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NYC on December 1st, 2005

Posted By: From Chaos to Closeness
Date: Monday, 14 November 2005, at 12:59 a.m.

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to let you know about a very exciting day-long workshop which is taking place in NYC on December 1st, 2005. The workshop is entitled: "From Chaos to Closeness: Working Experientially to Heal and Transform Male and Female Trauma." The presenters are Benjamin Lipton, senior faculty member of the AEDP Institute, and Ferruccio Osimo, who is the president of the International Experiential Dynamic therapy Association (IEDTA) and a practitioner of experiential dynamic therapy in Milano, Italy. Both presenters will show videotapes of their clinical work. I, Diana Fosha, will be moderator, and discussant.

The work of both presenters is deep, compelling, cutting edge, and raises many issues, which we will have ample opportunity to engage and explore. Each of the presenters will have half a day to present his ideas and work on videotape. The setting will allow and be fostering of the discussion and interaction that these issues and cutting edge work deserve.

If you are planning to come, but have not yet registered, please do so as soon as possible. Deeply sympathetic to those of you with whom I share last minute tendencies, nevertheless our planning for this workshop depends on numbers, thus we would appreciate your registering as soon as possible.

Hope to see many of you there

The description of the conference, including registration info, follows below (and I hope that I am well within the guidelines for appropriate communicative use of this listserve).

all the best,

Diana Fosha

HERE GOES THE INFO:

The AEDP Institute is Pleased to Announce
A One-Day Intensive Audiovisual Workshop

FROM CHAOS TO CLOSENESS:
Working Experientially to
Heal and Transform
Male and Female Early Trauma

THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, 2005

ADELPHI UNIVERSITY- SOHO CAMPUS - NYC

Ferruccio Osimo, MD
Adjunct Professor
Dynamic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Unit
University of Milano, Italy

Benjamin Lipton, LCSW
Senior Faculty
AEDP Institute
New York City

With an Introduction and Discussion led by
Diana Fosha, PhD
Developer of AEDP

Recent developments in affective neuroscience, attachment research, and trauma studies have begun to describe the ways in which early physical and psychological traumas impact a person�fs biology and psychology, carving their way deeply into both body and brain. Making extensive use of treatment videotapes, the presenters will demonstrate how to apply these groundbreaking findings to efficient and effective clinical practice through two cutting-edge models of Experiential Dynamic Therapy that move well beyond symptom management and promote a deep transformational process.

This workshop is designed for psychotherapists of all orientations who would like to augment their skills in rapidly accessing and effectively working through the powerful emotions that arise when working with severe trauma.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to:

‡” Rapidly promote the development of a secure attachment relationship
‡” Balance therapist authenticity and technical specificity
‡” Access the origin of post-traumatic dissociation and splitting
‡” De-sensitize the fear of physical contact
‡” Facilitate and regulate a patient�fs body-based experiencing of emotion
‡” Track moment-to-moment the patient�fs affective and relational experience
‡” Target and repair relational pathology and build capacities for emotional closeness and
self-compassion
‡” Integrate right- and left-brain functioning to actively work through a patient�fs unresolved traumas
‡” Catalyze the the#####utic process and maximize self-supervision through the use of videotape

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

8:45-9:00 Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introduction: Diana Fosha, PhD

9:00-100 E-STDP Theory and Techniques: Use and dose in the real interpersonal encounter. Ferruccio Osimo, MD

10:00-12:30 Videotape presentation of E-STDP:
Sex, Binging, Dissociation and Closeness. Ferruccio Osimo, MD

12-30-1:30 Lunch (on your own)

1:30-2:30 AEDP for the Treatment of Trauma: Synchronizing attachment theory with affect regulation. Benjamin Lipton, LCSW

2:30-4:30 Videotape presentation of AEDP:
It�fs Not My Job: Mourning and Reclaiming the Self in the Healing of Trauma. Benjamin Lipton, LCSW

4:30-5:00 Discussion. Diana Fosha, PhD, Ferruccio Osimo, MD, Benjamin Lipton, LCSW

FERRUCCIO OSIMO, MD, President of the International Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Association (IEDTA) developed his model of Experiential Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (E-STDP), which emphasizes the interplay of technical aspects with the unique atmosphere created by the real personal encounter of patient and therapist. He is the author of Experiential Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, a Manual (Authorhouse, 2003) and of several research and clinical works on EDT, including a chapter from the Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy (Vol. I, Wiley, 2002), and co-author, with David Malan, of Psychodynamics, Training and Outcome in Brief Psychotherap (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992). A Fellow of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, he teaches, practices, and supervises in Milan, Italy.

BENJAMIN LIPTON, LCSW, Senior Faculty Member of the AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) Institute, and the former Director of Clinical Services at Gay Men�fs Health Crisis (GMHC), is the editor of From Crisis to Crossroads: Gay Men Living with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities (Haworth Press, 2004), and the author of several book chapters and articles in psychology and social service journals on both individual and group psychotherapy. He has presented extensively at national and regional conferences and workshops. Currently an adjunct faculty member of the NYU School of Social Work, Mr. Lipton teaches, practices, and supervises in New York City.

DIANA FOSHA, Ph.D, Developer of AEDP and Director of the AEDP Institute, is the author of The Transforming Power of Affect: A Model for Accelerated Change (Basic Books, 2000), and of papers on experiential process in dynamic psychotherapy. She also contributed chapters to Healing Trauma: Attachment, Mind, Body and Brain, edited by Marion Solomon and Daniel Siegel (Norton, 2003), and to the Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy (Vol. I, Wiley, 2002). Her current work seeks to integrate recent developments in affective neuroscience, attachment, and dyadic affect regulation into clinical work with patients. She teaches and practices in New York City.

COST and LOCATION OF THE WORKSHOP

Cost: $100 for Mental Health Professionals; $60 for Students with valid ID.
Members of IEDTA and of the AEDP Institute receive a 10% discount.

Location: Adelphi University�fs Downtown Manhattan campus, located at
75 Varick Street, 2nd floor, New York, N.Y. 10013.

REGISTRATION FORM
Name:_________________________________________________________
Degree:________________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________
Telephone:____________________________________________________
Email: _________________________________________________________

PAYMENT INFORMATION
Payment by check only, payable to �gAffectWorks.�h

Mail registration form to:
Dr. SueAnne Piliero
80 University Place, 5th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10003

For further information, contact Dr. SueAnne Piliero at: sapiliero@comcast.net, and visit the AEDP website at www.aedpinstitute.com and the IEDTA website at www.iedta.org

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Diana Fosha, Ph.D.
Director, The AEDP Institute
80 University Place
New York, NY 10003
USA
Tel: 212 645-8465
E-mail: dfosha@aol.com
Website: www.aedpinstitute.com