Book contents
- Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy
- Cambridge Guides to the Psychological Therapies
- Reviews
- Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- A Note from the Series Editor
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Overview of the Schema Therapy Model
- Chapter 1 From Core Emotional Needs to Schemas, Coping Styles, and Schema Modes
- Chapter 2 Research Support for Schema Therapy
- Part II The Model of Schema Therapy in Practice
- Part III Applications and Adaptations for Mental Health Presentations
- Part IV Application of Schema Therapy in Different Populations and in Different Settings
- Appendix Interview Questions/Guidance for the Assessment Process (Chapter 3)
- Index
- References
Chapter 1 - From Core Emotional Needs to Schemas, Coping Styles, and Schema Modes
The Conceptual Model of Schema Therapy
from Part I - Overview of the Schema Therapy Model
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
- Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy
- Cambridge Guides to the Psychological Therapies
- Reviews
- Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- A Note from the Series Editor
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Overview of the Schema Therapy Model
- Chapter 1 From Core Emotional Needs to Schemas, Coping Styles, and Schema Modes
- Chapter 2 Research Support for Schema Therapy
- Part II The Model of Schema Therapy in Practice
- Part III Applications and Adaptations for Mental Health Presentations
- Part IV Application of Schema Therapy in Different Populations and in Different Settings
- Appendix Interview Questions/Guidance for the Assessment Process (Chapter 3)
- Index
- References
Summary
Schema therapy could have very easily been named as ‘needs therapy’, so central is the concept of core emotional needs to the practice of modern schema therapy. Borrowing from the basic needs concept and theories of attachment that had been well developed in the developmental psychology literature, Young described the following core domains as pivotal to understanding problems that emerge in the developmental period: (1) Secure attachments to others (includes safety, stability, nurturance, and acceptance); (2) Autonomy, competence, and sense of identity; (3) Freedom to express valid needs and emotions; (4) Spontaneity and play; (5) Realistic limits and self-control. Need satisfaction during childhood leads to the development of healthy schemas and related functional affective and behavioural patterns, while early need frustration leads directly to the development of early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and related negative patterns of behaviour and maladaptive coping styles. This chapter describes the central theories and concepts which underpin schema therapy practice including the original set of eighteen schemas, as well as schema modes and the schema mode model.
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- Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy , pp. 1 - 15Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023