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What is AEDP?
The fundamental theoretical model of my work is AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy). AEDP is an evidenced-based experiential and somatic based therapeutic modality. It is informed by interpersonal neurobiology and attachment theory research.
Unlike many psychological modalities aiming to fix what is broken, AEDP is conceptualised around the fundamental idea that we are wired to heal and grow like all elements in nature and our symptoms are there to call our attention to something that is out of our view.
Learning to read neurophysiological markers of our experience allows us to create spaces and connections that are informed by what is actually happening moment to moment rather than the stories we learned to tell ourselves. This bottom-up model of change and transformation creates the precise conditions for people to find, in connection, their own healing and flourishing
The image above is a representation of the forces blocking our growth, our 'symptoms' - the cement that we usually try to get rid of. The daisy is our innate movement towards growth, what is true and authentic. The cracks in the cement are our crossroads. These are often painful but also true opportunities for the light to finally enter.
AEDP is a therapeutic model that focuses on facilitating our innate healing drives through creating the conditions for 'light' and 'water' to enter more fully through attunement, co-regulation and safety, facilitating the 'glimmers' of transformation in our experience that more often go unnoticed
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