Description

People who harm themselves are challenging patients to treat in a private practice context. This presentation will introduce participants to Schema-focused Therapy, an integrative model with a research base, to treat patients’ unmet childhood needs, self-defeating life patterns, and interpersonal and emotional difficulties.

This approach is an amalgam of techniques that greatly expands cognitive behaviour therapy by placing great emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, affective experience, and the exploration of early life experiences. Theory will be presented and practical implications discussed.