“…An affirmative, deliberately positive, attuned and relationally reparative therapeutic stance (Lipton & Fosha, 2011) is required to bring this disposition to the clinical fore. AEDP's healing-oriented, change-based metapsychology reflects a seamless, organic, holistic integration (Fosha & Yeung, 2006) of many sources: neuroplasticity research; affective neuroscience; attachment theory and research on developmental dyads; interpersonal neurobiology; emotion theory; memory reconsolidation; transformational studies; contemplative practices; other experiential, existential and somatic trauma treatments; and two decades of systematic qualitative research on the therapy videotapes of a growing number of certified AEDP practitioners worldwide (Fosha, 2017a;Fosha, Paivio, Gleiser & Ford, 2009;Gleiser, Ford & Fosha, 2008;Hanakawa, 2017Hanakawa, , 2018Klein, 2018;Lamagna, 2011;Lamagna & Gleiser, 2007;Lipton & Fosha, 2011;Medley, 2018;Ofer & Gross, 2017;Prenn, 2011;Prenn & Slatus, 2018;Russell, 2015;Simpson, 2016;Sundgren, 2014;Yamauchi, 2018;Yeung & Cheung, 2008).…”