Schema Therapy Step-by-Step: A Contemporary Guide to Schema Therapy Concepts and Techniques(Schema Therapy Approaches and Resources (STAR) series)

Schema Therapy, Step by Step is a practical guide to understanding schema therapy and applying it with clarity and confidence. The authors explain the basics of schema therapy theory - how unmet core emotional needs shape early maladaptive schemas, coping responses and modes, and how these patterns lead to longstanding psychological difficulties. They also provide detailed descriptions of schemas, modes and emotional needs, alongside step-by-step guidelines for assessment, case conceptualisation and treatment across the initial, middle and final phases of therapy. Techniques such as imagery rescripting, chairwork, cognitive restructuring and behavioural change are illustrated through therapist-client dialogues and three running case studies, and the book also offers worksheets, mode models, safety plans and adaptations for diverse populations, settings and treatment formats including adolescents, groups and clients with intellectual disabilities.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Hannie van Genderen
Part I - General Overview
Part II - Assessment Phase
Part III - Treatment Phase: Working with Child Modes:
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Initial phase
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Middle phase
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Final phase
Part IV - Working with Inner Critic Modes:
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Initial phase
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Middle phase
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Final phase
Part V - Working with Coping Modes:
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Initial phase
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Middle phase
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Final phase
Part VI - Working with Healthy Modes:
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Initial phase
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Middle phase
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Final phase
Summary
Further Reading
Appendices
Acknowledgements

About the Author :

REMCO VAN DER WIJNGAART is a psychologist, psychotherapist and educator specialising in schema therapy. He worked for twenty years in an academic department of a mental health institution, participating in treatment studies across a wide range of disorders. He is currently a therapist, trainer and supervisor in CBT and schema therapy in private practice. He has been trained by Jeff Young, Aaron Beck, and Joan Farrell, is Chair of the Dutch Register for Schema Therapy, and is a former Vice President of the International Society of Schema Therapy.


MARJOLEIN VAN WIJK-HERBRINK is a registered psychologist, and a supervisor and trainer with the Dutch and international associations for schema therapy. She is also an EMDR practitioner and CBT therapist. She provides therapy to young people and adults, and she also manages PsyKey, her own private schema therapy practice.