The Schema Therapy Clinician's Guide - Paperback

by Joan M. Farrell (Author), Neele Reiss (Author), Ida A. Shaw (Author)

The Schema Therapy Clinician's Guide is a complete clinical resource for psychotherapists implementing schema therapy, group schema therapy or a combination of both in a structured, cost-effective way. The authors provide ready-made individual and group sessions with patient hand-outs.

• A unique resource providing ready-made individual and group schema therapy sessions, linked across schema modes, allowing clinicians to pick and choose what they need or adopt a full integrated individual and group program which can be delivered over a range of treatment lengths from a six week intensive program to a one year outpatient treatment
• Approaches treatment by targeting maladaptive Schema Modes rather than specific disorders, thus increasing clinical flexibility and ensuring shelf life through changes in diagnostic classification
• Provides step-by-step instructions and tips for therapists, along with a wealth of unique clinical resources including sample scripts, handouts, session exercises, assignment forms and patient materials
• Meets the current need for effective clinical treatments that can provide tangible effects on time and on budget

Back Jacket

The Schema Therapy Clinician's Guide is a complete clinical resource for psychotherapists looking to implement schema therapy, group schema therapy or a combination of both in a structured, cost-effective way. Written by world leaders in the field, including the creators of group schema therapy, this book is based on the only model for integrated, time-limited schema therapy that has been proven in research studies. Accessible for schema therapy beginners, the book will also be invaluable for group or individual therapists interested in combining the two approaches, and for clinicians seeking ready-made resources for work on specific schema modes.

The authors provide ready-to-use individual and group sessions with patient hand-outs, independently effective but also linked by schema mode, that can be delivered across a range of treatment lengths. It divides the work of Schema therapy into its basic components of cognitive, experiential and behavioral pattern-breaking work, focusing on one of these components at a time in sessions. Readers can thus select the formats and modes that are most appropriate for the needs of their own patient group and then use those sessions as a basis for planning and delivering a treatment program. Ways to balance individual and group focus are discussed throughout.

Author Biography

Joan M. Farrell, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist, Research and Training Director of the Center for Borderline Personality disorder Treatment and Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). She is an International Society for Schema Therapy (ISST) Certified Schema Therapy Trainer and Supervisor, the Coordinator for Training & Certification of the ISST and an Executive Board member.

Neele Reiss is a Researcher, Clinical Psychologist and Schema Therapist in the Department of Differential Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, and a Director of the Institute for Psychotherapy in Mainz, Germany. She is an International Society for Schema Therapy (ISST) Certified Schema Therapy Trainer and Supervisor.

Ida A. Shaw, M.A. is the Director of the Schema Therapy Institute Midwest, Indianapolis, USA, and Senior Clinical Supervisor at the Center for BPD Treatment and Research, Indiana University School of Medicine. She is an ISST Certified Schema Therapy Trainer and Supervisor in Adult, Child-Adolescent and Group.