TW9.1 - Enhancing Schema Therapy: Cultivating the Healthy Adult Mode - Part 1
Tracks
Track 5
Individual Therapy
| Thursday, May 30, 2024 |
| 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM |
Overview
Pre-Conference Workshop
Details
If the presenter suggests breaking into groups then you should access the Breakout Foyer HERE
At the core of Schema Therapy lies the concept of the Healthy Adult Mode, a critical element in fostering our client’s journey towards healing and self-discovery. As schema therapists, we not only aim to heal clients’ maladaptive schemas through the process of limited reparenting but also model for clients how to develop an extensive self-reflective capacity. This process of adaptive reparenting offers an emotional corrective experience within the therapeutic relationship, which in turn teaches clients to become aware of their thoughts, feelings and behaviors, guiding them towards the integration of their various modes and the healthy expressions of emotions, needs and wants.
The Healthy Adult Mode is more than just a single, fixed state; it is a dynamic collection of interrelated sub-modes that characterize a mature individual’s adaptive responses to life’s situations. Recognizing this, the ISST’s Case Conceptualization Committee has undertaken a comprehensive revision of the Case Conceptualization form, to be released in 2023. This revised form includes a detailed evaluation of the Healthy Adult Mode, prompting therapists to appraise eight particular capacities:
· Meta Awareness
· Emotional Connectedness
· Reality Orientation
· A Coherent sense of Self (Identity)
· Self-Assertiveness & Reciprocity
· Agency & Responsibility
· Caring Beyond Self
· Hope & Meaning
These capacities, while not an exhaustive list, have been identified for their clinical relevance and support within the broader psychological literature as key aspects of mature psychological functioning.
The workshop is dedicated to a thorough exploration of each capacity. The presenter will offer detailed discussions and clinical examples to illuminate how each capacity can be cultivated and reinforced in therapy.
At the core of Schema Therapy lies the concept of the Healthy Adult Mode, a critical element in fostering our client’s journey towards healing and self-discovery. As schema therapists, we not only aim to heal clients’ maladaptive schemas through the process of limited reparenting but also model for clients how to develop an extensive self-reflective capacity. This process of adaptive reparenting offers an emotional corrective experience within the therapeutic relationship, which in turn teaches clients to become aware of their thoughts, feelings and behaviors, guiding them towards the integration of their various modes and the healthy expressions of emotions, needs and wants.
The Healthy Adult Mode is more than just a single, fixed state; it is a dynamic collection of interrelated sub-modes that characterize a mature individual’s adaptive responses to life’s situations. Recognizing this, the ISST’s Case Conceptualization Committee has undertaken a comprehensive revision of the Case Conceptualization form, to be released in 2023. This revised form includes a detailed evaluation of the Healthy Adult Mode, prompting therapists to appraise eight particular capacities:
· Meta Awareness
· Emotional Connectedness
· Reality Orientation
· A Coherent sense of Self (Identity)
· Self-Assertiveness & Reciprocity
· Agency & Responsibility
· Caring Beyond Self
· Hope & Meaning
These capacities, while not an exhaustive list, have been identified for their clinical relevance and support within the broader psychological literature as key aspects of mature psychological functioning.
The workshop is dedicated to a thorough exploration of each capacity. The presenter will offer detailed discussions and clinical examples to illuminate how each capacity can be cultivated and reinforced in therapy.
Speaker
Mr Poul Perris
Md
Swedish Institute For CBT & Schema Therapy
Enhancing Schema Therapy: Cultivating the Healthy Adult Mode
Biography
Poul Perris, MD, Licensed Psychotherapist and Supervisor, is the Director of the Swedish Institute for CBT & Schema Therapy in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the Founding President of ISST (2008 - 2010), and served as President of the Swedish Association for Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (SABCT) from 2010 to 2016. Poul was originally trained by Dr. Jeffrey Young in Schema Therapy and is certified as an advanced level schema therapist, supervisor & trainer for individuals and couples. He specializes in the treatment of personality disorders, and on couples therapy for complex relational problems. Poul has published a handbook on Schema Therapy (in Swedish), and also co-authored several chapters in English textbooks on schema therapy. Poul has been teaching and supervising therapists internationally for over a decade.
