Terapia schematów – łącząca elementy terapii poznawczo-behawioralnej, psychodynamicznej, Gestalt i teorii przywiązania – cieszy się coraz większą popularnością dzięki potwierdzonej empirycznie skuteczności. Niniejsza książka to obszerny przewodnik po tym podejściu, pokazujący, w jaki sposób praca z trybami pomaga pacjentom z różnymi zaburzeniami osobowości, z zaburzeniami nastroju, z depresją, z zaburzeniami lękowymi czy obsesyjno-kompulsywnymi.
Schema Therapy in Practice has a fairly narrow focus, describing in detail how to do mode work. As those familiar with schema therapy know, we all have different schemas, and we all have different modes. Some of us have modes that are so strong that they make traditional schema therapy difficult. For instance, those with narcissistic features tend to have intense overcompensator modes that make it tough to access their vulnerable side. Others, like those with borderline features, have modes that are so rapidly shifting that the schema therapist experiences something of a moving target, again making traiditional schema work very difficult.
Mode work was created for these latter clients, and Schema Therapy in Practice nicely describes how to do this work. The writing is very clear and organized. The first few chapters outline the basics of schema therapy and modes, while the remainder of the book discusses the cognitive, experiential, and behavioral interventions that the authors have found most helpful in treating different modes. The case examples are interesting, relevant, and succinct.