Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy

Robert Brockman is a clinical psychologist and clinical academic working out of Sydney Australia. He is director of Schema Therapy Sydney and co-director of schematherapytrainingonline.com an online platform for Schema Therapy Training. Robert also has an ongoing honorary appointment with the University of Technology Sydney. Susan Simpson is a Clinical Psychologist and clinical academic based in Scotland. She is director of Schema Therapy Scotland, and co-director of both InhaleLifeNow.com and the Global Institute of Eating Disorders. She also runs a small private practice and works in an NHS inpatient Eating Disorders Unit. Christopher Hayes is a clinical psychologist based in Perth, Western Australia. He is the director of Schema Therapy Training Australia and co-director of schematherapytrainingingonline.com. Remco van der Wijngaart is a psychotherapist in private practice in Maastricht, the Netherlands. He is director of the Dutch Institute for Schema Therapy where he offers training courses in schema therapy, both nationally and internationally. He is also director of Van Genderen Opleidingen, a large training centre in the Netherlands. Matthew Smout is a clinical psychologist and Program Director of the Master of Clinical Psychology program and at the University of South Australia, Adelaide. He is also Director of the University of South Australia Psychology Clinic where he supervises the work of provisional psychologists.

• 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.

'Besides being a very practical handbook covering all fields of Schema therapy in great detail and in a very structured way, this book has some 'unique selling points': an updated and critical view on the model, a comprehensive overview about the latest research, a detailed description on the spectrum of overcontrolling coping modes. Another strength are the concise instructions on how to build up Healthy Adult mode and how to deal with all kinds of interfering coping modes challenging the therapist - including verbal transcripts - and how to manage the therapy over the course of time. According to their fields of expertise, the authors address specific disorders not sufficiently addressed before in comparable books on chronic depression and anxiety, eating disorders, complex trauma and dissociation and forensic clients. All together a significant and helpful guide for beginners and experienced colleagues. Definitely worth reading!' Eckhard Roediger, M.D., Director, Frankfurt Schema Therapy Institute Germany