Schema Therapy
Schema therapy aims to help you to identify & modify Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMS).
Schemas can be defined as a long standing & often entrenched pattern or theme in the way a person thinks, feels & acts.
Early Maladaptive Schemas:
Examples of EMS include:
Emotional Deprivation: "I will never get the love I need"
Abandonment: "People will leave me"
Mistrust/Abuse: "People cannot be trusted"
Defectiveness/Shame: "I am flawed/There is something wrong with me"
Schema therapy aims to help you:
Schema therapy is a longer term therapy that is intended to help people with longstanding & often entrenched problems.
Further information on Schema Therapy
Schemas can be defined as a long standing & often entrenched pattern or theme in the way a person thinks, feels & acts.
Early Maladaptive Schemas:
- are developed early in life as a result of negative childhood experiences & the innate temperament of the individual
- are elaborated on throughout a person's life i.e. become reinforced through a person's learning & experiences
- are triggered by different events or aspects of a person's environment that relate to the EMS
- generate significant personal distress & highly dysfunctional behavior when triggered
- interferes with an individual's ability to achieve their desired goals e.g. maintain a relationship, keep a job, parent their children, try new challenges
- are habitual & highly resistant to change
Examples of EMS include:
Emotional Deprivation: "I will never get the love I need"
Abandonment: "People will leave me"
Mistrust/Abuse: "People cannot be trusted"
Defectiveness/Shame: "I am flawed/There is something wrong with me"
Schema therapy aims to help you:
- identify your EMS
- fully experience the schema in order to recognise when it is operating
- modify the schema via the use of more functional & adaptive thoughts & behaviours
Schema therapy is a longer term therapy that is intended to help people with longstanding & often entrenched problems.
Further information on Schema Therapy
