Schema Therapy Online Course 2: The Schema Mode\r\nModel and Mode Interventions for Complex Cases

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18.00 - CE credit hours training

$39.00 - Cost of course

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Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
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$Schema Therapy Online Course 2: The Schema Mode\r\nModel and Mode Interventions for Complex Cases$

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Post Test

44 Questions

1. How are modes different from schemas?

a. Modes states that are currently active for an individual, schemasare traits b. They are memories and emotions linked to painful events c. They are clusters of schemas

2. What are the 3 main classes of coping modes?

a. Overvigilance, compression and emotional access b. Avoidance, surrender and overcompensation c. Detached Protector, Detached Self Soother and Surrender

3. Limited reparenting can be broken down into 4 main areas

a. 1. Care/ attunement, nurturance, 2. guidance, 3. Empathic Confrontation 4. Limit Setting b. 1. Nurturance and care, 2. Empowerment and drive, 3. Listening and reflection, 4. Empathic reactivity c. 1. Validation and care, 2. Attunement, 3. Empathic Confrontation, 4. Self Control and Directiveness

4. What are the 3 main forms of critic modes?

a. neglectful critic, abandoning critic, shaming critic b. demanding critic, punitive critic and guilt inducing critic c. avoidant critic, detached critic, surrendering critic

5. The Detached Protector Mode typically presents to a clinician as.

a. Defensive, aggressive and hostile when emotions are accessed b. Emotionally flat, avoidant of affect, detached and out of contact with core feelings c. Easy going, amenable and accommodating to the clinician

6. What best describes a Detached Protector Mode?

a. An avoidant coping mode b. An active defence c. A way of coping with anger

7. What are the 4 main "classes" of mode?

a. Vulnerable Child, Detached Protector, Critical Parent, Healthy Adult b. Child Modes, Coping Modes, Critic Modes and Healthy Adult c. Child Mode, Detached Protector, Aggrandiser Mode and Healthy Adult

8. What Star Wars character was depicted in a slide to denote the Healthy Adult Mode?

a. Han Solo b. Yoda c. Luke Skywalker

9. What is a definition of a schema mode (Young et al. 2003)?

a. A cluster of schemas or schema coping styles (active or maladaptive) that is currently active b. A cluster of early maladaptive schemas c. A collection of emotions and thoughts that are learned in a historical way

10. The SMI measure stands for

a. Schema Modular Inventory b. Schema Mode Inventory c. Schema Modifier Index

11. Change Phase- consists of 4 main approaches

a. Cognitive, Behavioural, Limited Reparenting & Experiential b. Behavioural, Physical, Empathic Confrontation & Cognitive c. Cognitive, Behavioural, Limited Reparenting and Physical

12. Which famous writer was dramatized depicting unattuned parenting?

a. Enid Blyton b. Agatha Christie c. Helena Bonham Carter

13. Mode Work centres around

a. Highlighting to clients the function of modes b. Getting clients to let go of defences c. Getting dialogues around different parts of the self

14. When working with critic modes how much "stronger" does the therapist need to be in response?

a. 200% b. 100 c. 10%

15. In imagery Rescripting work a general aim is to

a. To access emotion and provide a corrective emotional experience b. Provide exposure to a painful memory c. To access emotion

16. It is essential in imagery Rescripting to expose the client to the most distressing elements of the memory.

a. True b. False

17. Imagery Rescripting is the same as Imaginal Exposure.

a. True b. False

18. In stage 1 of imagery Rescripting

a. The therapist provides the rationale for imagery b. The therapist enters into the image and provides a corrective emotional experience c. The client enters the image and provides care

19. In imagery re-scripting it is essential to

a. Focus predominately on cognitions and meaning of the event b. Focused on creating an image and linked emotion and meaning c. Explore recollections of the painful memory linked to schemas

20. Who is the originator of schema therapy? - Jeff Young

a. True b. False

21. When doing imagery rescripting its essential that the therapist stays out of the image.

a. True b. False

22. A start point for imagery rescripting can occur

a. As a float back from a current life event or directly to a meaningful childhood memory. b. From the client YSQ scores c. Only from a safe place exercise

23. In the second phase of imagery rescripting, the client

a. Is encouraged to use supernatural fugues or animals to create safety b. Enters the image and provides safety c. Seeks to banish the detached protector

24. When doing imagery rescripting the therapist identifies these 3 main processes in sequence

a. The cognitions, the visual scene, the physical sensations b. The visual scene, the feeling, cognitions and meaning c. The need, physical elements, the recollection

25. "Imagery rescripting centres around recollection and analysis of the core memory.

a. True b. False

26. Borderline Personality Disorder typically has the following modes

a. Aggrandiser Angry child, Vulnerable child, Healthy Adult b. Vulnerable Child Mode, Healthy adult Mode, Demanding Critic c. Vulnerable Child Mode, Healthy Adult Mode (weak), Punitive Parent Mode, Detached Protector Mode, Angry Child mode

27. Angry Child Mode:

a. Typically centres around an unmet need (e.g., care, attention) b. Functions to attack and bully others c. Should be avoided by the therapist

28. The tone of a Demanding parent mode is typically

a. Blaming hostile and shaming b. Undisciplined, chaotic c. Pushy, stress inducing, with "should" "musts", wanting "more"

29. In schema therapy, punitive citic mode

a. Is a way of coping and should be always respected b. Is seen as an internalised introject from caregivers/ peers etc c. is a healthy way to manage stressors

30. The vulnerable ciild mode is

a. The side of the client that holds vulnerable feelings b. A historical metaphor c. a collection of memories and pain from the past

