Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy

A practical guide providing the knowledge and skills needed in the practice of Schema Therapy for novice and experienced therapists.

Robert N. Brockman (Author), Susan Simpson (Author), Christopher Hayes (Author), Remco van der Wijngaart (Author), Matthew Smout (Author)

9781108927475, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 June 2023

350 pages
23.4 x 15.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.65 kg

'This book, based on a comprehensive and up-to-date review of research on schema therapy, offers practical guidance and suggestions about the subtleties of the assessment and therapy process. Useful clinical examples in the form of short vignettes and longer summaries bring the details of the practice to life. The book's approach, at the same time practical, and reflective of the complexities involved, is continued in the comprehensive coverage of the range of interventions that are central to schema therapy in practice. Because of its depth and sophistication, this is a book that will be valuable not only for those at the early stages of development as schema therapists, but also for experienced schema therapists, supervisors and trainers.' David Edwards, Professor of Psychology, Rhodes University South Africa

The book provides the reader with a thorough understanding of the model of Schema Therapy, methods and techniques used throughout the process of Schema Therapy treatment. Experienced trainers in Schema Therapy, the authors provide a unique understanding of the questions, challenges, and points of issue experienced by practitioners learning the model. Designed for the practitioner with a specific focus on the theory and practice of modern schema therapy, the book discusses the powerful techniques and cutting-edge developments of the Schema Therapy model, with step-by-step guidance and clinical examples. A comprehensive resource for both students and experienced practitioners providing valuable examples of the model in clinical practice and solutions to the challenges and questions practitioners face in applying the model. Part of the Cambridge Guides to the Psychological Therapies series, offering all the latest scientifically rigorous, and practical information on a range of key, evidence-based psychological interventions for clinicians.

Part I. Overview of the Schema Therapy Model: 1. From core emotional needs, to schemas, coping styles and schema modes: the conceptual model of schema therapy
2. Research support for schema therapy
Part II. The Model of Schema Therapy into Practice: 3. Schema therapy assessment
4. Case conceptualization and mode mapping in schema therapy
5. Envisioning the road ahead: a model for the course of schema therapy
6. Intervention strategies for schema healing 1: limited reparenting
7. Intervention strategies for schema healing 2: cognitive strategies
8. Intervention strategies for schema healing 3: experiential techniques
9. Intervention strategies for schema healing 4: behavioural-pattern breaking techniques
10. Building connection to healthy modes: the healthy adult and happy child modes
11. Bypassing maladaptive coping modes and working with roadblocks to change
12. Preparing for termination and the end-phase of schema therapy
Part III. Application and Adaptations for Mental Health Presentations: 13. Schema therapy for chronic depression and anxiety disorders
14. Working with complex trauma and dissociation in schema therapy
15. Schema therapy for eating disorders
Part IV. Application of Schema Therapy in Different Populations and Settings: 16. Schema therapy for forensic populations
17. Group schema therapy
18. Schema therapy for the schema therapist: improving therapist wellbeing and enhancing client outcomes through the awareness and healing of therapist schemas
19. Supervision and the supervisory relationship in schema therapy
20. Schema therapy in the online world
Epilogue: continuing the journey afterword from Jeffery Young, Ph.D., founder of schema therapy
Index.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ]