Contextual schema therapy : an integrative approach to personality disorders, emotional dysregulation, & interpersonal functioning / Eckhard Roediger, MD, Bruce A. Stevens, PhD, Robert Brockman, DClinPsy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Intro; Foreword; Introduction-ƯWhy This Book?; Chapter 1: Conceptual Underpinnings; Chapter 2: The Schema Model-Mapping the Badlands; Chapter 3: Modes-ƯIn the Present Tense; Chapter 4: From Past Tense to Present Tense-ƯThe Case Conceptualization; Chapter 5: Harnessing the Therapy Relationship; Chapter 6: Dealing with Child, Inner Critic, and Coping Modes; Chapter 7: Building the Healthy Adult Mode; Chapter 8: How to Bring Change; Chapter 9: Imagery Techniques to Induce Mode Change; Chapter 10: Mode Dialogues on Chairs; Chapter 11: Behavior Change Techniques; Chapter 12: Treatment Planning.

Chapter 13: Dealing with Difficult ClientsChapter 14: It Takes Two to Tango-ƯIncluding the Client's Partner in Therapy; Chapter 15: Therapist Schemas and Self-ƯCare; Therapist Schemas and Self-ƯCare; Epilogue-ƯTraining Opportunities and Resources; Afterword; References; Index; Figure 1-Ư1. Basic emotions, coping styles, and self-Ưexpression; Figure 1-Ư2. An exercise in dual focusing; Figure 1-Ư3. A second exercise in dual focusing; Figure 1-Ư4. Attractors and the energetic landscape; Figure 1-Ư5. The emotional tolerance window; Figure 1-Ư6. Socialization and constitution of the self.

Figure 3-Ư1. The mode modelFigure 3-Ư2. Connecting schemas, schema-Ưcoping styles, and coping modes in terms of learning processes; Figure 3-Ư3. Maladaptive coping modes and clinical symptoms; Figure 4-Ư1. Genogram for Joanne; Figure 4-Ư2. Mode monitoring form for Joanne; Figure 4-Ư3. Descriptive mode diagram for Joanne; Figure 4-Ư4. Mode map for Joanne; Figure 4-Ư5. Schemas, schema coping, coping modes, and ACT processes integrated into the behavioral analysis system; Figure 5-Ư1. Connecting the biographical, current life, and therapy scenes.

Figure 5-Ư2. The dimensions of the therapy relationshipFigure 5-Ư3. Sitting positions to support emotional activation; Figure 5-Ư4. Therapist and client positions while reflecting on the process in a working alliance; Figure 6-Ư1. Chair positions according to the mode map; Figure 6-Ư2. Chair positions for empathic confrontation; Figure 6-Ư3. How to place the chairs when working with overcompensators; Figure 7-Ư1. The attention time line; Figure 7-Ư2. Two ways to consistency; Figure 7-Ư3. Values road map; Figure 8-Ư1. Emotional processing using the two-Ưminds metaphor.

Figure 8-Ư2. Steps for lasting changeFigure 9-Ư1. Working with the two systems of information processing in imagery (based on Schacter, 1992); Figure 9-Ư2. The healing process in experiential work; Figure 10-Ư1. Chair positions in historical role-Ưplay; Figure 10-Ư2. Chair dialogue based on the mode map; Figure 10-Ư3. The vicious cycle of an alarm reaction, and how to escape; Figure 11-Ư1. Joanne's coping mode tracking sheet; Figure 11-Ư2. Joanne's schema-Ưmode flash card (modified from Young, Klosko, & Weishaar, 2003); Figure 11-Ư3. Joanne's talking-Ưback diary.

Figure 11-Ư4. Joanne's diary card.

Schema therapy is a highly effective treatment for a number of mental health issues, including difficult-to-treat personality disorders. In this groundbreaking book, three internationally recognized psychologists present a step-by-step guide outlining the most up-to-date innovations in schema therapy (ST). This important book offers a clear and practical road map for putting the schema mode model into practice, improving clients' interpersonal functioning, and integrates the latest advances in contextual behavioral psychology.

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