This Schema Therapy training for developmental trauma, incorporates Interpersonal Neurobiology, Polyvagal theory, Somatic Psychotherapy, bottom up and top down approaches and phases of intervention.  The training includes 3 mornings over a three week period. Training Objectives Include: A focus on experiential and Emotion Regulation techniques in Schema Therapy to use in session with reference to the three phases of treatment, i.e., Bonding & Regulation, Schema Mode Change & Autonomy. Understanding the three phases of treatment (bonding and regulation, mode change…

Working with Shame with Dr Rita Younan and Ms Ruth Holt "Toxic Shame is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved, the star and the scapegoat, the righteous and the wretched, the powerful and the pathetic" John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You. Shame has many "faces" and can be hard to shift and difficult to work with.  Shame can be fuelled by or held in various modes, creating "shame cycles".  Adequate intervention requires accurate assessment. This…

This 3 morning workshop is the last of the curriculum for certification training in Individual Schema Therapy offered by  Schema Therapy Institute Australia. 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 Working with the specific child modes found in these presentations that…