to have been a partner in and witness to amazing journeys and moving
transformations.

I have been blessed with wonderful colleagues and friends. The
Montreal swamp rats, Paul Rosenberg (West), William Alder, and, most
especially, Bob Okin, were essential to survival in the early days: French
dinners, shared angst, and good talk made our struggles the stuff of
lively interaction rather than lonely despair. Michael Alpert's generos-
ity and commitment to fostering communication and community have
been indispensable to the evolution of the experiential STDPs in the
1990s; most exceptional, perhaps, has been his steadfast willingness to
push the envelope (and, when called for, to change envelopes).

Isabel Sklar has been a solid source of support, companionship,
empathy, strength, and learning: her videotapes reveal the depth of her
willingness to give to her patients. Patricia Coughlin Della Selva and
Michael Laikin have taught me more than they probably know: despite
some ideological differences, the videotaped evidence of the effective-
ness of their work has led me to emphasize the importance of authen-
ticity in therapeutic stance above and beyond the demands of any par-
ticular model. Jane Marke's capacity to distill complex matters to their
essence and come up with a clear, concrete course of action has never
ceased to amaze me: she has been a valuable friend and a most helpful
colleague.

Three gifted clinicians, Mabel Quinones, Maria Slowiaczek, and
Peggy Spier, joined me in grappling with the paradigm shift pivotal to
the development of accelerated-experiential dynamic psychotherapy in
an environment of support, affirmation, and challenge. The three chap-
ters in this book on strategies of intervention build on the work Maria
Slowiaczek and I did together on what became our 1997 paper on
AEDP techniques--the product of two consciousnesses forging coor-
dination while seeking to preserve authenticity.

Leigh McCullough was a wonderful midwife, right there when I
was in acute labor prior to the birth of AEDP. I was able to appreciate
at first hand what a wonderful therapist she is, warm and present, and
how active her intelligence. I was lucky to benefit from her wonderful
skills and friendship at a moment that turned out to be pivotal. As a col-
league, her work, enthusiasm, and unpretentious honesty have been an
inspiration.

To my conversations with Peter Costello, I owe a far greater piece
than the text formally acknowledges of my conceptualization of the
role of communication in the complete processing of core affect and of
the role of therapist as trusted companion ( à la Bowlby). And I thank

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