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Certification Forms & Documents

Find the application forms, checklists, assessment tools and supporting documents you need for your certification journey.

Requirements & Applications

Individual Schema Therapy

Certification requirements

Review the requirements for certification in Individual Schema Therapy before preparing your application.

Fillable PDF or Word template

Documentation checklist

Use the checklist to prepare your supporting documents and include it with your certification application.

Fillable PDF or Word template

Certification application

Application form for Individual, Child & Adolescent, Couples and Group Schema Therapy. For Basic Diploma and Auxiliary forms, see the dedicated pages below.

Submitting your application: Email your completed application and checklist to your regional coordinator, with all application documents in PDF format.

Having trouble with a PDF form? Download it and open it in a compatible PDF reader. Alternatively, use the Word version and save or export the completed document as a PDF.

Case Conceptualization

Word template · DOCX

Case conceptualization form

Complete this form to accompany the session recording submitted for rating. Convert the completed form to PDF before submission.

Instructions · PDF

Instruction guide

Refer to the accompanying instructions when completing the case conceptualization form.

Completed example · PDF

Case conceptualization example

View a completed example alongside the form and instruction guide.

Assessment & Rating Scales

2011 · Word document · DOC

Schema Therapy Rating Scale

Schema Therapy Rating Scale 2011, including the summary sheets.

2018 · Word document · DOCX

Conceptualization Form Rating Scale

Schema Therapy Conceptualization Form Rating Scale 2018.

Supervision · PDF

Supervision Rating Scale

Schema Therapy Supervision Rating Scale (STSV-RS).

Recording & Consent

2019 · Word document · DOC

Session recording information

Session Recording Background and Info Summary 2019, for the background information accompanying your recording.

Word document · DOCX

Consent to record a session

Consent form for recording a session for certification purposes.

Word templates are for completion. Submit application documents as PDFs.

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Certification related FORMS:

  1. Current Requirements for Certification in Schema Therapy (Individual)
  2. Checklist of documentation (with PDF document fields) or Checklist of documentation* (with Word fields). Please email one of these forms along with your application to your regional coordinator. (In order to fill in and save the pdf forms you need a current and compatible PDF reader, for example Adobe Reader, google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.) 
  3. Certification Application  (with PDF document fields) or Certification Application* (with Word fields) to submit for: Individual, Child-Adolescent, Couples, Group and Auxiliary Schema Therapist. (In order to fill in and save the pdf forms you need a current and compatible PDF reader, for example Adobe Reader, google Chrome or Microsoft Edge)
  4. Case Conceptualization form to submit with Tape to be rated*
  5. Case Conceptualization Instruction Guide
  6. Case Conceptualization Example
  7. Schema Therapy Rating Scale 2011 with Summary Sheets*
  8. Schema Therapy Conceptualization Form Rating Scale 2018*
  9. Session Recording Background and Info Summary 2019*
  10. Consent to Record Session for Certification Purposes
  11. Schema Therapy Supervision Rating Scale (STSV-RS)

*Please note that for security reasons we only accept PDF documents for certification applications. Applications that are not submitted in this format will not be processed.


Why Schema Therapy?

Schema therapy has been extensively researched to effectively treat a wide variety of typically treatment resistant conditions, including Borderline Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Read our summary of the latest research comparing the dramatic results of schema therapy compared to other standard models of psychotherapy.

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