Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
Authentic and caring relationships can be a vehicle for change.
AEDP (developed by Diana Fosha) is a relational therapy that focuses on creating a space where clients can feel valued, nurtured, and cared for. The therapist is affirming, attuned, engaged, and genuinely sees clients' strengths.
Through this healing relationship, the adaptive defenses that we all wear in daily life are no longer needed and we can safely explore emotions which have previously felt overwhelming or too scary to face.
Often, experiencing feelings in the company of a caring other is a new, positive experience. Through processing previously avoided feelings and material, transformation and growth can occur.
Core Self Reclamation Therapy (CSRT)
Core Self Reclamation Therapy (developed by SueAnne Piliero) is a relationally bold clinical model that heals the patient’s Wounded Self by championing the Core Self so that the Present-Day Self can flourish.
At the heart of suffering is self-rejection, caused by a reaction to traumatic experience/s in which the patient internalizes self-hatred in the form of Core Erroneous Beliefs and Pathogenic Affects (e.g., “I am unlovable, it’s all my fault, I am bad.”)
The CSRT therapist stands in on behalf of the patient’s Core Self, piercing the defenses and the toxic shame states, to guide the patient back home to themselves.