31. A Detached protector mode will present in session

a. Engaged, open to affect and connected to the therapist b. Easy going and flexible with the therapists suggestions c. Cut off from affect, numb, distant and unemotional

32. When working with a coping mode the client needs to take an adversarial stance, highlighting the dysfunctional impact and pushing for change False

a. True b. False

33. In limited reparenting its essential to

a. Hold strong boundaries within the therapeutic relationship and create "professional distance" b. Show care, guidance as well as setting limits and challenging empathically unhelpful behaviours c. Care, nurture, validate and provide warmth

34. If a client presents unemotional, disconnected with feeling and rational then they are likely to be in

a. Vulnerable child mode b. Compliant surrender mode c. Detached protector mode

35. Imagery work, chair work, therapeutic letter writing are examples of

a. Cognitive work b. Behavioural pattern breaking c. Experiential work

36. The Aggrandiser mode can present in session as

a. Critical, one up, bragging and entitled behaviour b. Unemotional, detached and distant c. Perfectionistic, rigid and rule based

37. Critic modes

a. Are all the same b. Are function in some way c. Are mode up of punitive, demanding or guild inducing subtypes

38. Therapist schema interference in treatment can

a. The therapist being unattuned b. Be avoided by limiting self-disclosure c. Can include boundary transgressions, Burnout in the therapist and/ or perpetuate and contribute to clients problems.

39. When addressing their own schemas, therapists should be aware of activation in session and seek supervision or guidance if getting in the way of effective therapy.

a. True b. False

40. What form of furniture can be used to assist with experiential techniques in schema therapy?

a. A chair b. A couch c. A bed

41. In schema therapy theory, children in prolonged aversive circumstances develop

a. Angry responses b. Coping modes to survive c. Healthy resources

42. Recovery via schema therapy is generally about

a. Healing the Vulnerable child mode, set limits on impact of citric modes and coping modes, strengthen the healthy adult mode b. Heal the vulnerable child mode c. Increasing the strategies to strengthen coping modes

43. The Healthy Adult Mode is

a. Described as a "storehouse of schemas" b. The mode we wish to strengthen in a client c. Caring and nurturing to the self

44. A therapist needs to

a. Not collude with coping modes b. Banish and removing coping modes c. Let clients know personal and private elements of their life

Course Description

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Module 1: Schema Mode Model (4.5 Hours)
Module 2: Assessment, Conceptualisation and Formulation using the Mode Model (2-hours)
Module 3: Change Processes in Schema Mode Work (2-hours)
Module 4: Bypassing Coping Modes - Mode Work in Schema Therapy 2.5 hours
Module 5: Working with Critic Modes & Vulnerable Child Mode 3.5 hours
Module 6: Therapist Schemas - Course Reflection - Resources - Road Ahead (3-hours)

Learning Objectives

Describe the Schema Mode Model and conceptual background of the 'Mode' Model and 'parts' in Schema Therapy for complex cases.
Summarize conceptualisation and treatment of Complex Cases, especially Cluster B (e.g. Borderline, Anti- social), and C (e.g. Avoidant, OCPD, Dependant) personality disorder presentations.
Demonstrate awareness and fluency of Schema Mode descriptions.
Explain assessment of Schema Modes, and demonstrate skills in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the Schema Mode Inventory.
Demonstrate skills in assessment, conceptualisation and formulation using the schema mode model, including the ability to generate 'Schema Mode Maps' with clients.
Describe skills in Cognitive Change approaches with rigid presentations.
Improve skills in the application of Behavioural-pattern breaking techniques within the Schema Mode Model.
Demonstrate increased confidence and competency in the use of experiential change approaches including Imagery Rescripting and Chairwork dialogues with 'Modes' or 'Parts'.
Demonstrate skills and confidence in the application of Limited Reparenting and using the therapy relationship as a vehicle for positive change and 'schema healing',
Demonstrate a deeper understanding and awareness of the impact of therapist schemas and modes on the therapy relationship and treatment of complex cases, including our own reactions.
Apply knowledge from this course to practice and/or other professional contexts.

Source

Dr Robert Nicholas Brockman Robert is a clinical psychologist and researcher living and working out of Sydney, Australia. Rob has extensive experience lecturing and supervising on Clinical Psychology Masters programs (Western Sydney University; University of Technology) and was a full-time Research Fellow (Psychology) from 2017-2020 (Australian Catholic University). Since 2014, Rob has regularly provided Schema Therapy Training events across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and South-East Asia, and has trained over 2000 therapists in the schema therapy approach. In 2018 Rob co-authored a new schema therapy book Contextual Schema Therapy, and is lead author of the upcoming release \"Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy\", due for publication early 2022.

Chris is a Clinical Psychologist and Advanced Schema Therapist based in Western Australia. He has had extensive experience in both government and private settings working with clients with complex psychological presentations. Since 2005, he has been practising as an Advanced Schema Therapist, supervisor and trainer, having completed certification in Schema Therapy at the Schema Therapy Institute in New York City (USA) with Dr Jeffery Young. He has presented workshops throughout Europe, Asia and Australia, and is the Director of Schema Therapy Training Australia. In addition to the provision of Schema Therapy training and supervision, he is currently employed with the Health Department of Western Australia as a Senior Clinical Psychologist (within a specialist service working with those who have experienced recent or childhood sexual trauma). He has written extensively in schema therapy and co-produced 2 DVD/ video releases, \"Fine Tuning Imagery Rescripting\" and \"Fine Tuning Chair Work in Schema Therapy\" (the first of their kind internationally). He has previously served as Board Secretary for the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). He is also co-author of the upcoming release \"Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy\", set to be released in 2022.

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