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Diana Fosha

Diana Fosha PhD

Psychotherapy
New York, New York, United States of America

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Diana Fosha, PhD, is the developer of Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), and founder and director of the AEDP Institute, an internationally recognized school that specializes in training therapists in a transformational approach to the treatment of attachment trauma. With an interest in the phenomenology of experience, Diana is on the cutting edge of transformational theory and practice. Changing how we think about change, she is opening up exciting possibilities for what can happen in psychotherapy.

Between 1985 and 1988, she trained intensively with Dr. Habib Davanloo in Montreal. She then went on work with Michael Alpert as faculty in his STDP program in Denville, NJ to develop a more empathy-led STDP. In the mid-90’s, while Michael Alpert continued developing AET, she went on to develop AEDP, which was officially launched with the publication of her 2000 book, The Transforming Power of Affect. In 2003, she started the AEDP Institute, which now has 16 faculty members and more than 20 certified supervisors worldwide. She has co-led core training groups with Ferruccio Osimo in New York City and Milan. What is now IEDTA began in her living room during a conversation between her and IEDTA’s first president, Ferruccio Osimo.
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