified Counselor, an Approved Counseling Supervisor and fellow member recognized by The Hong Kong Professional Counseling Association.

Aside from his private practice, Bob was an Adjunct Professor at various Theological Seminaries in Hong Kong, where he taught courses on Attachment and Spirituality Formation. He also taught counseling courses at various tertiary institutions in Hong Kong, and conducted training programs for different organizations over the years. Bob is passionate about sharing AEDP’s essences via his training workshops. (more…)

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

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