Group Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder

Group Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder represents the first treatment manual for group schema therapy and is based on the only group ST model validated by published empirical evidence.

• Presents an original adaptation of schema therapy for use in a group setting
• Provides a detailed manual and patient materials in a user-friendly format
• Represents a cost-effective ST alternative with the potential to assist in the public health problem of making evidence-based BPD treatment widely available
• Includes 'guest' chapters from international ST experts Jeff Young, Arnoud Arntz, Hannie van Genderen, George Lockwood, Poul Perris, Neele Reiss, Heather Fretwell and Michiel van Vreeswijk

Joan M. Farrell is Clinical & Training Director Center for BPD Treatment & Research, Indiana University School of Medicine Midtown CMHC; Co-Director Schema Therapy Institute Midwest-Indianapolis; and Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis.

Ida A. Shaw is Co-Director Schema Therapy Institute Midwest-Indianapolis; and Senior Schema Therapy Supervisor, Center for BPD Treatment & Research, Indiana University School of Medicine Midtown CMHC.
Farrell and Shaw are the developers of the original Group Schema Therapy model and have specialized in the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder for 25 years.