AEMD
With over 25 years of experience and more than 2,000 sessions in Switzerland, France, Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Japan, the United States and Hong Kong, the Démann Method Emo-behavioral Analysis (AEMD) stands out for its direct and innovative action on emotional matters.
It all started with an observation: More than understanding, emotions is the kickstarter of the inner trigger.
Which will then translates into an external movement: behavior
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A method focused on
EMOTIONS
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Created and developed by David Démann, the AEMD Method combines an analytical approach with tools from behavioral and cognitive methods. It is aimed to treat adults and teenagers who have experienced past or recent trauma, experiencing blocking or unbalancing situations, or simply suffering in their daily lives.
The goal is not to live better but to live well over time.
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What is the AEMD Method?
Our méthod is a combination of cognitives and behavioral theories, psychoanalytical fundamentals as well as a innovative work on emotional matter.
The AEMD Method is an original and unique method inspired by the fundamentals of psychoanalysis and techniques from cognitive and behavioral therapeutic models.
Most importantly, is to be added the contribution of an innovative toolset managing emotional material. These verbal and metaphorical tools allow us to highlight the inner movement that is emotion. In AEMD, emotion is both the vector of therapeutic work, the material of analysis, and the key to anchoring the patient's progress over time.
How does AEMD work?
The AEMD Method is an innovative approach to managing emotional material. Anchoring through emotions allows the patient to process better and faster, in order to modulate their behavior.
By learning to decode the emotion reflecting in their words, patient identifies their inner wounds. As therapist our role is to support the "switch" between the inner movement created by emotion and the outer movement translating into behavior. Once their emotional mechanics are deciphered, the patient can begin to consciously modulate the neurotic systems hindering them.
In AEMD, the therapist's posture also has its own uniqueness. Both therapist and patient are active and engaged in the conversation . The therapist thus adopts a so-called "variable," almost integrative, posture, in line with the patient's needs, allowing greater efficiency than fixed therapeutic posture.
The typical route
The AEMD therapeutic approach is set to be brief, its target is the patient's autonomy over a short period of time.
Sessions are long, lasting 60 to 90 minutes depending on the patient's specific needs. Therapy lasts an average of 25 sessions, with one session every one to two weeks.
Our story
Son of a Jungian psychoanalyst, David Démann was immersed from a very young age in a family environment marked by introspection and the handling of psychoanalytic concepts.
These questions continued to fascinate him as a teenager, and it was only natural for him to turn to psychology studies alongside a course in macroeconomics. After starting his career as a business leader, David Démann decided to orient his professional life towards therapy but was unable to fit into an existing analytical or therapeutic approach. As a matter of fact, his vision too often clashed with the compartmentalization of schools, techniques, and methods, or the rigidity of a practice closed to complementarity approaches.
His quest: build a method that combines behavioral therapy and emotional work, while assimilating the fundamentals of psychoanalysis. A tool that is both practical and effective for the patient, without resorting into a superficial therapy.
David Démann didn't find the method he was looking for, so he designed the tool he needed to practice it. In 2000, what would become the Démann Method of Emo-Behavioral Analysis was born.
For over 25 years, the AEMD practice has experienced considerable growth and influence.
While providing support and with his entrepreneurial experience, David also naturally found himself being approached by managers, startup founders, etc., which led him to develop specific tools and a support approach designed to meet their needs as business leaders.
Since 2007, David has been teaching the AEMD Method and supervising therapists.