Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns
A Schema Therapy Self-Help and Support Book
Published on 27. February 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-118-87771-5 (ISBN)
Description
Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns is the first schema-mode focused resource guide aimed at schema therapy patients and self-help readers seeking to understand and overcome negative patterns of thinking and behaviour.
* Represents the first resource for general readers on the mode approach to schema therapy
* Features a wealth of case studies that serve to clarify schemas and modes and illustrate techniques for overcoming dysfunctional modes and behavior patterns
* Offers a series of exercises that readers can immediately apply to real-world challenges and emotional problems as well as the complex difficulties typically tackled with schema therapy
* Includes original illustrations that demonstrate the modes and approaches in action, along with 20 self-help mode materials which are also available online
* Written by authors closely associated with the development of schema therapy and the schema mode approach
Reviews / Votes
The authors have distilled their extensive clinical experienceas therapists, supervisors, trainers and researchers in SchemaTherapy into a wonderfully clear and enlightening self-help guide.Their ability to explain and address complex issues in such astraightforward and compassionate manner means that this book willbe invaluable for people struggling with 'negative thinkingpatterns', and a great inspiration for therapists looking toexplain the concepts and ideas of schema therapy to others.Harnessing the use of mental imagery is a useful addition too tomany standard texts. Super case examples and vivid imagesillustrate the concepts throughout.--Emily Holmes, MRCCognition & Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge UK and Departmentfor Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet,Sweden This book is an amazingly successful explanation of the essence ofSchema Therapy. It is perfect for anyone interested inunderstanding what drives our emotional, thinking and behavioralpatterns, and how those patterns can be changed. It is already abestseller in the Netherlands and Germany and a great help to itsreaders, so it is fantastic that it is now available inEnglish.--Arnoud Arntz, PhD, Professor of ClinicalPsychology, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsMore details
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A Schema Therapy Self-Help and Support Book
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Gitta Jacob | Hannie van Genderen | Laura Seebauer
Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns
A Schema Therapy Self-Help and Support Book
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12/2014
Wiley-Blackwell
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Gitta Jacob | Hannie van Genderen | Laura Seebauer
Breaking Negative Thinking Patterns
A Schema Therapy Self-Help and Support Book
E-Book
12/2014
Wiley-Blackwell
€16.99
Available for download
Persons
Gitta Jacob is a Clinical Psychologist and Schema Therapist at GAIA, a therapy development and research company in Hamburg, Germany. A founding board member of the International Society for Schema Therapy (ISST), Dr. Jacob is also co-author of Schema Therapy in Practice: An Introductory Guide to the Schema Mode Approach (2012).
Hannie van Genderen is a Clinical Psychologist, Supervisor of the Dutch Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy, and Chair of the Dutch Schema Therapy Association. She is also a Psychotherapist at the Maastricht Community Mental Health Centre and co-author of Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder (2009). Laura Seebauer is a Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Schema Therapist in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Content
Preface viii
Credit for Images x
1 Introduction 1
1.1 What Is Schema Therapy? 2
1.2 Understanding the Origin of Your Patterns 4
1.2.1 Recognizing your Modes 5
1.2.2 Changing your Modes 5
Part I: Become Familiar with Your Modes 7
2 Child Modes 9
2.1 Vulnerable Child Modes 12
2.1.1 Get in contact with your own Vulnerable Child Mode 17
2.1.2 Detecting Vulnerable Child Modes in others 20
2.2 Angry and Impulsive Child Modes 20
2.2.1 Get in contact with your own Angry or Impulsive Child Mode 26
2.2.2 Detecting Angry or Impulsive Child Modes in others 28
2.3 Happy Child Mode 32
2.3.1 Get in contact with your own Happy Child Mode 34
2.3.2 Detecting the Happy Child in others 36
2.4 Summary 36
3 Dysfunctional Parent Modes 38
3.1 Demanding Parent Modes 44
3.1.1 How can I detect my own Demanding Parent Mode? 49
3.1.2 How can I detect a Demanding Parent Mode in other people? 49
3.2 Guilt-Inducing Parent Modes 51
3.2.1 How can I detect Guilt-inducing Parent Modes? 55
3.3 Punitive Parent Mode 57
3.3.1 How can I detect a Punitive Parent Mode in myself? 60
3.3.2 How can I detect a Punitive Parent Mode in others? 62
3.4 Summary 63
4 Coping Modes 65
4.1 Compliant Surrender Mode 73
4.1.1 How can I detect a Compliant Surrender Coping Mode in myself? 74
4.1.2 How can I detect a Compliant Surrender Mode in others? 81
4.2 Avoidant Coping Mode 81
4.2.1 How can I detect Avoidant Coping Mode in myself? 84
4.2.2 How can I detect Avoidant Coping Mode in others? 84
4.3 Overcompensatory Coping Mode 88
4.3.1 How can I detect Overcompensatory Coping Mode in myself? 88
4.3.2 How can I detect Overcompensatory Coping Mode in others? 92
4.4 Summary 95
5 Healthy Adult Mode 96
5.1 How can I detect a Healthy Adult Mode in myself? 98
5.2 How can I detect a Healthy Adult Mode in others? 99
5.3 How can I distinguish the Healthy Adult Mode from other modes? 101
5.4 Summary 104
Part II: Change Your Modes 105
6 Healing Vulnerable Child Modes 107
6.1 Get Acquainted with your Vulnerable Child Mode 108
6.2 Taking care of your Vulnerable Child Mode 111
7 Gaining Control over Angry and Impulsive Child Modes 117
7.1 Get Acquainted with your Angry or Impulsive Child Mode 119
7.2 Setting Limits to Angry or Impulsive Child Modes 120
7.2.1 Goals and needs 122
7.2.2 Chair dialogues 123
7.2.3 Learn to direct your behavior 124
7.2.4 How can I learn to control my anger? 126
8 Strengthen the Happy Child Mode 130
8.1 Get Acquainted with your Happy Child Mode 130
8.2 Exercises to Strengthen the Happy Child Mode 133
9 Setting Limits to Dysfunctional Parent Modes 136
9.1 Get in Touch with your Dysfunctional Parent Mode 137
9.2 Silence Dysfunctional Parent Modes 144
9.2.1 Exercises to reduce Dysfunctional Parent Messages 147
10 Changing Coping Modes 150
10.1 Get in Touch with your Coping Modes 151
10.2 Reducing Coping Modes 151
10.2.1 Reducing the Compliant Surrender Mode 157
10.2.2 Reducing avoidance 157
10.2.3 Reducing Overcompensation 160
11 Promoting Your Healthy Adult Mode 165
Glossary 175
References and Further Reading 179
Index 181