Category Archives: Schema Therapy

Punitive schema or excessive self-criticism

The punitive schema is like a harsh inner voice that makes you believe that punishment and excessive self-criticism is the solution to everything. It’s that voice that tells you things like “You deserve this” or “You’ll be fine.” It often appears after childhood, when we learn to feel guilty...

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Self-Practice, Self-Reflection

Personal development group and clinical practice improvement for psychologists, psychotherapists, and counselors Duration: 10 monthly modules, on the first Tuesday of the month from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM The group starts running with a minimum of 5 participants. Content: 10 hours per month: 5 hours online + 5...

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Coffee, Tea … WE

Roxana Nicolau and the Romanian Institute of Schema Therapy invite you to an interactive workshop focusing on practical aspects of intervention in couple therapy. Workshop: Coffee, Tea … WE – Applications of Schema Therapy in Working with Couples Date: 12 – 13 August 2022 

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LATEST PERSPECTIVES IN SCHEMA THERAPY: EDINBURGH, MAY 2019

The International Society of Schema Therapy is very determined to support the promotion of this type of psychotherapy in Europe, so once again, we will have the opportunity to attend the ISST conference in a fairytale city, Edinburgh. I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to pack my...

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Guided Imagery

In Centralized Cognitive Schema Therapy, we use experiential strategies such as guided imagery more than in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy. These strategies are useful because they can help trigger emotions associated with maladaptive cognitive schemas and also allow the client to reproduce the parental figure within the safe framework of therapy....

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ISST Vienna 2016 Conference

This year, the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) promises a conference with attractive topics for lovers of schema-centered therapy. Three full days are announced!    

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I WAS (ALSO) A HAPPY CHILD

Today I had a revelation… or for the more pretentious psychologist colleagues, let’s say I had an insight. I don’t know how, I don’t know from where, but it popped up in my mind like a pop-up… vuuuuuupppp. But I know why… because yesterday and today I delved deeply...

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