By Dr Jo White, Advanced Certified Schema Therapist, Supervisor & Trainer The emotional deprivation schema is one of the most common...

Balancing Boundaries with Therapeutic Connection Introduction The original schema therapy model developed by Young et al (2003)...

Letter writing is a powerful experiential exercise that we can use in schema therapy to support the work of our clients. Some clients...

Dr Jo White, Clinical Psychologist & Schema Therapy Trainer Are you struggling to get started with mode mapping? In this blog, I will...

What is a mode? A mode is the way someone presents at a particular time and includes a particular set of thoughts, motives, feelings,...

Is this a mode you think your clients might be struggling with? In this blog I will help you to understand what this mode looks like and...

Use this crib sheet to help you hold in mind all of the important information about your client to apply schema therapy effectively.

How to adapt imagery rescripting in schema therapy for emotionally dysregulated clients.

Chair dialogues with a coping mode are a powerful emotion focused technique used in schema therapy to understand the role of modes in our...

Transitioning from facilitating chair work in the therapy room to facilitating chair work online can feel clunky and cumbersome. So much...

The Avoidant Protector Mode The avoidant protector mode is a coping mode that functions to avoid activating schemas. If someone has a...

Do you aspire to be a schema therapist, but the process is intimidating you? Are you not sure where to start? Maybe you have started but...

By Dr Jo White & Tena Davies The schema flashcard was originally developed by Jeff Young as a tool to support clients with schema...

In this blog: What is the vulnerable child mode Why it's important to know which schemas activate the vulnerable child mode Shaping...

Understanding self-defeating life patterns is an important part of your schema therapy intervention. In this blog I explain what life...

The angry protector mode is a 'wall of anger' to protect the person from others who feel threatening - keeping them at a safe distance....

Schema coping modes are survival strategies for managing experiences when the person’s needs were not met in childhood. They served an...

The schema therapy mode model describes: child modes (read more here) critic modes (see here) coping modes (the topic of this blog)...

Schema Modes The Schema Therapy mode model describes four types of modes. The child modes: vulnerable child and angry child The critic...

What are schema therapy critic modes? The critic modes, or the parent modes as they used to be called in schema therapy, are the negative...