What is Schema Therapy

The video answers the question: What is schema therapy When we talk about schema therapy, we re talking about a treatment modality that was developed in the 1980s by a clinician named Jeffrey Young. It was specifically developed to address personality disorders or in some cases chronic and complex characterological problems. Schema therapy is the type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT is a family of modalities and we could think of schema therapy specifically as being a modified version of Becks cognitive therapy. We see four parts to schema therapy: early maladaptive schemas, schema domains, schema modes, and coping styles. With early maladaptive schemas we have a dysfunctional theme that develops starting in childhood and it has emotional cognitive and memory components to it as well as bodily sensations. These are about the self or about others, so really this type of schema is not a lot different than what we think of when we think of a cognitive therapy schema. These early maladaptive schemas