Arnoud Arntz & Gitta Jacob 
Schema Therapy in Practice [PDF ebook] 
An Introductory Guide to the Schema Mode Approach

Schema Therapy in Practice presents a comprehensive
introduction to schema therapy for non-specialist practitioners
wishing to incorporate it into their clinical practice.



* Focuses on the current schema mode model, within which cases
can be more easily conceptualized and emotional interventions more
smoothly introduced

* Extends the practice of schema therapy beyond borderline
personality disorder to other personality disorders and Axis I
disorders such as anxiety, depression and OCD

* Presented by authors who are world-respected as leaders in the
schema therapy field, and have pioneered the development of the
schema mode approach

Cuprins

About the Authors vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

PART I CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION 3

1 Basics 5

2 The Mode Concept 41

3 Communicating the Mode Concept to the Patient 91

PART II TREATMENT 101

4 Treatment Overview 103

5 Overcoming Coping Modes 117

6 Treating Vulnerable Child Modes 141

7 Treating Angry and Impulsive Child Modes 193

8 Treating Dysfunctional Parent Modes 217

9 Strengthening the Healthy Adult Mode 245

References 255

Index 259

Despre autor

Arnoud Arntz is Professor of Clinical Psychology and
Experimental Psychopathology at Maastricht University, the
Netherlands. He is Scientific Director of the University’s
Research Center of Experimental Psychopathology. He studies
psychological theories and therapies for anxiety and personality
disorders, and is the principal investigator for a series of
multicenter trials investigating the effectiveness of schema
therapy for various personality disorders. He also practices CBT
and schema therapy.

Gitta Jacob is a Clinical Psychologist, Cognitive and
Schema Therapist in the Department of Clinical Psychology and
Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany. She is a founding
board member of the International Society for Schema Therapy, and a
past Chair of the Working Group on Borderline Personality Disorders
at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University
Hospital Freiburg.