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February 2020
Schema Therapy Advanced Techniques: Working with Rigid, Avoidant, Grandiose and Impulsive Clients
This two day workshop is the last of the curriculum for certified training in Individual Schema Therapy offered by the Schema Therapy Institute Australia. Accrued hours are 8 Didactic & 5 Dyadic. This workshop will focus on extending clinician skills with difficult to treat client groups including treatment of: Cluster C, specifically OCPD, Dependent &, Avoidant Personality Disorders Cluster B, specifically Narcissistic & Antisocial Personality Disorders Overcompensating Clients & specific “Fight Coping Modes” i.e., Overcontroller, Bully Attack & Self-Aggrandizer Advanced imagery…
Find out more »Sex & Schema Therapy
Sex & Schema Therapy with Ms Ruth Holt Advanced Schema Therapist Supervisor - Trainer Individual & Couples Many, if not most patients, arrive in our rooms with an impaired sexual self. Sex can activate their Defectiveness, Mistrust/Abuse, Emotional Deprivation schemas and so they have learned to have “Detached Protector” sex, “Perfectionistic Over-controller” sex or “ Self-Aggrandiser” sex (to name a few!). Others have used sex as a Detached Self-Soother/Stimulator for many years (for example problematic pornography use) and are not able to connect…
Find out more »Schema Therapy for Chronic Axis 1 Disorders, Canberra: An Introductory Workshop
Schema Therapy for Chronic Mood Disorders with: Dr Rita Younan & Ms Ruth Holt There is growing research on the effectiveness of Schema Therapy for chronic depression and some early work on other treatment resistant mood disorder presentations. This two day workshop will cover Schema Therapy formulation and treatment approaches for working with these presentations, including case studies, demonstrations and opportunities to practice skills. Specific topics include; Schema Therapy models for Chronic mood disorders like Depression and Anxiety Schema Therapy for other…
Find out more »June 2020
Starting from Within: “Experiencing Schema Therapy from the Inside Out” Singapore
STARTING FROM WITHIN: SCHEMA THERAPY SELF-PRACTICE/SELF-REFLECTION WORKSHOP An important part of training for Schema Therapists is self-therapy to understand one’s own schemas and modes, the role they play in being a schema therapist and the impact of patients’ in triggering schemas and modes. Such self-awareness is critical to the genuine, open presence required by ST’s limited reparenting model; this is particularly important for therapists conducting group ST, as the impact of a number of clients at the same time can…
Find out more »An Introduction To Schema Therapy for Post Graduate Students, Singapore
Theory, Techniques & Model for Professionals & Post Graduate Students Presented by: Dr Rita Younan This introductory workshop is aimed for professionals who are interested in working with Personality Disorders and Complex Trauma Presentations. The training aims to provide an introduction to the theory and techniques typical of Individual & Group Schema Therapy with an emphasis on Borderline Personality Disorder. By the end of the workshop attendees will know: What a Schema is and how they develop The different coping styles when Schemas are activated What the Mode Model is and how to work with modes The basics of Schema Therapy techniques in both individual and group settings Outcome studies looking at Schema Therapy and its effectiveness About the Presenters: Dr Rita Younan is a Clinical Psychologist and certified Schema Therapist Supervisor-Trainer in Individual and Group Schema Therapy. Dr Younan was the…
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