Early attachment shapes how individuals regulate emotions. AEDP therapists use attunement and co-regulation to help clients safely process and manage intense emotions, facilitating emotional balance and healing.

Many individuals who seek AEDP have experienced relational trauma, such as emotional neglect or abandonment. AEDP repairs these wounds by fostering secure attachment in the therapeutic relationship, allowing the client to integrate past trauma and develop healthier relational patterns.

The somatic aspects of AEDP tap into the body’s innate ability to process and heal emotional pain. By paying close attention to the physical manifestations of emotions, AEDP helps clients move through trauma and emotional distress in a deep, embodied way. This body-based approach, combined with AEDP’s focus on attachment and neuroscience, fosters profound healing and transformation, allowing clients to experience lasting emotional and physical relief.

AEDP is an experiential therapy, meaning that it focuses on what is happening in the present moment, both in terms of your emotional experience and your connection with the therapist. Your therapist will gently guide you through emotional experiences, helping you slow down and fully process your feelings. Together, you'll explore past wounds and traumas, but always in a way that feels safe and supportive.

In AEDP, the therapist takes an active and compassionate role, offering encouragement, empathy, and affirmation. The goal is not just to talk about feelings but to experience and process them in a way that promotes deep healing and lasting change.

AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) is emotion-focused because it centers on accessing, experiencing, and transforming core emotional experiences to promote healing. In AEDP, emotions are seen as fundamental to psychological well-being, and the therapy encourages clients to deeply feel and process their emotions in a safe, supportive environment. By helping clients stay present with their emotions—whether painful or positive—the therapist guides them through emotional processing, allowing for release, integration, and the emergence of resilience and positive emotions like relief, joy, and connection. This focus on emotions drives the transformative power of AEDP.

At the heart of AEDP is the belief that emotional healing happens in connection with others. By cultivating a secure, nurturing relationship between therapist and client, AEDP offers a space where vulnerability and openness are encouraged, allowing you to access the healing power of authentic emotional experiences.

AEDP helps to access and experience previously overwhelming emotions in a way that leads to deep transformation. Through gentle exploration of these emotions, AEDP works to process and release painful feelings, replacing them with a sense of calm, strength, and new possibilities for growth.