i briefly tried schema therapy. first i was in a schema group but they did not want me in there; some members thought i would be better off in individual therapy. i could not afford to do both at the time.

so i went into individual schema therapy and was given an exam to rate where i stood on the 15 or 16 or 17 schema patterns (or whatever they call them and i forget exactly how many there were). i scored very high in all by one of them indicating a very high rate of problems. the therapist asked me which schema i'd like to work on first. i asked if there was one in particular that would be best; that was essential to working on the others - you know, a core schema from where to start. the therapist did not answer. he told me that i should just choose one.

next session, he reminded me that we needed to work on the schema and asked me how my week was. i spoke the entire 45 minutes on my week. at the end he scolded me for not discussing the schema. and this happened every week. the therapist would ask questions while i discussed my week; we never got to working on the schemas. therapist blamed me for lack of progress. therapist was fired. the end.