Aims:
Schema Therapy (ST) is an enhancement and development of cognitive behavioral therapy, and particularly integrates emotions, but also developmental aspects centrally in their diagnostic and therapeutic considerations. It is also and especially in the field of child and adolescent therapy particularly suited to generate action-guiding, diagnostic and therapeutic concepts. The aim of the workshop is to establish and/or to improve a better and profound understanding of ST-CA.

Summary:

In this Pre-Congress Workshop, first the schema therapeutic conceptual model, the underlying theory, and requirements in the therapeutic attitude are briefly outlined. Related to the children’s age one of the 18 schemas described by Young are outlined with their typical child and adolescent cognitions, coping strategies, and parental characteristics. In the center of the workshop are training and practice units, encompassing schema therapeutic strategies that have proven successful in schema- and mode driven, cognitive behavioral therapy of childhood and adolescence: Working with drawings, finger puppets, and chair work, but also with board-games, using storytelling and fairy tale therapy techniques, marionettes, sand-play, , and