Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
Local experts in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
Simone Nagle (she / her)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LCSW #L11084
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) is a healing-oriented, attachment-based approach that focuses on creating a safe, supportive therapeutic relationship where emotional experiences can be explored and transformed. I have trained in AEDP and draw from its emphasis on processing core emotions in the present moment to support deep emotional healing, resilience, and lasting positive change.
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Aletha Eastwood (she/her)
Licensed Professional Counselor
MA, Certified Hakomi Therapist, Level 2 AEDP therapist
AEDP recognizes that relational traumas occur when we are isolated in our experience in the face of overwhelming emotions. We become contracted around this traumatic experience, unable to move forward. Healing occurs in undoing the aloneness, giving space to gently re-orient the contraction toward our natural curiosity and creativity. In working together, we can rebuild your capacity to be with your emotions, out of survival mode, and into your natural state of flourishing.
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Teresa Zahariades, LCSW (she/her)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
"Become stronger at the broken places" is the tagline for AEDP and it is the core of my approach to therapy. Very much rooted in neurobiology, presence-focused therapies, AEDP is designed to work on attachment and trauma issues from a deep, resonant place.
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Courtney Watson (She/Her)
Licensed Professional Counselor
MA, LPC (OR) , LPCC (CA), LMHC (WA), Supervisor
Some emotions ask to be witnessed before they can soften. In AEDP, we stay close to what’s real - with care, slowness, and connection - so what once felt unbearable becomes something you can hold with more ease.
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Lillie Elkins (She/Her)
Student Counselor
MA Candidate Professional Mental Health Pre-licensed Counselor
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Meredith Noble (she/her)
Professional Counselor Associate
MA, Certified Body Trust® Provider
AEDP is my primary approach to therapy. AEDP practitioners believe that trauma happens when a person has to face overwhelming emotions without adequate support. We believe that helping people “undo their aloneness” in supportive, gentle ways can facilitate healing and transformation. AEDP is relational and attachment-focused (uses the relationship of the client and counselor heavily), experiential (makes use of present moment experiences in the counseling), and somatic (uses the body).
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Catherine Cooney (she/her)
Licensed Professional Counselor
MS, LPC, CSAT
A blend of interpersonal neurobiology, attachment theory, emotion theory, affective neuroscience and body-focused approaches, AEDP seeks to create transformational experiences through the in-depth processing of difficult emotional and relational experiences within the safe therapeutic relationship.
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Deesha Narichania
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LCSW
Level 2 trained, and practiced AEDP for 4 years in a trauma-focused clinic setting prior to in my private practice.
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Jona Behrer (she/her)
Licensed Professional Counselor
Together we create a safe and secure therapeutic relationship. My presence in therapy is warm, attuned, & empathic. I help clients break out of patterns of anxiety and defense. Using moment to moment awareness, I support clients as they deepen into & process their feelings. I help clients regulate during emotional release; and to reduce feelings of overwhelm & aloneness. Following this process, I help clients to make sense of their feelings & note insights of change and healing.
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