Hi

I am sorry, I can't answer your question exactly, but I am currently doing schema therapy for my BPD diagnosis, in Scandinavia, where it is the standard treatment, along with DBT, for treating personality disorders. It seems to be quite common in Germany as well. I have done it for about 2 months now.

There is a lot of trial about this therapy going on. Here in Scandinavia they do both group and individual schema therapy, I am doing the individual to begin with and will then try the group approach when I am more stable.

I can say something about schema therapy and that is that it makes a lot of sense logically, and at the same time it moves very deep feelings and emotions. It is therefore important to do it with a therapist. It is however possible to read a book on schema therapy and learn a lot, A LOT about oneself, but it is more like knowledge, and maybe not life changing in itself, but I do recommend to read about the different schemas and coping modes. You can also do a test to see which schemas and coping modes are mostly active in your case.

I am currently reading Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide
by Janet S. Klosko, Jeffrey Young, and Marjorie E. Weishaar.

It is an eye opener indeed. I have to read it slowly because it affects me so much.

I am sure most psychologists will be able to discuss some of the ideas in schema therapy even if they aren't schema therapists per se., however they might not be able to do the re-parenting thing which is a part of schema therapy.

But my point is, until schema therapy is more available in the UK I would say it is a good idea to read such a book, it will help somewhat and kind of make you see yourself in new ways

PM me if you want, I will be glad to share my experience with this therapy.

Best,

Ms.Lizette