Healing Historical Trauma: Working with Victims and Perpetrators Through the Lens of AEDP

with Dale Trimble, MA

Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) engages clients in the process of healing from the first moment of therapy. AEDP focuses on somatic experience, emotion and the therapy relationship to melt defenses, process emotion that is frozen and awaken innate healing energy. Dale will present the four-state model of change and the very unique elements that AEDP brings that accelerate healing. Videotape of a therapy session will demonstrate how Dale applies AEDP with a client to help him move from a distant and defended stance to softening and the release of emotion.  Participants can expect to leave with specific interventions that assist clients to identify, appreciate and set aside defenses, undo the “unbearable aloneness” of trauma and make use of the healing power of the therapy relationship.

Meet the Presenter

Dale Trimble, MA

Dale Trimble, MA received his M.A. in Humanistic Psychology from Antioch University in 1977. In 1981 Dale co-founded the first court ordered treatment program for men who assault their partners in the province of British Columbia. He was the lead author of the Canadian syllabus for CP 602 – The Psychology of Trauma and Interpersonal Violence for City University of Seattle, Vancouver, BC campus, where Dale has taught and supervised graduate students. Known as a Canadian expert on working with men, Dale has travelled throughout Canada providing training for therapists on compassionate ways of helping men change.

In 2003-04 Dale was the recipient of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, President’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Profession. Dale has a private practice in Vancouver, BC where he works with individuals and couples focusing on resolution of early childhood trauma, anxiety, interpersonal violence and depression. His background includes extensive training in Emotionally Focused Couples therapy, EMDR and the clinical application of meditation and mindfulness practices to healing. When Dale first connected with AEDP in 2009 he knew that he had found his therapeutic home. Since then he has trained extensively in AEDP with Diana Fosha and Ben Lipton.

Location / Fee / Registration:

The Tree of Peace Large Boardroom,
5011-51^st Street Yellowknife

Cost: Free and includes catered lunch

All Frontline Staff who work in a healing/therapeutic/counseling capacity are welcome to register.

To register please contact:

Laura Boileau anewdaycoordinator@ttopfc.com
Or call A New Day at
867-873-2201

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