{"id":277464,"date":"2025-06-06T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/the-change-triangle-and-aedp-in-under-resourced-communities\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T16:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T16:16:51","slug":"the-change-triangle-and-aedp-in-under-resourced-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=277464","title":{"rendered":"The Change Triangle and AEDP in Under-Resourced Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-foo\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><span>(Edited from the AEDP &#8220;In It Together&#8221; Conference Presentation by Heather Sanford, LCSW)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-l97n48155\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>In a system stretched thin and often focused on symptom management, AEDP offers something radically different: hope, transformation, and deep emotional healing. This is the story of how I brought AEDP into a program for people with serious mental illness\u2014and how, together, we discovered that change is possible for everyone.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<div class=\"BCyr-\" id=\"viewer-otl9a742\">\n<div class=\"gVkHu XANm0\">\n<figure class=\"tk-fu\" data-hook=\"figure-IMAGE\">\n<div data-hook=\"image-viewer\" class=\"LyA8p\">\n<div style=\"--dim-height:4284;--dim-width:5712;--ricos-image-default-border-color:unset\" id=\"otl9a742\" class=\"_0ImwN qBeG1 Clrsk\" data-hook=\"image-viewer-otl9a742\"><wow-image id=\"b99787_e58a4175b92e4ad6a4d1ccd69bc1499e~mv2.jpeg\" class=\"undefined LneR0\" data-image-info=\"{&quot;containerId&quot;:&quot;otl9a742&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;,&quot;isLQIP&quot;:true,&quot;isSEOBot&quot;:false,&quot;lqipTransition&quot;:&quot;blur&quot;,&quot;encoding&quot;:&quot;AVIF&quot;,&quot;imageData&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:5712,&quot;height&quot;:4284,&quot;uri&quot;:&quot;b99787_e58a4175b92e4ad6a4d1ccd69bc1499e~mv2.jpeg&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;displayMode&quot;:&quot;fill&quot;}}\" data-motion-part=\"BG_IMG\" data-bg-effect-name=\"\" data-has-ssr-src=\"https:\/\/www.hilaryjacobshendel.com\/post\/true\" data-animate-blur=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/b99787_e58a4175b92e4ad6a4d1ccd69bc1499e~mv2.jpeg\/v1\/fill\/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_avif,quality_auto\/b99787_e58a4175b92e4ad6a4d1ccd69bc1499e~mv2.jpeg\" alt=\"The Change Triangle and AEDP in Community Mental Health\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.hilaryjacobshendel.com\/post\/change-triangle-public-mental-health\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/b99787_e58a4175b92e4ad6a4d1ccd69bc1499e~mv2.jpeg\/v1\/fill\/w_5000,h_3750,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/b99787_e58a4175b92e4ad6a4d1ccd69bc1499e~mv2.jpeg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/wow-image><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"YtuHp\" type=\"button\" data-hook=\"image-expand-button\" aria-label=\"Expand image\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 19 19\" class=\"TuJhb\"><path d=\"M15.071 8.371V4.585l-4.355 4.356a.2.2 0 0 1-.283 0l-.374-.374a.2.2 0 0 1 0-.283l4.356-4.355h-3.786a.2.2 0 0 1-.2-.2V3.2c0-.11.09-.2.2-.2H16v5.371a.2.2 0 0 1-.2.2h-.529a.2.2 0 0 1-.2-.2zm-6.5 6.9v.529a.2.2 0 0 1-.2.2H3v-5.371c0-.11.09-.2.2-.2h.529c.11 0 .2.09.2.2v3.786l4.355-4.356a.2.2 0 0 1 .283 0l.374.374a.2.2 0 0 1 0 .283L4.585 15.07h3.786c.11 0 .2.09.2.2z\" fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"BCyr-\" id=\"viewer-1cw8v8116\">\n<p><figcaption class=\"_5GK5C\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:AUTO\"><span>Heather Sanford, LCSW, community mental health pioneer and co-developer of the Emotions Education 101 curriculum speaking at the AEDP Conference &#8220;In It Together&#8221; on April 6, 2025 <\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-9wa1j575\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>Good morning. Thank you for being here. Before we dive in, let\u2019s take a few deep breaths together. In through your nose, hold, and slowly out through pursed lips like you\u2019re cooling soup. Again. One more time. Phew. My heart rate just slowed a bit, and I can feel my feet on the ground. That\u2019s how every AEDP group I run begins\u2014deep belly breaths to ease into the body, a gentle invitation to notice.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-e1r4b840\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>My journey with AEDP began in 2016, when I became the director of a New York State-licensed outpatient program for adults with serious mental illness and substance use challenges. It was a job I loved\u2014and one that terrified me. I\u2019d spent a lifetime anxious but outwardly high-functioning. Internally, I was drowning. A bad therapy experience had left me wary, but desperation drove me back. That\u2019s how I landed in the office of an AEDP therapist.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-t1q87579\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>She was\u2026 different. Not like any therapist I\u2019d ever seen, or how I\u2019d been trained. She offered warmth and space, even when I didn\u2019t know I needed it. She held hope for me when I couldn\u2019t. And slowly, I began to access a world of emotion I\u2019d long avoided. I wasn\u2019t ready to feel yet, but I could think about feeling\u2014and she gently worked with that. Her quiet, attuned presence became a soft landing.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-xbbh7581\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>Somewhere in that early healing process, I came across Hilary Jacobs Hendel\u2019s article, <\/span><\/span><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hilaryjacobshendel.com\/its-not-always-depression-sometimes-its-\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"zN7XU AP91R\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>It\u2019s Not Always Depression, Sometimes It\u2019s Shame<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/em><\/a><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>, in The New York Times. I read it to better understand my clients\u2014but ended up understanding myself. I devoured her <\/span><\/span><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.randomhousebooks.com\/books\/537514\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"zN7XU AP91R\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>book<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/em><\/a><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span> in one night. For the first time, my internal world started to make sense.