Schema therapy for borderline personality disorder / edited by Arnoud Arntz, Hannie van Genderen.

Includes index.

Arnoud Arntz, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His research and clinical activities are directed at personality disorders and trauma-related mental health problems. He is well-known for his test of Schema Therapy as a treatment for Borderline and other Personality Disorders, and for his contributions to the development of the theory and the application of Schema Therapy.

Hannie van Genderen, MSc, is psychotherapist/clinical psychologist and supervisor and trainer in Schema Therapy. She was involved with the introduction of Schema Therapy for personality disorders in the Netherlands from the very beginning in 1996. She was involved with the foundation of the International Society of Schema Therapy and was member of the board as coordinator for Training and Certification from 2010-2012. From 2012-2016 she was chair of the Dutch Schema Therapy Association. Since 1990 she was involved as a senior consultant and clinical psychologist in the treatment and research of personality disorders in general and borderline personality disorder (BPS) in particular. In 2000 she became director of a Schema Therapy Institute, where so far about 4000 schema therapists were trained.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents

About the Authors vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1 Borderline Personality Disorder 3

2 Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder 7

3 Treatment 31

4 The Therapeutic Relationship 49

5 Experiential Techniques 69

6 Cognitive Techniques 133

7 Behavioral Techniques 149

8 Specific Methods and Techniques 155

9 Methods per Mode 167

10 Schema Therapy in Other Settings and Modalities 201

11 Final Phase of Therapy 225

12 Conclusion 229

Appendix A: Brochure for Patients: Schema Therapy for People with Borderline Personality Disorder 233

Appendix B: Cognitive Diary for Modes 239

Appendix C: Positive Logbook 241

Appendix D: Historical Testing 243

Appendix E: Experiments 245

Appendix F: Homework Form 247

Appendix G: Problem Solving 249

Appendix H: Changing Behavioral Patterns 251

Appendix I: Eighteen Schemas 253

Appendix J: Coping Strategies 259

Appendix K: Form for the Historical Role Play 261

References 263

Index 271

"Schema therapy is a relatively new integrative psychotherapy based on cognitive models and offers an effective treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Several trials have now documented its effectiveness and cost-effectiveness compared to psychodynamic treatment and treatment as usual. Moreover, dropout from treatment is consistently low, indicating that schema therapy is well accepted by patients. This book offers a practical guide for therapists to conduct schema therapy with BPD patients. Building upon Jeffrey Young's schema mode model, Young's schema therapy, and insights from Beckian cognitive therapy and experiential methods, it offers a conceptual model of BPD, a treatment model, and a wealth of methods and techniques for treating BPD patients. The treatment not only addresses the DSM BPD criteria-related problems, but also the psychopathological personality features underlying the symptoms, like attachment problems, punitive conscience, inadequately processed childhood traumas and so on. Research has demonstrated that patients improve in all these aspects, including on the level of automatic information processing"-- Provided by publisher.