Main description:

Schema Therapy in Practice presents a comprehensive introduction to schema therapy for non-specialist practitioners wishing to incorporate it into their clinical practice. * Focuses on the current schema mode model, within which cases can be more easily conceptualized and emotional interventions more smoothly introduced * Extends the practice of schema therapy beyond borderline personality disorder to other personality disorders and Axis I disorders such as anxiety, depression and OCD * Presented by authors who are world-respected as leaders in the schema therapy field, and have pioneered the development of the schema mode approach

Contents:

About the Authors vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 PART I CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION 3 1 Basics 5 2 The Mode Concept 41 3 Communicating the Mode Concept to the Patient 91 PART II TREATMENT 101 4 Treatment Overview 103 5 Overcoming Coping Modes 117 6 Treating Vulnerable Child Modes 141 7 Treating Angry and Impulsive Child Modes 193 8 Treating Dysfunctional Parent Modes 217 9 Strengthening the Healthy Adult Mode 245 References 255 Index 259