Liberating the Core Self from Systems of Power Privilege and Oppression with AEDP

Presented by Ben Medley LCSW

Unfortunately, this seminar had to be cancelled.

Help clients reclaim full access to their affective experience and reclaim their core selves,
moving from experiences of suffering and distress to one of internal liberation.

Description

It is well-documented that people belonging to oppressed social groups experience more negative life events and experience higher levels of stress and mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety, and symptoms of PTSD. These occur not only as a result of discrimination and prejudice expressed institutionally and inter-relationally, but also from a lack of a secure connection to others and to the culture at large.

In this new seminar designed to be compelling and interactive for both in-person and online participants, we will delve into the impact that systems of power, privilege, and oppression can have on a client’s identity development and on their emotional experience, relational experience, and sense of self. Together, we will explore specific interventions and experiential methods for helping clients reclaim the Core Self and expand their felt sense of internal liberation.

Learning Objectives and Schedule

Who Should Attend

Licensed Mental Health Providers practicing legally in your state, province, or country, including Counselors, Psychoanalysts, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, other Behavioral Health Therapists and related professionals.

Level: This seminar content will benefit clinicians with some familiarity with AEDP. Participants with no prior experience with AEDP will be introduced to this unique model that goes beyond working with repairing what went wrong, and privileges working with positivity and emergence. If you would like to familiarize yourself, please consider reading the first chapter in AEDP 2.0.

Meet the Presenter

Presenter: Ben Medley, LCSW

Ben Medley, LCSW (he/him/his) is an AEDP senior faculty member and has taught AEDP internationally with the AEDP Institute, the National Institute of Psychotherapy, the Cape Cod Institute, NASW and in mental health organizations and clinical practices. He has a private practice in New York City and specializes in working with the LGBTQ+ community. Ben earned his degree in Clinical Social Work with the NYU Silver School of Social Work. Before private practice, Ben worked in Greenwich House’s HIV mental health program and the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services’ LGBTQ+ mental health treatment unit. His paper “Recovering the True Self: Affirmative Therapy, Attachment and AEDP in Psychotherapy with Gay Men” is published with the SEPI Journal: the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration and he has written a chapter on using portrayals to process core affective experience for the most recent AEDP book Undoing Aloneness and the Transformation of Suffering Into Flourishing: AEDP 2.0, Washington D.C.: APA. He has also presented with AEDP faculty member Kate Halliday the “5 Star” seminar Liberating the Core Self from the Confines of Heterosexist Oppression with AEDP and with AEDP faculty member Ben Lipton Undoing Shame and Healing Attachment Trauma with straight and gay men (also available on demand). His newest work, a book chapter on AEDP, will be published in Experiential Therapies for the Treatment of Trauma with Routledge Publishing Company.

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Date, Time, Location

Unfortunately, this seminar had to be cancelled.

Date: Saturday June 22, 2024

Time: Time 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

Location: Two Options: Live Online and In-Person

In- Person Location: FPWA 
40 Broad St, New York, NY 10004

Requirements to Participate Effectively Online: You will need a private space with a reliable Internet connection for a desktop/laptop computer that has video and microphone. Click here for AEDP’s Live, Online Learning: Requirements & FAQ’s.

Registration, Fees and Scholarships: 

Option A – Registration for Live Online

Early Bird through May 10th

$197 USD Member Pricing (must be logged in to register)
$215 USD Non Member Pricing

After May 10th

$219 USD Member Pricing (must be logged in to register)
$239 USD Non Member Pricing

Option B – Registration for In-Person

Early Bird through May 10th

$239 USD Member Pricing (must be logged in to register)
$252 USD Non Member Pricing

After May 10th

$259 USD Member Pricing  
$280 USD Non Member Pricing

Scholarships:

Scholarships are available. To learn more and apply, please go here.

Praise for The Triangle of Social Experience

I appreciated the work he has done on oppression and AEDP. As a bipoc person this resonated with me deeply and am grateful to have this framework to understand myself and clients. His video work was very moving and inspiring!
—Meena Ramaswamy, RPsychologist

I really appreciated your excellent, thoughtful presentation and will be sure to follow you.
—Elizabeth Yeonas, Resident Counselor

Ben was excellent and his work was very helpful to watch. There was just enough contrast in his video for the opportunity to see how a therapist has individualized it.
—K. Fitzgerald LCSW

I have a deep appreciation & reverence from your development of the model as applied to groups. I am excited to learn more and see more video examples of AEDP work with other facets of oppression & diverse populations.
—PsyD, Hawai’i

Ben made the topic easier to be with by his presence and the way he kindly organized the presentation. His care was really felt throughout.
—Ria Anastasia Nieboer LMSW CAADC

Enjoyed Ben’s warm inclusive style of presenting and answering questions. I also came away struck by his sharing with his videotaped client how each new meeting with a stranger is potentially a new coming out.
—Jacqueline Brady, LPC

Great piece on the three types of oppression and emphasizing the intra-relational embodiment of systemic oppression. That was powerful.
—Ishan Sharma, MD

This triangle is a necessary addition to the AEDP framework in my opinion and I’m so grateful for Ben (and other’s) work on making it a reality and for teaching us about it.
—Anonymous

Read more here.

ADA

Disability Access: If you require ADA accommodations please contact Marilia Rodriguez, admin@aedpinstitute.org or call 813-553-1294 thirty days or more before the event so we can be sure to accommodate you.. 

Questions

Course and all customer service related questions:
Please contact Customer Service Administrator
Marilia Rodriguez
admin@aedpinstitute.org
813-553-1294