What is Schema Therapy

Schema Therapy was developed by Jeffrey Young and combines elements from other approaches , including CBT, Attachment theories and Gestalt therapy.

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Schemas are organized patterns of thought and behaviour that have been learned during childhood and maintained through out adult life . If the person’s basic emotional needs are not met during their formative years , schemas and maladaptive coping strategies can develop.

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The goals of Schema therapy are:

• To help the client to heal schemas by diminishing the intensity of emotional memories associated with the schema

• To change cognitive patterns connected to the schema

• To replace maladaptive coping strategies with adaptive patterns of behaviours.