Schema therapy Flashcards
What is Schema Therapy?
An integrative psychotherapy approach developed by Jeffrey Young combining elements of CBT, psychodynamic therapy, attachment theory, and Gestalt therapy.
What are maladaptive schemas?
Deep-rooted patterns of thoughts and behaviors formed early in life due to unmet emotional needs.
What is an example of an Abandonment Schema?
A belief that close relationships will inevitably end.
What does the Mistrust/Abuse Schema entail?
The expectation that others will harm or take advantage of oneself.
What is the Defectiveness Schema?
Feeling inherently flawed or unworthy of love.
What is the Failure Schema?
The belief that one is incapable of achieving success.
What are Schema Modes?
Momentary emotional states and coping strategies adopted when schemas are triggered.
Name one type of Schema Mode.
Vulnerable Child Mode, Angry Child Mode, Detached Protector Mode, Healthy Adult Mode.
What is the Healthy Adult Mode?
The ideal mode where the individual uses adaptive coping strategies.
What is Cognitive Restructuring?
Identifying and challenging negative core beliefs.
What does Schema Flashcards technique involve?
Writing positive statements to counter maladaptive schemas.
What is Behavioral Pattern-Breaking?
Encouraging new, healthier behaviors.
What is Imagery Rescripting?
Rewriting distressing childhood memories with more positive outcomes.
Is Schema Therapy effective for treating Borderline Personality Disorder?
True.
What are Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMS)?
Deeply ingrained, dysfunctional patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that develop in childhood or adolescence.
Name one schema from the Disconnection and Rejection Domain.
Abandonment/Instability, Mistrust/Abuse, Emotional Deprivation, Defectiveness/Shame, Social Isolation/Alienation.
What does the Dependence/Incompetence schema imply?
Belief that one cannot function independently.
What is the Vulnerability to Harm or Illness schema?
Excessive fear of catastrophe.
What is the Entitlement/Grandiosity schema?
Expecting special treatment and disregarding others’ needs.
What does the Subjugation schema involve?
Surrendering control to others to avoid conflict.
What is the focus of the Emotional Inhibition schema?
Suppression of emotions to avoid disapproval or conflict.
What does the Unrelenting Standards/Hypercriticalness schema entail?
The need to meet extremely high standards to avoid criticism.
What is the Punitiveness schema?
Belief that mistakes deserve harsh punishment.
How do Early Maladaptive Schemas affect daily life?
They may cause difficulties in personal relationships, career growth, and emotional well-being.
What is the goal of Schema Therapy?
To modify Early Maladaptive Schemas through cognitive, behavioral, and experiential techniques.
Describe Beck’s cognitive model
Formative experiences lead to beliefs or schemas about the self world and future which then form assumptions for living
Then a trigger takes place which then leads to automatic thoughts, emotions behaviours and body sensations
What is the schema mode model?
You have the healthy adult mode that dysfunctional parent mode and child mode
Child modes can be vulnerable, angry impulsive, or content
Maladaptive parent mode can include a punitive parent such as self criticism and punishment, a demanding or critical parent such as searching for perfectionism or a healthy adult mode such as balanced emotions and matches the vulnerable child
What is the basic formulation for schema therapy
First problematic experiences such as attachment, loss, psychosis et cetera lead to schemas and core beliefs such as I am useless or defective which then leads to behaviours such as aggressiveness or punitiveness and under developed behaviours such as neglecting self-care and lacking assertiveness
