This 8-week course introduces clinicians to the core theory and practice of Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), a healing-oriented model grounded in attachment theory, emotion theory, somatic therapies, and interpersonal neuroscience. AEDP aims not only to alleviate suffering, but to activate transformational processes and support flourishing. Participants will learn to apply key interventions — such as undoing aloneness, dyadic regulation, experiential focusing, Transformance detection, and the metaprocessing of transformational affect — within a relational frame. The course emphasizes moment-to-moment somatic tracking, relational parts work, and the co-creation of reparative emotional experiences. Learning modalities include readings, didactic material, clinical video, and experiential exercises, with opportunities to consider how best to adapt and integrate AEDP interventions into your existing practice.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this 8-week course, participants will be able to:

I. Identify the 4 states of the AEDP change process and how they guide healing.

II. Name two ways AEDP therapists build safety and deepen connection in the therapy relationship.

III. Use two techniques to gently work with defenses that block emotion.

IV. Use two strategies to help clients regulate anxiety and stay engaged.

V. Practice three ways to deepen core emotional experience in session.

VI. Understand how portrayals help clients process and integrate.

VII. Describe metaprocessing — reflecting on positive change and shifts to make it stick.

VIII. Recognize AEDP’s “core state” and how it signals transformation.

IX. Adapt AEDP interventions to complement your existing psychodynamic approach.

Continuing Education

This class is approved for 14.0 CE contact hours for psychologists, social workers, and licensed psychoanalysts.

The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education credits for psychologists. The National Institute for the Psychotherapies maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0018.

The National Institute for the Psychotherapies is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #Psyan-0004.

Personalized CE certificates can be downloaded after completing online evaluation. Attendance on all days are mandatory for CE credits.

Refunds, & Cancellation Policy

Cancellation requests made more than a week prior to the event will be given a full refund of registration fees. Refunds will not be granted for cancellation requests made within a week of the first day of the event or for no-shows on any of the days event take place.

Michael Mondoro, LCSW is an Adjunct Faculty Member at the AEDP Institute and a Certified AEDP Therapist and Supervisor. He teaches AEDP to clinicians across North America and Europe, offering clinical training, consultation and mentorship with a focus on trauma, attachment, and dissociation. Michael earned his Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from New York University and maintains a private practice in New York and Connecticut. Specializing in experiential, attachment-based, and trauma-informed care, he draws on advanced training in AEDP, Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, Relational Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. His clinical work centers on healing attachment wounding, treating complex trauma and dissociative disorders, and providing LGBTQIA+ affirmative care.

Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (Live/Online)