Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

My professional training includes Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, an evidence based integrated form of therapy that is experiential, somatically based, relational, and healing oriented.

I have trained in an array of psychodynamic approaches, but found my home in Diana Fosha's AEDP (an attachment, emotion-focused, experiential approach that seeks to identify and relinquish defensive obstacles to healing). I regularly completed trainings from 2007-2011, including her immersion course and 2 complete years of the intensive "Core Training Program". I was so invested I was a member of a group of therapists seeking to make Austin a "Third Coast" training hub.

Supervised by AEDP trained therapist in practice of AEDP while training in AEDP toward certification.

I offer ISTDP, a focused, emotion-centered therapy that helps uncover and resolve unconscious emotional blocks. By addressing these barriers, ISTDP fosters deeper self-awareness and emotional regulation. It’s effective for depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues, helping patients break lifelong patterns and connect more fully to their emotions, creating lasting change.

I am a level 2 certified AEDP therapist.

My professional training includes Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, a form of therapy that is experiential, somatically based, relational, and healing oriented.

I am a level 2 AEDP Therapist

Despair, hopelessness, depression, overwhelming anxiety, and the whole array of mental health symptoms that usually bring clients to therapy are often the result of having been left alone with, or even punished for having, emotions. A core objective of AEDP is to create safety & offer togetherness as we navigate painful emotions, memories & unmet attachment needs. Learning to embody our emotions safely allows us to tap into our resilience, innate capacity for growth and flourishing.

So many of our defenses - people pleasing, avoiding, self-judgment, worry, numbness, perfectionism - emerge as a direct result of us being unable to tolerate our core emotions, e.g. sadness, anger, fear, etc. AEDP is a psychotherapy modality through which I support clients in accessing their core emotions so that they can take authentic and empowered action in their lives. If you feel stuck, depressed, or anxious, AEDP supports you in opening up to yourself with courage and self-compassion.

Despair, hopelessness, depression, overwhelming anxiety, and the whole array of mental health symptoms that usually bring clients to therapy are often the result of having been left to cope with unbearable emotions alone. A core objective of AEDP is to create safety & offer togetherness as we navigate painful emotions, memories & unmet attachment needs. Learning to embody our emotions safely allows us to tap into our resilience, innate capacity for growth and flourishing.

AEDP allows clients to undo feelings of aloneness, process emotions fully from the sensations they evoke to the meaning behind them, and develop a felt sense of transformation and connection to one's core self. It is my primary therapeutic modality.

My professional training includes Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, a form of therapy that is experiential, somatically based, relational, and healing oriented.

I've been working with AEDP since the beginning of my training in 2021. I also do monthly consultations with an AEDP expert Ben Medley. I find AEDP especially useful in explorations of queerness, gender, and grief.

If you feel emotionally stuck, or as if you are living "on the surface" of experiences, AEDP is a caring way to helping you to expand and understand your emotional life. We will work on noticing patterns that maintain emotional patterns that don't work for you, and give you space to try new ones. AEDP is a great way to approach working on the adult impact of early life attachment traumas and issues related to family of origin. I am a Level 1 clinician, currently pursuing Level 2.