I have trained, and continue to train a great deal.  ​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 (minimum of 100 personal therapy hours), have several current member recommendations, and to be voted on by the current Executive Council to join.
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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 & experiential 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.