Ben Medley, LCSW

Ben Medley, LCSW is an AEDP® senior faculty member and has taught AEDP internationally with the AEDP Institute, as well as organizations like the National Institute of Psychotherapy, the Cape Cod Institute, NASW, and numerous other mental health organizations. Based in New York City, Ben maintains a private practice specializing in work with the LGBTQ+ community and provides AEDP consultation.

Ben is the author of “Recovering the True Self: Affirmative Therapy, Attachment and AEDP in Psychotherapy with Gay Men,” published in the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. He contributed a chapter on using portrayals to process emotion to completion in Undoing Aloneness and the Transformation of Suffering Into Flourishing: AEDP 2.0 (APA), and most recently published “AEDP: A model of change and transformation” in Experiential Therapies for the Treatment of Trauma (Routledge). His manuscript, “The Triangle of Social Experience: Transforming Internalized Oppression with AEDP,” is currently in submission.

Ben’s on demand seminars Portrayals: Harness the Power of the Imagination with AEDP andUndoing Shame and Healing Attachment Trauma with Straight and Gay Men are available online through the AEDP Institute. 

Ben has also trained in EFT, becoming a certified EFT therapist and supervisor before focusing on his work in AEDP. He is thrilled to be joining the EFT Triage Conference!