[junkDNA]

Anyones T do schema therapy with them?? my T does this with me. i am working on a project of drawing out my schema modes. here is a list of the modes Schema Mode Listing. i find this type of therapy beneficial. theres a wikipedia on schema therapy, Schema Therapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. so, does anyone else do this with their T? thoughts? praise? criticism?? does it sound like something you would want to try or not? why?

I've read two of Young's books on Schema Therapy. I found the techniques used in Schema Therapy very interesting. When I left the east coast and moved west and needed to find a new therapist, I searched for someone trained in Schema therapy. I thought that since I was near a major university with a PhD clinical psych. program, a clinical MSW program and a professional mental health counselor program someone practicing in the community would be trained in the technique. No such luck! It seems that the university is majorly entrenched in CBT techniques and it was even a long search to find a therapist who wasn't pushing CBT. But it does seem like the techniques of Schema Therapy would be helpful to some.

[junkDNA]

Originally Posted by Jaybird57

I've read two of Young's books on Schema Therapy. I found the techniques used in Schema Therapy very interesting. When I left the east coast and moved west and needed to find a new therapist, I searched for someone trained in Schema therapy. I thought that since I was near a major university with a PhD clinical psych. program, a clinical MSW program and a professional mental health counselor program someone practicing in the community would be trained in the technique. No such luck! It seems that the university is majorly entrenched in CBT techniques and it was even a long search to find a therapist who wasn't pushing CBT. But it does seem like the techniques of Schema Therapy would be helpful to some.

my T has a few of young's books. sorry you couldn't find a schema therapist in your area. i do find schema work helpful. im working on a project now where im going to draw my schema modes. my T suggested it.

[Partless]

That's interesting, I read about this very briefly, I'm surprised not more people use it, it seems intuitively appealing.

Thank you for the link JunkDNA.

[guilloche]

Hey JunkDNA! I read Young's book that's targeted towards self-help, and really *loved* it (though honestly, I didn't follow through and do anything with it).

I think schema therapy looks very interesting, and like it could be a huge help. No direct experience though. I really wish there were folks near me trained in it, but as far as I can tell from internet searching, there's not.

Though you know, I know my T knows some CBT. I wonder if I brought him the book on schema therapy what he'd think about it. He also does psychodynamic (and a few other things), so he might be in a good position to make sense of it, if he finds it interesting... I might have to think about that.

Good luck with it, and please feel free to share your experiences! I'd love to hear more about how it goes!

[JaneC]

Thanks for that JunkDNA, it was an interesting read..........I found myself in there.

I'm wondering, how does it translate to therapy? How do you work on the maladaptive coping patterns? What is the approach actually in the room? I am really curious, because as Partless said, it seems intuitively appealing.

I hope you wouldn't mind sharing some of your insights? I'd be really interested to hear!

[junkDNA]

Originally Posted by JaneC

Thanks for that JunkDNA, it was an interesting read..........I found myself in there.

I'm wondering, how does it translate to therapy? How do you work on the maladaptive coping patterns? What is the approach actually in the room? I am really curious, because as Partless said, it seems intuitively appealing.

I hope you wouldn't mind sharing some of your insights? I'd be really interested to hear!

hey....as far as working on the maladaptive coping modes (mine is detached protector) i dont know yet. we are starting to work on that. first it was identifying which modes i have. now i am working on drawing them out.

my T gives me schema inventory tests and mode tests and charts them in graphs to see my progress...which ones are less prevalent and which ones we still need to work on.

as far as how the approach is in the room, my T models a healthy parent to me so i can learn to internalize it and begin to grow my own healthy parent inside me. my T is silly and playful, yet compassionate, kind, and able to talk about serious things like trauma and childhood stuff. he is a well balanced T in that regard. we have been working together almost 5 yrs. i have made a ton of progress, to look back on 2010 is like looking at a different person. completely. i have had multiple incidents of trauma in my short life (im 28) which prevented me from opening up and trusting T for a LONG time. but i am finally to a place where i trust T and am able to talk about trauma stuff and process it with him. of course we take breaks as needed. as far as the schema stuff goes the ones that are most prevalent with me are related to PTSD, like mistrust and vulnerability to harm.

my T does multiple modes of therapy , so its not just schema work. but i find the schema therapy very helpful, he has lots of books about it. i think it can apply to everyone