Workshop 2: Schema Therapy For Individuals

Date:

Day 1: 21st March
Day 2: 4th April
Day 3: 11th April

Location: 

Day 1: Online
Day 2: In Person (Cardiff Bay) or Online
Day 3: Online

Workshop includes two 90 minutes follow on case-study session.

Please note that a minimum of 6 attendees are required to run this workshop.

About the Course Presenter

Mandy Walsh is a fully certified Advanced Schema Trainer and Supervisor for both Individuals and Couples. She is a full member of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) and an active member of the Schema Couples Therapy Special Interest Group & the Schema Therapy Organisational Development Group. Mandy brings her passion and energy for schema therapy into the training room which enables those attending her workshops to learn the models and techniques which they can take straight back to the therapy room.

About the Course Co-presenter

Dr Anastasiya Lovegrove is a chartered counselling psychologist, CBT and focusing-oriented therapist, and an ISST accredited Schema Therapy Supervisor/Trainer. She has worked in mental health charities and the NHS for almost 10 years, predominantly working with people experiencing depression and anxiety symptoms, psychological effects of recent traumatic episodes and individuals who experienced childhood neglect/traumas leading to reoccurring interpersonal challenges and difficulties in regulating emotions in their adult lives.

Should you wish to apply for either the Standard or Advanced Certification Route please complete the relevant Application Form. Please view the criteria which are on the form prior to completing.  Should you have any questions please feel free to call Mandy on 07846972824.

INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME IN SCHEMA THERAPY STANDARD ROUTE APPLICATION FORM

INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME IN SCHEMA THERAPY ADVANCED ROUTE APPLICATION FORM

This 3-day workshop is designed for clinicians who have previously completed some training in schema therapy and are looking to further develop skills in using the model.  Its aim is to assist clinicians to develop more competence and confidence in the application of Schema Therapy as well as on the application of treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

Participants will gain practical experience and guidance in the use of essential experiential techniques such as imagery, chairwork and mode work and other cognitive and behavioural techniques for change.   The workshop will include a strong component of supervised practice; it will have approximately 7 hours of dyadic work in a role-play format.  This will involve coached practise of experiential exercises (chairwork and imagery) to enhance participants’ skills in working with the Vulnerable Child mode, Dysfunctional Coping modes (such as the Detached Protector mode), Dysfunctional Parent modes, and Overcompensatory modes.  Video footage or live demonstrations will be used to assist with the learning experience.

Learning outcomes and objectives

Participants will be able to:

– Conceptualise client difficulties involving complex presentations.
– Use mode work to provide limited reparenting to the vulnerable child mode and rescript difficult childhood situations.
– Use mode work to bypass the detached protector mode.
– Use mode work to tackle the Punitive Parent and Demanding Parent modes.
– Use mode work to tackle Overcompensatory modes, such as those seen in the Narcissistic presentation.
– Utilise empathic confrontation with challenging / critical clients.
– Formulate and follow a treatment plan for BPD and NPD clients.
– Understand the Schema Therapy Competency Scale and how it relates to developing therapist core competencies during the treatment process.
– Have a greater awareness of the clinician’s own schemas and their influence in treatment, as well as ways to respond to one’s own schema activation during the therapeutic encounter.
– Work with clients with self-harming behaviours
– Work effectively with angry and impulsive presentations.