Photo illustration by Angelo Bautista. Original images by AEDP Institute, Meagan Carsience, and Ummano Dias (CC0).
Talking with a skilled therapist is a proven path to wholeness, but psychotherapy can often drag on too long. That’s one reason Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy is so promising. Diana Fosha, the clinical psychologist who developed AEDP, explains why it can have such quick results for treating pain and trauma. She describes her technique of "dropping down" and “surprising the unconscious.”