Schema Therapy

by Jeffrey Young, David P. Bernstein, Jeffrey E. Young

Schema Therapy combines proven cognitive behavioral therapy techniques with elements of interpersonal, experiential, and psychodynamic therapies in order to help people with long-term mental health problems including personality disorders and chronic depression. Schema Therapy suggests that many negative cognitive conditions are based on past experiences, and therefore provides models for challenging and modifying negative thoughts and behaviors in order to provoke change.

In this book, Eshkol Rafaeli, David P. Bernstein and Jeffrey Young - pioneers of the Schema Therapy approach - indicate the 30 distinctive features of Schema Therapy, and how the method fits into the broader CBT spectrum.

Divided into two parts, Theoretical Points and Practical Points, this book provides a concise introduction for those new to the technique, as well as a discussion of how it differs from the other cognitive behavioral therapies for those experienced in the field.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction

184 pages, Paperback

First published September 7, 2010

Reviews

[Toby · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my first introduction to schema therapy and while it did give me an idea of what it is about the book suffered from some flaws which left me unsatisfied.

My biggest problem with the book is the structure. The book is split into a series of "points" each being a short number of pages long. This feels like some marketing idea that someone thought would be a good unique selling point for the series, but in fact interferes with the quality of the content. While it may sound like a good idea to break up the content into bitesize pieces it ends up like the literary version of tapas - disjointed and unsatisfying.

Related to this I got the feeling that the authors were not quite sure who their target audience was. Is the book pitched at general interest, at clients of schema therapy, at trained practitioners, or at psychology students? The content flits wildly between these in what feels like a "something for everyone" approach, but ends up more like "little for anyone". Again I suspect this may be down to the structure as I got the sense that the author had sat down with a numbered list and tried to fill it with "key points".

Having said that about half the points serve as a satisfactory basic overview of the therapy, for those who know nothing about it and want a quick overview.

[Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent introduction, and useful companion, to Schema Therapy, suitable for someone unfamiliar with this integrated therapeutic approach. It outlines a structure that makes it easy to understand domains, schemas, and modes, how they manifest and function. For me, this book was a much better place to start learning about Schema Therapy than Young's simplified "self-help" version presented for the layman in Reinventing Your Life. Instead, I began with this "distinctive features" intro book, which highlights for the beginner what Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide by Klosko, Young, and Weishaar covers in detail for those more advanced.

[Dilara · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
şema terapi'ye ilgi duyanlar için giriş niteliğinde bir kitap.
şema terapi'nin ortaya çıkışı, bdt ile kesişen ve ayrılan yönleri, çeşitli kişilik bozukluklarında ve çiftlerle şema terapi kullanımı kısa bölümler halinde sunulmuş.
erken dönem olumsuz yaşantılarımızın ve karşılanmamış duygusal ihtiyaçlarımızın güncel hayatımızdaki uyumsuz davranış örüntülerimiz üzerine düşündüren bir kitap. kitap içerisinde şema çeşitleri ve mod kavramı da ele alınmış. bir kez okuduktan sonra özellikle bu iki kavramın detaylı açıklandığı bölümlerin tekrar tekrar okunması faydalı olabilir.
son olarak çevirisi bir tık daha iyi olabilirdi diye düşünüyorum.

[Rafael Maia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bem legal pra conhecer a linha de pesquisa

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a well-written, easy-to-read introduction to schema therapy by experts in the field

[Pia Bergqvist · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting. Useful approach, very practical.

[d · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the most lucid and easy-to-understand books on therapy I have read.

[Burak Yıldız · Rating 3 out of 5]

Güzelim terapinin kalitesini düşürmüşsünüz ya. Ayırıcı özellikler ayağına özetin de özeti bir kitap olmuş. Beğenmedim.

[Don · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent introduction to schema therapy -- practically perfect, powerfully perspicuous. This book is written for clinicians, and I believe that schema therapy is primarily used for individuals with personality disorders, but I think that many non-clinicians, with or with personality disorders, would benefit from reading this. Schema therapy conceptualizes human personality in a fresh and helpful way, and I feel more self-aware, more in control after reading this.

[Aslı Fatoğlu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Şema Terapi ile tanışmak için aldığım bir kitaptı. Genel bir özet olacağını biliyordum. Kısa bir özetin içerisine, çok sayıda bilgi sığdırılan kitabı okurken; birbirinden kopuk bilgiler bombardımanı altında hissettim. Verilen vala örnekleri, jenerik ve işlevsizdi. Pek tatmin olmadım…

[Ana Mafalda · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[İbrahim · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book

[Algirdas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aiškiai išdėstytas trumpas schemų terapijos kursas.

[Shona · Rating 5 out of 5]

کتاب بسیار عالی برای شروع یادگیری طرحواره درمانی است. ساختار اولیه مسنجمی را میتوان با مطالعه آن به وجود آورد که در مطالعاتی بعدی میشود به راحتی به این ساختار، شاخ و برگ بیشتری اضافه کرد.

[Yld Slr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ornek verilmeden anlatılan kitapları çok beğenemiyorum

[Sumeyye · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kısa olmasına rağmen güzel özetleyici bir kitap olmuş.

[merve · Rating 4 out of 5]

psikologumu outdidleyeceğim az kaldi

[Fernanda Silva · Rating 5 out of 5]

5* considering the year it was written.