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Schema Therapy is a powerful approach to working with long standing issues, such as the impact of traumatic experiences in childhood, ongoing relationship instability, chronic perfectionism and rigidity. It is also an emerging treatment approach for addictions and 'treatment resistant' anxiety and depression.
These are big issues, but God is bigger still, so as you explore these resources we pray that you find tools for healing.
These are big issues, but God is bigger still, so as you explore these resources we pray that you find tools for healing.
If you are new to Schema Therapy there is an overview here.
In person Clinician Workshop:
Self-reflection workshop for Christian Schema Therapists
A$60.00
Monday 17th June, 2-5pm Sydney City
Spend some time strengthening your Healthy Adult with other Christian Schema Therapists!
This 3 hour workshop will provide a self-reflection space on how the biblical story addresses our own unmet needs and strengthening our Healthy Adult therapist mode when working with challenging clients as Christians.
It will include
- Identifying the challenges and opportunities of our work
- Modes and schemas that get activated in our work
- How the biblical story speaks to our own unmet needs
- Experiential work to build a felt sense of needs being met
- Sharing how we are integrating faith in our Schema Therapy work
This workshop is aimed at clinicians who have a working knowledge of Schema Therapy (who know how to assess for modes and schemas and how to do basic Schema Therapy interventions). Experienced clinicians without this background knowledge will still benefit, but if you are wanting to increase your knowledge of Schema Therapy, self-paced introductory courses are available at https://learn-schema-online-stia.teachable.com/p/home
Presenter: Ruth Holt, Clinical Psychologist
Ruth is a Clinical Psychologist and Principal of Canberra Clinical and Forensic Psychology. She is a Certified Schema Therapist and Supervisor/Trainer in two specialities; Individual and Couples Schema Therapy. Based in Canberra, Ruth works with individuals and couples with a focus on complex presentations and conducts workshops and training in Schema Therapy, couples therapy, ministry resilience, women's mental health and abuse in relationships. She has presented at the Australian Psychological Society's Clinical College Conferences, the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) virtual summits and runs workshops throughout Australia. She has worked with The University of Canberra Psychology Clinic supervising and presenting to postgraduate students. Ruth has also worked in a variety of ministry roles in church ministry and university ministry.
Location: Anglican Deaconess Ministries on Level 1 St Andrews House. Located above Town Hall Station
Parking: If you want to drive in, park at Wilson Parking St Andrews House – book online ahead of the day, it costs significantly less - $24 for the day
Price includes afternoon tea.
Photo by Jill Heyer on Unsplash
For Clients - songs that speak to schemas
Below are links to songs that I have found helpful when working on particular schemas. Be careful as you are listening, that your Healthy Adult is allowing the song to impact you (your Critic or your avoidant modes might make it hard to let the song "in").
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This song was suggested by a Schema Therapist whose client has found it helpful when things feel out of control and their Mistrust/Abuse and Emotional Deprivation schemas are activated.
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Abandonment: the deep belief that your needs for support and connection will not be met. A sense that significant others will not be able to continue providing emotional support, connection, strength, or practical protection, because they are emotionally unstable or unpredictable, unreliable, or will suddenly leave. Defectiveness: The feeling that you are defective, bad, unwanted, inferior, or invalid in important respects; or that you are unlovable to significant others if exposed. May involve hypersensitivity to criticism, rejection, and blame; self-consciousness, comparisons, and insecurity around others; or a sense of shame regarding your perceived flaws. |
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Emotional Deprivation: The expectation that your desire for a normal degree of emotional support will not be adequately met by others. The three major forms of deprivation are:
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Unrelenting Standards: The underlying belief that you must strive to meet very high standards of behaviour and performance, usually to avoid criticism. typically results in feelings of pressure or difficulty slowing down; and a hypercritical nature towards oneself fad others that impairs health, sense of self, ability to enjoy or relax, or enjoy relationships.
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Self-Punitiveness: The belief that people should be harshly punished for making mistakes. Involves the tendency to be angry, intolerant, punitive, and impatient with those people (including oneself) who do not meet one's expectations or standards. Usually includes a difficulty forgiving mistakes in oneself or others due to a reluctance to consider extenuating circumstances, or a difficulty allowing for human imperfection, or empathizing with feelings.
