Schema Therapy:

Basic Concepts

Expansion of Cognitive Therapy
for Personality Disorders (1)

Expansion of Cognitive Therapy
for Personality Disorders (2)

Schema Therapy for Personality Disorders Compared with Cognitive Therapy
for Axis I Disorders

Schema Therapy Defined

Core Childhood Needs

Schemas &
Developmental Needs

Broad Goal of Schema Therapy

Definition of an
Early Maladaptive Schema

Characteristics of EMS's

Eighteen Early Maladaptive Schemas

Schema Acquisition

Origins of Schemas

Schema Operations

Schema Coping Styles

Common Coping Responses

Schema Modes

Common Schema Modes

Two Phases of

 Schema Therapy

Goals of Phase One:
Assessment and Education

Strategies for Assessment & Education

Phase Two:  Change