Undoing Aloneness and the Transformation of Suffering Into Flourishing: AEDP 2.0

by Diana Fosha (editor)

This book updates clinical guidance and theory for Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), an approach that gives patients corrective emotional and relational experiences that mobilize changes in the brain.

Practitioners of AEDP understand psychopathology as a byproduct of internal working models, borne out of insecure attachment experiences, that now thwart adaptive functioning in adulthood. The goal of AEDP is to be therapeutically present with patients and their pain and to guide them to have a new experience--a good experience--thus rewiring memory and capacity to reflect. Updates to the AEDP approach (moving it into its second iteration, or "2.0") leverage emerging findings from the field of affective neuroscience to enhance individuals' healing and transformation.

The authors demonstrate the power of relational work by sharing excerpts and analysis of clinical session transcripts. In each chapter, they engage different aspects of the AEDP model to show how emotional suffering can be transformed into adaptive connection, even for individuals with histories of neglect, abuse, and complex trauma.

Genres: Psychology

414 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 17, 2021

Reviews

[Michael Sasson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Compassionate thinking is really a thing of beauty: the book is in turns full of humility and bold claims. I especially appreciated chapters 4 and 10.

This will continue to guide my work although I wish clarity and simplicity of language was valued over an apparent desire to be respectable in research communities. The text was often dense and I'm not sure that was always necessary.

[Rinie Altena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Verhelderend; alleen teveel herhalingen...

[Pablo Reina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good book that could have been excellent but sometimes excessive use of academic language made the experience less clear and enjoyable.