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-i1z84583\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>This knowledge lit a fire in me. I wanted everyone\u2014especially the clients in my PROS program\u2014to have access to this kind of healing. But the population we served was largely on Medicaid or Medicare. Traditional AEDP therapy was simply out of reach.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-fpa6a585\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>Then it hit me: I run a mental health program. Within the constraints of regulation, I could build what I believed people deserved. So, I started integrating AEDP into group work.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-9chv4587\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>I created a <\/span><\/span><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hilaryjacobshendel.com\/12-class-change-triangle-curriculum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"zN7XU AP91R\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>12-session psycho-educational curriculum<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/em><\/a><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span> based on Hilary\u2019s work, introducing <\/span><\/span><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hilaryjacobshendel.com\/what-is-the-change-triangle-c18dd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"zN7XU AP91R\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>the Change Triangle<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/em><\/a><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span> and helping participants begin to name emotions. The response was electric. One participant even reached out to Hilary to say she had a fan club in Ithaca. That message led to a connection, and we began working together to evolve the curriculum into Emotions Education 101, balancing teaching with experiential exercises.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-rze43589\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>We launched <\/span><\/span><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hilaryjacobshendel.com\/ee101-train-the-trainer-course\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"zN7XU AP91R\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>Train the Trainer workshops <\/span><\/u><\/span><\/em><\/a><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>to support others in bringing this to their communities\u2014nonprofits, clinics, colleges. AEDP was becoming more accessible, and I was thrilled. But something still held me back at my own program. Deep down, I feared our participants \u201ccouldn\u2019t handle\u201d the experiential work.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-e38tf591\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>That belief changed when I began offering Emotions Education 101 at PROS\u2014the same groups people around the world were attending on Zoom. The participants loved the experiential pieces. They became \u201cglimmer detectives,\u201d excitedly spotting transformance, the innate drive towards healing, in themselves and each other.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-1f6hr593\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>Demand grew, and I started a weekly AEDP processing group called Advanced Practice. We began with body awareness and curiosity. Then one day, a portrayal emerged spontaneously. Portrayals, an AEDP technique, <\/span><\/span><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hilaryjacobshendel.com\/post\/2016\/12\/11\/start-fantasizing-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"zN7XU AP91R\" data-hook=\"web-link\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><u style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span>use fantasy and imagination to foster healing<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/em><\/a><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>. I panicked\u2014but all I had to do was stay present and ask, \u201cIs there more?\u201d The group held space with love, and that participant accessed anger for the first time in her life. Afterward she exclaimed, \u201cI feel so much lighter!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-kqdvh595\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>These moments taught me that AEDP is absolutely accessible in community settings. You just need to slow down, simplify a bit, and lead with safety and warmth. I bring my smile, my humor, my whole self\u2014and the group meets me there. Sometimes the richest transformation happens not when someone is speaking, but when they\u2019re listening. Group members begin to hold hope for each other, often before they can hold it for themselves.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-ijpk4597\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>I also love using simple exercises to demonstrate neuroplasticity\u2014like crossing your arms the \u201cwrong\u201d way. It feels awkward at first, but with repetition, it gets easier. That\u2019s what healing is: doing something new until it becomes natural.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-04zaz599\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>Working in community mental health is hard. It\u2019s underfunded, under-resourced, and often heartbreaking. But it\u2019s also where some of the most beautiful transformations happen. I\u2019m honored to do this work.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-c5er7601\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><em style=\"font-style:italic\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>One of my favorite moments came during a group\u2019s meta-processing, another AEDP technique where clients talk about the experience of the session. A young participant said: \u201cI\u2019ll hold all of you with love in my intestines. I would\u2019ve said heart, but there\u2019s more surface area in my intestines, and I feel like I have more room to hold people I care about now.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-breakout=\"normal\">\n<p class=\"OsDxK iJUzK _178TK Bb686\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-7t25h603\"><span class=\"JtXdA\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration:inherit\"><span>That\u2019s AEDP. That\u2019s community. 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