Schema Therapy - The Model and Methods

Schema Therapy - The Model and Methods is organized by Schema Therapy Training and will be held during Mar 07 - 10, 2018 at Bendat Parent and Community Centre (Telethon Speech & Hearing), Perth, Western Australia, Australia. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 21 Active Cpd Hours.

This workshop will help attendees gain a understanding of the Schema Therapy model and provide an extensive platform for learning new skills and techniques used in Schema Therapy. The workshop will address both the schema and mode models. The training is skills-based, with multiple opportunities to learn complex techniques for working with difficult-to-treat clinical populations. The training will center around Borderline Personality Disorder and it's treatment.

This workshop will still provide you with a good platform for learning and practicing skills, as well as direct coaching of skills therapists often feel less confident in applying.

Topics include:
Theory and conceptual model and Schema Therapy defined
• Core emotional needs and broad goal of schema therapy
• Schemas and Developmental Needs
• Definition of an 18 Early Maladaptive Schema
• Maladaptive Coping Styles
• Common Coping Responses
• Schema Modes Defined
• Schema Change strategies
• Schema Therapy formulation- BPD
• Discussion of Young Schema Questionnaire results for attendees (to be completed and scores prior to workshop)
• Assessment/ Education / Conceptualisation
• Limited Re-parenting
• Cognitive strategies
• Experiential Strategies, Emotional change through venting, imagery rescripting , Mode dialogues, and letters to parents
• Breaking through common therapeutic impasses