Creative Methods in Schema Therapy: Advances and Innovation in Clinical Practice

Creative Methods in Schema Therapy captures current trends and developments in Schema Therapy in rich clinical detail, with a vividness that inspires and equips the reader to integrate these new ways of working directly into their practice.

It begins with creative adaptations to assessment and formulation, including the integration of body methods to promote engagement and to bring about early emotional change. Other chapters introduce innovative methods to lift a formulation off the page and it goes on to bring to life new developments across all aspects of the ST change repertoire, including limited reparenting, imagery, trauma processing, chair work, the therapy relationship, empathic confrontation and endings. For the specialist, there are chapters on working with forensic modes, eating disorders and couples work. Finally, the book includes chapters on the integration of key principles and techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy and Compassionate Mind work into a core schema model.

The book will appeal not only to full-fledged schema therapists, but also to junior therapists and therapists from other modalities who are willing to enhance their ways of working.

Gillian Heath is a Clinical Psychologist and Co-Director of Schema Therapy Associates Training Programme. She has co-authored a number of highly regarded Schema Therapy resources, including the Schema Therapy Toolkit, an online video training tool demonstrating core and advanced Schema Therapy techniques.

Helen Startup is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and joint Head of Psychology for the Sussex Partnership NHS Eating Disorders Service. She is also an honorary Senior Lecturer with Sussex University and Co-Directs Schema Therapy School, UK.