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Chapter 20 - Schema Therapy in the Online World

from Part IV - Application of Schema Therapy in Different Populations and in Different Settings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Robert N. Brockman ,
Susan Simpson ,
Christopher Hayes ,
Remco van der Wijngaart  and
Matthew Smout
Robert N. Brockman
Affiliation:
Australian Catholic University
Susan Simpson
Affiliation:
NHS Forth Valley and University of South Australia
Christopher Hayes
Affiliation:
Schema Therapy Institute Australia
Remco van der Wijngaart
Affiliation:
International Society of Schema Therapy
Matthew Smout
Affiliation:
University of South Australia
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Summary

As clients increasingly choose to access schema therapy remotely, it is essential for schema therapists to become digitally competent. Online settings provide multifarious opportunities for therapists to adapt ST techniques in innovative and creative ways. The active ingredients of limited reparenting, including emotional presence and attunement, can be adapted to online settings in order to maximise therapeutic connection through a range of strategies. In this chapter, a range of adaptations are described, which can be utilised across a wide range of technologies. In particular, we describe ways of adapting schema therapy techniques such as chairwork, historical roleplay and imagery rescripting to the online environment, especially videoconferencing settings. We encourage schema therapists to tap into their own creativity as they learn to adapt to online settings.

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schema therapylimited reparenting onlinevideoconferencingonline chairworkonline imagery rescripting
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Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy , pp. 333 - 341
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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