AEDP Institute

Accelerated Healing Based on Attachment Style: AEDP Interventions in Action

an AEDP Workshop at the YWCA in Vancouver, BC

with Karen Pando-Mars, MFT

When clients present as:
•     Avoidant – How do we engage and build the capacity to connect with self and other?
•     Anxious ambivalent – How do we build the capacity to contain emotion and self-soothe?
•     Disorganized – How do we build safety when trust with self and other is so compromised?

In AEDP, establishing a secure base in the therapist-client relationship is key to facilitating change. When treatment is informed by the nuanced shifts in attachment style presented in each moment, we can strengthen this base and mobilize transfomation. Whether you work with individuals or couples, understanding how their attachment styles have been formed and have served them can strengthen and guide treatment to meet the underlying needs of each client.

Karen will draw upon the work of Bowlby, Ainsworth, Mains, Fonagy, Schore, Fosha, Wallins and Tatkin to compare and contrast secure and insecure attachment styles. She will share the comprehensive grids she has created that detail the specific configuration of each style, and how to formulate interventions. Through lecture and video illustrations of clinical sessions, she will demonstrate how you can tailor therapeutic interventions to help you reach, attune to and motivate your clients.

Meet the Presenter

Karen Pando-Mars, MFT

screen-shot-2016-12-13-at-9-19-26-amKaren Pando-Mars, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist in San Rafael, California. She was irresistibly drawn to AEDP in 2005 and captivated by the depth and breadth of its transformational model. She immersed herself in training and consultation with Dr. Fosha and three years of core training with Dr. Frederick. Ms. Pando-Mars is one of the founders of AEDP West, Co-Director of the Center for Transformative Therapies in San Rafael, and currently is a supervisor for the Bay Area Core Training. She presents AEDP trainings around the San Francisco Bay Area and offers individual and small group supervision to psychotherapists. She is known for her warmth and approachability, and her ability to create safety in the supervisory relationship. Ms. PandoMars' long-time interest in deepening connection between self and other has been grounded through AEDP's precise tracking of attachment principles and related neuroscience, and this influence is woven throughout her work with individuals, couples and groups. Licensed since 1989, her background in somatic and experiential therapies includes Focusing, Process-Oriented Psychotherapy, Sandtray, EMDR, and Authentic Movement. She was a founder of The Sandtray Network and a contributing editor of its journal. As adjunct faculty at Dominican University, in San Rafael, California, she taught AEDP as the overarching theoretical model in her Alternative and Innovative Psychotherapies course.

What participants have said about Karen’s teaching:

  • Excellent on every level: Karen is so present, corageous, sensitive and extremely helpful.
  • Awesome! Karen walks the talk.
  • I appreciate Karen’s clarity and articulation. Her presentation organized a wealth of information to make it accessible and useful. The videos were excellent demos of what she was teaching.
  • Loved your presence, your ease with the teaching and with yourself. Your didactic and videotape were very organized and taught me so much.

Date:
April 22, 2016

Time:
9:00am – 5:00pm

Location:
YWCA
535 Hornby St
Vancouver, BC

Fee and Credits

  • Early Bird (Before April 9th) – $165
  • Full Registration (After April 9th) – $190
  • Student Rate (Full Time) – $85
  • Group Rate (Of three or more who register together) – $145

All fees include GST, our GST number is 105391569

Register Here

 

Note: If you are new to AEDP we recommend attending the following introductory workshop on the evening of April 21st:

Healing Attachment Wounds: Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) with Dale Trimble, MA

 You may also attend the evening on it’s own.

 

Questions about this Workshop?

call 604-253-8641 or contact:
Coordinator: Sarah Kennedy – smken@telus.net 
Faculty in Vancouver: Dale Trimble – dale@daletrimble.com

Event Details:

Date/Time

04/22/2016
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location

YWCA - 4th Floor
535 Hornby Street Welch Room
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 2E8

 
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