Who are we?

AEDP Minnesota is a volunteer-run, professional organization dedicated to educating and connecting psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, clinical counselors, and other health care professionals to Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). According to the AEDP Institute,

“AEDP is an approach to alleviate patients’ psychological suffering by helping them process the overwhelming emotions associated with trauma in a way that facilitates corrective emotional and relational experiences that mobilize changes in the brain… The AEDP model is about experientially making the most of these opportunities for both trauma processing and healing transformation.”

To learn more about AEDP, click About or go to the AEDP Institute’s website.

The AEDP Minnesota Planning Committee

  • Merging science with compassion, Dr. Mary Androff, a board certified psychiatrist with 20 years clinical experience, believes we all possess innate capacities for growth and healing. As a physician, she is passionate about activating each patient’s own unique healing power.

    A leading Twin Cities-based physician, Dr.Androff’s practice embraces the collective wisdom of her extensive medical and psychiatric training, expertise in emerging neuroscience research, knowledge of the world’s leading teachers and her own personal life experience.

  • Sandra is a licensed psychologist in the state of Minnesota and has provided individual and group therapy and crisis intervention services in private practice, university counseling centers, community mental health centers, and hospitals.

  • As an integrative psychologist, Dr. Mary incorporates experiential mind-body therapies, mindfulness, and neuroscience insight into her compassionate clinical work. In 2019 she developed SpiritWoods in Stillwater, MN offering experiential, research-based ecotherapy in a nature setting for individuals, couples, and groups. Whether via telehealth or distanced in-person at her nature immersion studio, Dr. Mary’s services have evolved to meet you safely where you are.

  • Rick is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Certified Sex Therapist, with a focus on issues related to human sexuality. He believes connection, intimacy, desire, love, and joy are the things in life that enrich the human experience. In his work, he hopes to get some of the muck out of the way so his clients can be their best selves on any given day. Rick has his own private practice where he offers telehealth services and supervision.