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WEBINARS For Clinicians
WEBINAR: Schema Therapy with Christians: Working with Common Presentations
A$29.00
90 minute webinar
Working with clients who identify as Christians provides some unique challenges and opportunities. This webinar will provide a brief overview of how Schema Therapy fits with a Christian world view and will focus on practical ideas for;
- Bypassing a Spiritualising Detached Protector
- Untangling a Critic mode from client's experience of God
- Working with Unrelenting Standards and Self Sacrifice Schemas with Christians
- Using biblical metaphors in Imagery
This webinar is aimed at clinicians who have a working knowledge of Schema Therapy (who know how to assess for modes and schemas and how to do basic Schema Therapy interventions). Experienced clinicians without this background knowledge will still benefit, but if you are wanting to increase your knowledge of Schema Therapy, self-paced introductory courses are available at https://learn-schema-online-stia.teachable.com/p/home
Presenter: Ruth Holt, Clinical Psychologist
Ruth is a Clinical Psychologist and Principal of Canberra Clinical and Forensic Psychology. She is a Certified Schema Therapist and Supervisor/Trainer in two specialities; Individual and Couples Schema Therapy.
Based in Canberra, Ruth works with individuals and couples with a focus on complex presentations and conducts workshops and training in Schema Therapy, couples therapy, ministry resilience, women's mental health and abuse in relationships. She has presented at the Australian Psychological Society's Clinical College Conferences, the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) virtual summits and runs workshops throughout Australia. She has worked with The University of Canberra Psychology Clinic supervising and presenting to postgraduate students. Ruth has also worked in a variety of ministry roles in church ministry and university ministry.
Ruth has edited the book Schema Therapy for Children and Adolescents and has recently published on Schemas and Intimate Partner Violence and Schema Couples Therapy. She consults with organisations on responses to abuse and also conducts strengths building workshops for couples.
Format: This webinar is available as a down load with resources and handouts.
Photo by Ruth Gledhill on Unsplash
WEBINAR: When Grace is Elusive
A$29.00
90 Minute Webinar
Christian clients can have all the right theology, but struggle to feel forgiven, to rest in grace and to embody the peace we have with God. Cognitive, self help and even "christian counselling" approaches can fuel the "try harder" approach that these clients are entrenched in, in a desperate attempt to feel the way they "should". This webinar will take a deeper look at how we can formulate this issue from a Schema Therapy perspective, working with the body and the attachment system in powerful ways, promoting a felt sense of being accepted by God.
Topics covered:
- formulating early childhood experiences, church background, cultural background, temperament, trauma and attachment issues at play
- working with the over-controller modes
- dealing with a pharisaical critic
- experiential approaches to Christian shame
The webinar will also provide opportunities to interact with others and reflect on your own clients who struggle with this issue.
This webinar is aimed at clinicians who have a working knowledge of Schema Therapy (who know how to assess for modes and schemas and how to do basic Schema Therapy interventions). Experienced clinicians without this background knowledge will still benefit, but if you are wanting to increase your knowledge of Schema Therapy, self-paced introductory courses are available at https://learn-schema-online-stia.teachable.com/p/home
Presenter: Ruth Holt, Clinical Psychologist
Ruth is a Clinical Psychologist and Principal of Canberra Clinical and Forensic Psychology. She is a Certified Schema Therapist and Supervisor/Trainer in two specialities; Individual and Couples Schema Therapy.
Based in Canberra, Ruth works with individuals and couples with a focus on complex presentations and conducts workshops and training in Schema Therapy, couples therapy, ministry resilience, women's mental health and abuse in relationships. She has presented at the Australian Psychological Society's Clinical College Conferences, the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) virtual summits and runs workshops throughout Australia. She has worked with The University of Canberra Psychology Clinic supervising and presenting to postgraduate students. Ruth has also worked in a variety of ministry roles in church ministry and university ministry.
Ruth has edited the book Schema Therapy for Children and Adolescents and has recently published on Schemas and Intimate Partner Violence and Schema Couples Therapy. She consults with organisations on responses to abuse and also conducts strengths building workshops for couples.
Photo by Tobias Tullius on Unsplash
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Working with clients who identify as Christians provides some unique challenges and opportunities. This webinar will provide a brief overview of how Schema Therapy fits with a Christian world view and will focus on practical ideas.
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Christian clients can have all the right theology, but struggle to feel forgiven and to rest in grace. This webinar will take a deeper look at how we can formulate this issue from a Schema Therapy perspective, working with the body and the attachment system in powerful ways, promoting a felt sense of being accepted by God.
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Clinicians feel free to use the resources on this website with your clients
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