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The Schema Map: A Self-Guided Workbook to Understand Childhood Patterns, Break Negative Cycles, and Change Your Life Using Schema Therapy for Adults
Do you keep ending up in the same place — different relationship, different job, different year — but the same feeling? The same argument that goes the same way every time. The same self-sabotage, arriving just before something could finally work. The same voice telling you that you are not enough — no matter what the evidence says.
This is not a personality flaw. This is a schema.
A schema is a deeply held belief about yourself and the world, formed in childhood when your core emotional needs went unmet. These patterns were built before you had the language to question them — and they have been running in the background of your adult life ever since, shaping your relationships, your decisions, and the way you see yourself without you noticing.
Schema Therapy — developed by Dr. Jeffrey E. Young — is one of the most researched approaches for identifying and changing deeply rooted childhood patterns. Until now, it has been largely confined to clinical settings. This book brings it to you.
The Schema Map is a complete self-guided workbook based on Schema Therapy. Practical, written in plain language, and designed to be used — not just read. No clinical jargon. No prior knowledge of psychology required.
Inside you will
The Orientation Test — a structured self-assessment that identifies your dominant schemas before you read a single chapterAll 18 schemas explained in plain language — where each one came from and how it shows up in your relationships, your work, and your inner lifePractical exercises for each schema — including Imagery Rescripting, which goes back to the memories where these patterns were formed and changes their emotional meaning, and Chairwork — structured dialogues between the different parts of yourselfPersonal Map Pages in every chapter — structured spaces where you record what you recognize, building your portrait page by pageYour Complete Schema Map — assembled at the end from all 18 pages, showing which patterns are most active and how they cluster and reinforce each other
This book is for you
You keep repeating the same patterns in relationships and don't know whyYou struggle with self-sabotage, perfectionism, or chronic self-criticismYou feel emotionally numb, disconnected, or unable to fully trust othersYou have tried therapy and self-help books — and something still feels stuckYou want a practical, accessible entry point into Schema TherapyYou are already in therapy and want a structured workbook to use between sessions
What You Will Walk Away With
A clear understanding of which schemas are most active in your lifePractical exercises you can return to repeatedlyA complete, personalized Schema MapThe beginning of a Healthy Adult voiceA roadmap for further work, including guidance on when and how to find a Schema Therapy practitioner
This book covers all 18 schemas — including the 7 not covered in the original bestseller Reinventing Your Life — and incorporates thirty years of research developed after that book was published, including schema modes, imagery rescripting, and chairwork.
You do not need to have experienced significant trauma to benefit.
This is not a personality flaw. This is a schema.
A schema is a deeply held belief about yourself and the world, formed in childhood when your core emotional needs went unmet. These patterns were built before you had the language to question them — and they have been running in the background of your adult life ever since, shaping your relationships, your decisions, and the way you see yourself without you noticing.
Schema Therapy — developed by Dr. Jeffrey E. Young — is one of the most researched approaches for identifying and changing deeply rooted childhood patterns. Until now, it has been largely confined to clinical settings. This book brings it to you.
The Schema Map is a complete self-guided workbook based on Schema Therapy. Practical, written in plain language, and designed to be used — not just read. No clinical jargon. No prior knowledge of psychology required.
Inside you will
The Orientation Test — a structured self-assessment that identifies your dominant schemas before you read a single chapterAll 18 schemas explained in plain language — where each one came from and how it shows up in your relationships, your work, and your inner lifePractical exercises for each schema — including Imagery Rescripting, which goes back to the memories where these patterns were formed and changes their emotional meaning, and Chairwork — structured dialogues between the different parts of yourselfPersonal Map Pages in every chapter — structured spaces where you record what you recognize, building your portrait page by pageYour Complete Schema Map — assembled at the end from all 18 pages, showing which patterns are most active and how they cluster and reinforce each other
This book is for you
You keep repeating the same patterns in relationships and don't know whyYou struggle with self-sabotage, perfectionism, or chronic self-criticismYou feel emotionally numb, disconnected, or unable to fully trust othersYou have tried therapy and self-help books — and something still feels stuckYou want a practical, accessible entry point into Schema TherapyYou are already in therapy and want a structured workbook to use between sessions
What You Will Walk Away With
A clear understanding of which schemas are most active in your lifePractical exercises you can return to repeatedlyA complete, personalized Schema MapThe beginning of a Healthy Adult voiceA roadmap for further work, including guidance on when and how to find a Schema Therapy practitioner
This book covers all 18 schemas — including the 7 not covered in the original bestseller Reinventing Your Life — and incorporates thirty years of research developed after that book was published, including schema modes, imagery rescripting, and chairwork.
You do not need to have experienced significant trauma to benefit.
135 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 7, 2026
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Marylou's Art Magic
55 books1 followerMarylou’s Art Magic creates books that live at the intersection of art, mindfulness, and storytelling. Her works range from poetic fiction like The Book of Silences, which explores the hidden truths found in stillness, to interactive creativity journals such as The Self-Love Revolution: A 40-Day Journey to Radical Self-Acceptance and 40 Days of Gratitude with Reverse Coloring.
Through her Magic of Trees series of reverse coloring books, Marylou invites readers of all ages to engage in playful mindfulness, transforming colors and nature-inspired imagery into personal works of art.
At the heart of all her books lies the same mission: to help people pause, breathe, and rediscover presence—whether through words, silence, gratitude, or creativity.
Marylou believes that healing often happens in quiet, intentional moments, and her books are companions for anyone seeking peace, self-expression, and deeper connection.
Through her Magic of Trees series of reverse coloring books, Marylou invites readers of all ages to engage in playful mindfulness, transforming colors and nature-inspired imagery into personal works of art.
At the heart of all her books lies the same mission: to help people pause, breathe, and rediscover presence—whether through words, silence, gratitude, or creativity.
Marylou believes that healing often happens in quiet, intentional moments, and her books are companions for anyone seeking peace, self-expression, and deeper connection.
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