AEDP francophone (https://aedp-fr.eu/ )

in collaboration with

AEDP Europe (https://www.aedp.eu/?lang=en )

announces

Two days with Kari Gleiser, PhD

of the AEDP Institute (https://www.aedpinstitute.org/):

Introduction to AEDP through the Lens of the Intra-Relational Prism to Treat Trauma and Multiplicity.

Online, May 15 and 16, 2025

This two-day training will be in English with simultaneous translation into French. In Zoom, there will be two separate audio channels: one fully in English, the other one fully in French; each participant can choose the audio channel he wants, and she/he can also go from one audio channel to the other if she/he prefers…

For information in french: https://aedp-fr.eu/formation-dintroduction-a-laedp-mi-mai-2025/

AEDP is an integrative and experiential therapy that is developing constantly. It has great richness and is particularly indicated and effective for attachment trauma, found in many clinical situations (see webinar on this topic). Its effectiveness may be one of the reasons AEDP is rapidly spreading in North and South America, Asia, and Europe.

About this training:

All human minds contain multitudes; in order words, multiplicity is a universal part of human consciousness.  Running the gamut from normal role-based compartmentalization to severe psychic fragmentation resulting from trauma, we all have many parts of the self. 

One can follow a traditional path of learning a complex experiential, transformational attachment therapy model like AEDP first and then applying it to a multi-dimensional system of internal parts, or, one can learn AEDP through the lens of parts work.  That is the aim of this two-day workshop.  Using intra-relational theory and interventions, which work within the frame of multiplicity of the self, we will cover AEDP basics of:

  1. Building secure attachment from the get-go through relational experiential interventions, between many different parts of the self
  2. Guiding patients to internalize new relational dynamics modeled off the AEDP therapeutic stance of affirmation, transformance detection, attunement, care and empathy.
  3. Emotional regulation and processing of dissociated emotion and trauma memories with multiple parts of the self.
  4. Implementing metaprocessing and State 3 & 4 work to promote organic integration of the internal system and consolidate healing.

(one or more small group experiential exercise/exploration will be offered
on some of these AEDP foundations)

We will apply these interventions (which will be shown in different videotaped psychotherapeutic sessions) to normal multiplicity as well as explore them in the context of complex trauma and dissociation. Complex attachment trauma can sever and inhibit the formation of deep and lasting bonds between self and other, self and self, self and emotion. The practice of AEDP, an empirically-supported treatment model, includes key elements to foster the healing of trauma, the integration of dissociated parts and the rekindling of deep, trusting relationships. Such trusting relationships can rekindle neuroplasticity to restructure insecure attachment patterns, promote safe emotional processing and transform trauma into flourishing. We will explore, in depth, elements such as the explicit use of relational interventions to build safety and containment, dyadic regulation of intense traumatic affects of fear, shame, and overwhelm, as well as reconnection to healing emotion via processing of core affect – all in the context of patients with complex trauma histories and dissociative symptoms. We will view these cases through the lens of intra-relational interventions, which place dual emphasis on internal attachment relationships formed through healing affective interchanges between distinct parts of the self, and on the intrinsic healing power of new emotional experiences. Parallel relational processes unfolding simultaneously within the external dyad (i.e. therapist/client) and internal dyads (i.e. client/dissociated ego-states) facilitate and accelerate the internalization of secure attachment dynamics. Strengthening these connections instills safety and containment which, in turn, segue ways into transformative affect work and deep processing of traumatic memories.

The trainer:

Kari Gleiser, PhD, is a senior faculty member of the AEDP Institute.  In her private practice, she specializes in applying AEDP to the treatment of complex trauma and dissociation. For 14 years, Dr. Gleiser was the co-founder/co-director of the Center for Integrative Health in Hanover, NH, a trauma center dedicated to multi-modal healing of mind, body and spirit. Dr. Gleiser co-developed an “intra-relational” model of therapy that imports AEDP’s relational and experiential interventions to patients’ internal systems of dissociated self-states. Dr. Gleiser has written clinical papers and book chapters and presents internationally on complex trauma treatment. She also explores the intersection of psychotherapy and spirituality, as well as the emerging field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. She lives in Tuscany, Italy, where she co-directs, The Island of Knowledge, a center for human flourishing. 

To find out a little more about Kari Gleiser, watch an interview with her on YouTube: https://youtu.be/g7EgsNsxQls?si=yi7l3IJpkkmA1SIn  

Furthermore, you can also find out how Kari Gleiser works during two webinars (clinical video in English with French translation, with a discussion in French) taking place on February 20, and March 20, 2025 by Zoom. For more information, click here.

Dates: Thursday May 15 and Friday May 16, 2025

Schedule: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Paris time)

Location: online

Languages: English with simultaneous translation into French. In Zoom, there will be two separate audio channels: one fully in English, the other one fully in French; each participant can choose the audio channel he wants, and she/he can also go from one audio channel to the other if she/he prefers…

Number of participants: 30 to 60

This training course is aimed at: any mental health professional licensed to practice (in your country), who has an ongoing affiliation with an organization responsible for issuing and supervising mental health diplomas in your country or region (equivalent to being a licensed mental health professional in North America). For France this means that you are: a psychotherapist (certified by an ARS), or a clinical psychologist, or a psychiatrist or a doctor training in clinical psychiatry (see: https://aedp-fr.eu/qui-peut-participer-aux-formations-aedp/).  If you are unsure about your eligibility for this training, please fill out the registration form and send it to [email address of contact person] before proceeding any further with registration.

Fees: 450€ (425chf for participants in Switzerland).
! Early bird price: €380 (360chf for participants in Switzerland) for payments made before April 1, 2025.

To register, please complete the following 3 steps:

  1. Read and complete the registration form that you can download here
  2. Pay the course fee with the following link
  3. Register via Zoom with the following link

Once you have completed these 3 steps, we will send you a registration confirmation email. We reserve the right refuse a registration if it does not meet the required participation conditions (see registration form).

! By registering for this training course, you declare that you have read and accepted the terms of the Agreement (see registration form).
! Cancellation, refund: Should we be obliged to cancel these two days in the event of force majeure, we will refund the registration fee (380€/360chf or 450€/425chf) to each participant.

If you know of colleagues who may be interested in this training and who are eligible to participate, please pass this information on to them. Thank you in advance!

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us here.

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Local organizers: Florian Wschiansky, Hoai-Thu Truong, Catherine Balance, Samia Dayer, Jo Maxwell Scott