For professionals in auxiliary disciplines to psychotherapy  

Specification of Professions and Qualifications: 

This certification is designed for mental health professionals other than psychotherapists who are working as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team (psychotherapists are defined as those fulfilling the qualifications in the 2014 ISST Certification as a Schema Therapist, 1.Academic training and 2. License or certification for practice)

Professions Eligible for Auxiliary Schema Therapist Training and Certification Program: 

Include but are not limited to: creative therapists (art, drama, music, movement, nonverbal, psychomotor, etc.), psychiatric nurses and sociotherapists. Occupational therapists and physiotherapists (both with a bachelors degree) are eligible for the Standard Level Program. Some countries may have other designations for this group of professionals and should be considered on a case-by-case basis (e.g. social workers).

Certification Levels:

As with the other certifications of Schema Therapy there are two levels: Standard (i.e. individual schema therapy) and Advanced (i.e. adding group schema therapy). 

Participants have up to 3 years to fulfill each level. 

The advanced program can start anytime after completing the standard level certification.

 This proposal was approved by a 6 to 1 (one abstention) vote of the ISST Executive board April 14, 2015.

Grandparenting requirements and time period will be posted soon.

 Curriculum and Requirements