Stages of Emotional Processing | AEDP - Part 2 of 3

I describe the structure of a typical AEDP therapy session, transformational affects and core state.
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In this second video in my Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) series, I describe a typical AEDP therapy session. I explain what it is like when we move through our authentic emotions, thereby accessing what Diana Fosha calls our transformational affects. Transformational affects include feelings such as pride, hope, compassion, and gratitude. They are the positive emotions that come when we process our core affects (genuine emotions) through to completion. When transformational affects are in turn processed, what follows is core state. In core state we feel deeply grounded in our true self and present in the moment. In this video we review the difference between these healthy emotional experiences and what in AEDP is referred to as pathogenic affect. Pathogenic affect (secondary emotions) are created when emotions get tangled with shame or fear or other trauma-based associations. For many of us, emotions can trigger secondary emotions, thereby making us afraid to feel. But when we can be supported in shifting from pathogenic affect to core affect, we can finally experience how good it feels to feel pure emotion, and all the healing it brings when we are able to finally access what Diana Fosha refers to as core state.

00:00 An Example of an AEDP Therapy Session
02:55 Secondary Emotions (Pathogenic Affect)
06:36 Core Emotion vs Pathogenic Affect
09:16 Transformational Affects
13:08 Core State
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