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DATE(S): Date: Saturday June 22, 2024 | Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST
LOCATION: New York, NY
PRESENTER(S):
Ben Medley, LCSW
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Course Information
Liberating the Core Self from Systems of Power Privilege and Oppression with AEDP In Person
It is well-documented that people belonging to oppressed social groups experience more negative life events and experience higher levels of stress and mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety, and symptoms of PTSD. These occur not only as a result of discrimination and prejudice expressed institutionally and inter-relationally, but also from a lack of a secure connection to others and to the culture at large.
In this interactive seminar, we will delve into the impact that systems of power, privilege and oppression can have on a client’s identity development and on their emotional experience, relational experience and sense of self. Together, we will explore specific interventions and experiential methods for helping clients reclaim the Core Self and expand their felt sense of internal liberation.
Presenter
Ben Medley, LCSW loves supervising clinicians learning AEDP! He has a private practice in NYC where he works with individuals and couples and supervises both in-person and online. In addition to being a certified AEDP Supervisor, Ben is also a certified Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples (EFT) Supervisor. He has presented nationally and internationally, including co-presenting with AEDP faculty member Ben Lipton the workshop Feeling Like a Man: Using AEDP to Overcome Shame and Heal Attachment Trauma both with AEDP West in California and in New York City. He has also taught/presented with the Essential Skills course in Parma, Italy; taught/ presented in Ithaca with the Central New York AEDP community; has assisted with the NY Immersion Course with Diana Fosha; and has assisted in Essential Skills courses with Natasha Prenn, Ben Lipton and Eileen Russell. Ben also created and launched AEDP Jumpstart, a short-term AEDP supervision group for those beginning AEDP supervision and/or beginning to review video of clinical material. Before private practice, Ben began a mental health program for study abroad students with the Scuola Lorenzo di Medici in Florence, Italy; worked in the Jewish Board of Family Services LGBTQ Unit; and worked in Greenwich House's HIV Mental Health and Chemical Dependency programs. His paper "Recovering the True Self: Affirmative Therapy, Attachment and AEDP in Psychotherapy with Gay Men" is being published with the SEPI Journal: the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration and, in 2019, Ben will be helming the five-weekend ES2 training in New York City. Ben earned his degree in Clinical Social Work with the NYU Silver School of Social Work.