Schema Therapy in Practice: An Introductory Guide to the Schema Mode Approach
Also known as Schema Therapy in Practice, Schematherapie in der Praxis
Arntz and Jacob's practical introduction to schema therapy's mode approach
At a glance
What it argues
Modes work across disorders
Key ideas
Conceptualize by modes, Treat mode by mode, Healthy Adult …
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Case examples and FAQs
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Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder, Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns, Schema modes
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Arnoud Arntz, Gitta Jacob and 2 others
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- Cases are easier to understand, and emotional techniques easier to bring in, when thought of as modes.
- The book teaches schema therapy through the schema mode model.
- It treats coping modes, child modes and parent modes in turn, and ends on strengthening the Healthy Adult.
- It extends the approach from borderline personality disorder to other personality disorders and to anxiety, depression and OCD.
Why it matters
- For clinicians new to schema therapy who want something usable in session; the publisher says no prior knowledge is needed.
- Each chapter ends with FAQs, and it is written by two of the people who developed the mode approach.
Key facts
- Authors
- Arnoud Arntz and Gitta Jacob1
- Published
- October 2012 (Wiley-VCH lists the 1st edition then; often cited as 2013)1
- Original
- German edition Schematherapie in der Praxis, Beltz, 20111
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell1
- Pages
- 2761
- ISBN
- 97811199628611
- Audience
- Non-specialist practitioners; accessible without prior schema therapy knowledge1
What it argues
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Modes work across disorders1
The mode approach is general, not tied to one personality disorder, and fits chronic Axis I disorders too.
Key ideas
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Conceptualize by modes1
Cases are conceptualized more easily, and emotional interventions introduced more smoothly, within the mode model.
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Treat mode by mode1
Separate treatment chapters for coping modes, child modes and parent modes.
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Healthy Adult1
The last chapter is about strengthening the Healthy Adult mode, the aim of schema therapy.
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Beyond BPD1
Applied to other personality disorders and to anxiety, depression and OCD.
Examples from the book
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Case examples and FAQs1
The Psychiatrist's review praised its clear case examples and the FAQs at the end of each chapter.
Read next
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Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
Arntz's full treatment for BPD using the same mode model.
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Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns
Jacob's companion self-help book on modes, for clients.
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The concept the book is built on.
Connections
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