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METATHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES
and Their TRANSFORMATIONAL AFFECTS
 COMPLETION OF EMOTIONAL PROCESSING and Its Affective
Markers: The Post Breakthrough Affects
 Relief
 Hope
 Feeling lighter, cleaner, stronger
 THE PROCESS OF AFFECTIVE MASTERY and Its Affective
Markers: The Mastery Affects
 The undoing of fear and the emergence of joy, curiosity,
confidence and exuberance.
 The undoing of shame and the emergence of pride and
pleasure in the expansive, competent self.
 THE PROCESS OF MOURNING-THE-SELF and Its Affective
Marker: Emotional Pain
 THE PROCESS OF AFFIRMING RECOGNITION OF THE SELF and
Its Affective Markers: The Healing Affects
 Love and gratitude toward the other
 Feeling moved, touched, and emotional within the self
 THE PROCESS OF TRAVERSING THE CRISIS OF HEALING
CHANGE and Its Affective Markers: The Tremulous Affects
 Fear/Excitement
 Startle/Surprise
 Threat & Withdrawal vs. Novelty & Curiosity/Interest
Exploration
 Positive Vulnerability
 THE PROCESS OF CASCADING TRANSFORMATIONS and Its
Affective Markers: The Healing Vortex of Sensations
 Experience of Transformation: The healing vortex of
vibrations, oscillations, reverberations, energy shifts
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THE TREMULOUS AFFECTS
“The Melting Emotions Associated with the Crisis of Change”
(William James, 1902)
Phenomenology
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Vulnerable
Open
Sweet
Tender
Shaken to the core
Fear, positive fear
Somatic Markers
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Eyes wide open
Head nod (dyadic head nodding)
Head to one side (dyadic head tilt)
Gaze Up
Sigh (exhale)
Tentative language, halting speech, ’I don’t know’s, little false starts
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THE CORE STATE in AEDP
and its Affective Marker, the Truth Sense
CORE STATE FEATURES
an altered state of openness and contact
no anxiety or defensiveness
calm, flow, openness, vitality, relaxation, ease, and clarity
the individual is in contact with her/his emotional truth
experience is intense, deeply felt, unequivocal, and declarative
sensation is heightened
imagery is vivid
effortless focus and concentration
self-attunement and other-receptivity easily co-exist
Affective Marker: The Truth Sense
CORE STATE EXPERIENCES
flow, ease and relaxation
capacity for adaptive action
assurance, confidence
generosity
clarity
wisdom
compassion and empathy
self-compassion and self-empathy
perspective
the capacity to construct a coherent and cohesive
autobiographical narrative
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AEDP REFERENCES
DVD
Fosha, D. (2006). Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy with Diana
Fosha Ph.D. Systems of Psychotherapy APA Vido Series # 4310759.
www.apa.org/videos/4310759.html
BOOK & ARTICLES
Fosha, D. (2000). The transforming power of affect: A model for accelerated
change. New York: Basic Books.
Fosha, D. (2000). Meta-therapeutic processes and the affects of transformation:
Affirmation and the healing affects. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 10,
71-97.
Fosha, D. (2001). The dyadic regulation of affect. Journal of Clinical
Psychology/In Session, 2001, 57 (2), 227-242.
Fosha, D. (2001). Trauma reveals the roots of resilience. Special September
11th Issue. Constructivism in the Human Sciences, 6 (1 & 2), 7-15.
Fosha, D. (2001). Change: Emotion, body and relatedness. In A. Guerini, F.
Osimo, & M. Bacciagaluppi (Eds.). Core Factors in Experiential Short-Term
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Fosha, D. (2002). The activation of affective change processes in AEDP
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Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy. Vol. 1: Psychodynamic and
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Fosha, D. (2003). Dyadic regulation and experiential work with emotion and
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Fosha, D. (2004). Brief integrative psychotherapy comes of age: reflections.
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AEDP. New York: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Fosha, D. (in preparation) To know and to be known: An attachment perspective
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Fosha, D. & Yeung, D. (2006). AEDP exemplifies the seamless integration of
emotional transformation and dyadic relatedness at work. In G. Stricker & J.
Gold (Eds.), A Casebook of Integrative Psychotherapy (pp. 165-184).
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Lamagna, J. & Gleiser, K. (in press). Building a secure internal attachment: An
intra-relational approach to ego strengthening and emotional processing with
chronically traumatized clients. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.
Russell, E. & Fosha, D. (in press). Transformational affects and core state in
AEDP: The emergence and consolidation of joy, hope, gratitude and
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