My Training
I have trained, and continue to train a lot. I am an active member of a training academy, The American Academy of Psychotherapists (AAP), which is dedicated to enhancing both the skill and character of the therapist. Members meet twice a year to sharpen and expand their skill set in both individual and group psychotherapies. AAP requires a therapist to have had at least 2 years of their own personal psychotherapy (100 hours), have several current member recommendations, and to be voted on by the current Executive Council to join.
I make sure to do at least the equivalent amount of training in newer, more specific therapies. Specifically, I am trained in (or have been supervised in):
1) Experiential Psychotherapies including:
2) Structural Dissociation. A rational and useful way of understanding trauma based disorders. This theory can be applied to any psychotherapy approach.
3) Third Wave Behavioral Therapies Including:
I make sure to do at least the equivalent amount of training in newer, more specific therapies. Specifically, I am trained in (or have been supervised in):
1) Experiential Psychotherapies including:
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP - Level III)
- 3 Year Core Training, Essential Skills
- Weekly training/supervision with an expert in both AEDP and ISTDP for 5 years (ongoing)
- 3-Year Core Training in Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) with Allan Abbass (current)
- (ISTDP/AEDP are my main treatment approaches and, where I spend a great deal of my time training.)
2) Structural Dissociation. A rational and useful way of understanding trauma based disorders. This theory can be applied to any psychotherapy approach.
3) Third Wave Behavioral Therapies Including:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which is a modern cognitive behavioral psychotherapy (4 day intensive).
- I've also studied how to integrate the behavioral insights of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) into how I practice relational and experiential Psychotherapy.