Roediger E., Stevens B.A., Brockman B. Contextual Schema Therapy: An Integrative Approach to Personality Disorders, Emotional Dysregulation, and Interpersonal Functioning

Context Press, 2018. — 305 p. — ISBN: 9781684030958.In this groundbreaking book, three internationally recognized psychologists present a step-by-step guide outlining the most up-to-date innovations in schema therapy (ST). This important book offers a clear and practical road map for putting the schema mode model into practice, improving clients' interpersonal functioning, and integrating the latest advances in contextual behavioral psychology. ST is a powerful, integrative treatment model that combines aspects of cognitive, behavioral, and psychodynamic therapies. It has proven highly effective in treating several mental health issues, including difficult-to-treat personality disorders. ST’s main premise is that mental health issues arise as a result of unmet emotional needs in childhood, leading to the development of early maladaptive schemas (EMS). But, more and more, ST has shifted away from EMS to focus on schema content — that is, changing the way clients relate to their experiences and others. This book incorporates the latest findings in contextual behavioral science with a focus on clients’ coping styles — or schema modes — and improving interpersonal functioning. The book includes exercises from compassion-focused therapies, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and even functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP) to help your clients become more aware of their unhealthy coping patterns and behaviors. You’ll also discover a range of emotion-focused and experiential techniques to use in therapy with your client.Conceptual Underpinnings.
The Schema Model — Mapping the Badlands.
Modes — In the Present Tense.
From Past Tense to Present Tense — The Case Conceptualization.
Harnessing the Therapy Relationship.
Dealing with Child, Inner Critic, and Coping Modes.
Building the Healthy Adult Mode.
How to Bring Change.
Imagery Techniques to Induce Mode Change.
Mode Dialogues on Chairs.
Behavior Change Techniques.
Treatment Planning.
Dealing with Difficult Clients.
It Takes Two to Tango — Including the Client’s Partner in Therapy.
Therapist Schemas and Self-Care.