Karla Amanda Brown, LMFT

In 2016, I found myself dragging along towards the LMFT licensing exam. After steadying myself from the vicarous trauma of the murders of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, I cycled into phases of anger and grief on behalf of Black people around the world. Thankfully, I was able to use these emotions to fuel my professional journey – once I decided to focus my energies on working with Black families. To my dismay, in professional development contexts, I have found myself jumping through emotional and cognitive hoops in order to keep myself emotionally safe and to carry the learnings towards my clients. Many of these clients live with extraordinary amounts of external constraints, are neglected by the powerful in our society and most are of the Global Majority.  

As the CEO of the Silicon Valley based nonprofit, Soul Centric Counseling & Empowerment Center, I am in a position to promote the hiring and advancement of BIPOC mental health professionals. In a manner similar to AEDP’s promotion of “healing from the get-go,” I get to spend my days supporting pre-licensed clinicians with being effective and transformative from the get-go. I feel relieved knowing that I can confidently point my employees towards the AEDP Institute, which is generously making strides to educate Black clinicians, and those of other marginalized identities, while genuinely supporting our work with anyone who sits before us with the desire to transform and grow.”

Karla has been an Experiential Assistant in Immersion.

Jennifer Jackson, LCSW

Jennifer Jackson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in the Bay Area in California. She has over 20 years of experience in psychotherapy, teaching, supervision, and training. She discovered AEDP in 2021 and feels deeply at home within its transformational and healing framework. In her private practice, Jennifer is passionate about supporting adults and young adults, helping them reconnect with their innate capacity for growth and resilience.

Jennifer’s work is grounded in equity and belonging, emphasizing the importance of addressing systemic and structural othering and marginalization. Her extensive training includes Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Trauma-Informed and Focused Treatment, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and relational neuroscience.

In addition to her clinical practice, Jennifer serves as a Faculty Field Liaison at San Jose State University’s School of Social Work, where she facilitates professional development seminars and ensures a cohesive field practicum experience for MSW students. For over a decade, she was on the faculty at UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare, teaching courses in behavioral health, health, and trauma-informed practice within the MSW program.

Jennifer is committed to fostering healing, growth, and equity in all aspects of her work.

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. Mosaka is honored to be a part of the Vision Collective.

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.