Course Description

Developmental attachment trauma can sever and/or inhibit the formation of deep and lasting bonds between self and other, self and self, self and emotion. The practice of Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy includes key elements to foster the healing of trauma, the integration of dissociative parts and the rekindling of deep, trusting relationships with self and other. In this three hour workshop, we will explore elements such as the explicit use of relational interventions to build safety and containment, dyadic regulation of intense traumatic affects of fear, shame, and overwhelm, as well as reconnection to healing emotion via processing of core affect – all in the context of patients with severe trauma histories and dissociative disorders. 

3 Contact hours available! (See CE info below)

This course will allow you to:

  • Apply AEDP key elements to foster the healing of trauma, and the integration of dissociative parts

  • Demonstrate competency in working with the intra-relational triangle to craft relational clinical interventions

  • Demonstrate explicit use of relational interventions with different parts of the self of the patient

  • List three intra-relational interventions for building secure internal attachment

Meet Your Instructor


Kari Gleiser, PhD, completed her doctoral work at Boston University and her internship through Dartmouth Medical School with a focus on treating trauma. In her practice, she specializes in applying AEDP to the treatment of complex trauma and dissociation. Dr. Gleiser is the co-founder/co-director of the Center for Integrative Health in Hanover, NH, a trauma center dedicated to multi-modal healing of mind, body and spirit. Dr. Gleiser has co-developed an “intra-relational” model of therapy that imports AEDP’s relational and experiential interventions to patients’ internal systems of dissociated self-states. Dr. Gleiser has written several clinical papers and book chapters and has presented at international conferences. She also explores the intersection of psychotherapy and spirituality, as well as the emerging field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

Past Participant Testimonials

"I found this training to be extremely helpful. It was an informative introduction to AEDP and its use with clients with trauma histories, and I am so grateful for the presenter's use of a clip. This provided a very clear model for me of what AEDP looks like in the therapy room, and I have already been able to integrate aspects of it in my client work. I felt that I gained both applicable knowledge and a deeper curiosity to seek further training in AEDP."

Gabrielle G.

Continuing Education: 3 Contact Hours Earned

Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course curriculum, the certificate of completion you receive afterward and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

Embodied Mind Mental Health Counseling, PLLC 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 mental health counselors. #MHC-0186.

Embodied Mind Mental Health Counseling, PLLC 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-0645.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Course Description

    • Meet Your Instructor

    • Getting to know you and your course goals

  • 2

    Lesson Video

    • Part 1

    • Part 2

    • Q&A
  • 3

    Supplemental Materials

    • Presentation Slides

    • Phenomenology of the 4-State Transformational Process PDF
  • 4

    CE Quiz

    • CE Quiz
  • 5

    Course Wrap Up

    • Course Survey