Training
AEDP training utilizes a three-pronged method to engage both left and right brain, as well as mind and heart.
Certification
The journey to AEDP Certification is full of learning and unlearning, of growing and becoming your true therapist self.
Research
Since 2015, AEDP clinicians and researchers led by Diana Fosha have conducted groundbreaking research of the effectiveness of AEDP psychotherapy..
AEDP Psychotherapy
There is no better way to capture the ethos of AEDP than to say this: we try to help our patients and ourselves become stronger at the broken places. By working with trauma, loss, and painful consequences, we discover places that have always been strong, places that were never broken.
—Diana Fosha
PhD, Developer of AEDP Psychotherapy and Director of AEDP Institute
Undoing Aloneness
Our ‘true self’ emerges by fully experiencing and processing our emotions in the presence of a ‘true other’.
— Diana Fosha, PHD
The AEDP Community
AEDP Around the World
Meet AEDP therapists who live nearby – or start a regional group.
Become a Member
Reap the benefits of closer connection with our referral network, clinical discussion listserv, discounts and more!
Committees & Working Groups
Steering Committee, Psychedelics Group, the Vision Collective, Diversity (DBE&I) Committee and more.
Experiential Assisting (EALC)
Join the EALC – Experiential Assistant Learning Community – and take your AEDP skills and service to the next level.
Exploring the Landscape
Research Publications
Breakthrough research has demonstrated the effectiveness of AEDP® psychotherapy which is now officially designated as Evidence Supported.
Transformance Journal
Transformance is devoted to publishing what is cutting-edge in AEDP theory, research and clinical practice.
Clinical Discussion Listserv
Support and promote discussion, communication and learning about the theory and practice of the AEDP model of psychotherapy among Members of the AEDP Institute
News & Spotlights
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Celebrating Our Newly Certified AEDP® Therapists
There is a particular joy in witnessing a clinician grow into the fullness of their craft. AEDP certification marks a deepening capacity to sit with another person in their most vulnerable moments and to help transform suffering into healing through genuine connection. AEDP rests on a simple but profound conviction: that human beings are wired…
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AEDP® Advanced Skills July 2026: Feeling Felt; Expanding Receptive Affective Capacity
On 9 and 11 July 2026, the AEDP Institute will host Feeling Felt: Expanding Receptive Affective Capacity, an Intermediate seminar presented live online by Senior Faculty member Kate Halliday, LCSW. At the heart of the seminar is a simple but powerful premise: expanding and deepening Receptive Affective Capacity, the experience of “feeling felt,” turbo-charges AEDP’s…
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AEDP Institute is now an APA Approved CE Provider
AEDP Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. AEDP Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. AEDP Institute courses — including Immersion, Essential Skills, Advanced Skills, and eligible seminars — will now offer APA CE credits. APA approval reflects our commitment to offering rigorous, clinically grounded…