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  • 05 May 2022 2:28 AM | Leonardo Mendes Wainer (Administrator)

    Dear Colleagues,

    We are pleased to announce that Dr. Pam Pilkington has graciously accepted our invitation to be appointed to the Executive Board in the position of Science and Research Coordinator.

    Pam is an Advanced Schema Therapist who has contributed to several articles on Schema Therapy. Some of the topics Pam has researched include Schema Therapist’s perceptions of the influence of their own Schemas on therapy, the links between Schemas, suicidal ideation, and self-harm, and the adverse childhood experiences most strongly associated with Schemas in adolescence and adulthood. Pam is passionate about building connections between people interested in Schema Therapy research.

    Please join us in welcoming Pam to our Executive Board!

     

    Warmly,

    The ISST Executive Board


  • 29 Apr 2022 12:13 AM | Leonardo Mendes Wainer (Administrator)

    • Due to the special circumstances in Ukraine and the unrequired brutal war and genocide led by Russian Federation against the Ukrainian people, ISST EB adopted special measures and recommendations for our Ukrainian members and Ukrainians who are currently undergoing ST training or supervision.

       

    • 1.     We recommend all ST certified Trainers and Supervisors to offer free training, supervision, therapy, and rating for Ukrainian therapists. ISST will create a database that will contain all the names of people offering these free services and we will ask all our members who would like to be named in this database to send and e-mail to enroll at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TlJpFParsqrqTG59KoqfpzLWZuwMHt3Svn8aSWngryY/edit?usp=sharing

    • 2.     Starting March 1st, 2022, all Ukrainian therapists who would like to become members of ISST will be exempted from paying memberships fee for an undetermined period of time.


    • 3.     The certification process for Ukrainian therapists will be exceptional and individual exceptions can be granted by request to the Certification coordinator. Mainly, exceptions can be made regarding the rating process, in the sense that therapists who cannot submit video recordings will be able to submit audio-recordings or role-plays for their certification rating. Also, the speed of the certification process can be discussed to be modified upon request.


    • 4.     All Ukrainian therapists that want to join the ISST Conference in 2022 in Copenhagen can do that for free, either live or virtual. If Ukrainian therapists desire and can travel in person to Copenhagen, ISST can facilitate sponsorship for the other expenses with the help of the other members, who generously offer to do so. We can help with posting the number of such requests and individually facilitating people to discuss privately to arrange this kind of help. The Certification Coordinator can be contacted in this regard and will coordinate this process.

    E-mail of Certification Coordinator: certification.coordinator@isst-schemasociety.org


  • 09 Mar 2022 1:18 PM | Leonardo Mendes Wainer (Administrator)

    Bandeira da Ucrânia – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre


    As an international organization, the ISST represents schema therapists from both Ukraine and Russia. The Executive Board of the ISST has the mission respecting humanitarian values and ethics, while also attending to the needs of members.

    The Executive Board stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and denounces the Russian attack on Ukraine. Our prayers are with the victims of this unprovoked aggression.

    We are taking steps to rally the global schema therapy community to come to the assistance of Ukrainians struggling within the borders of their country, as well as Ukrainian refugees and those in other countries who are supporting them.

    We want to make sure that despite the political crisis and the war that started, we are still together at heart, and we stand united and support each other as schema therapists.


  • 03 Nov 2021 5:18 PM | Travis Atkinson


    Statement on the Passing of Dr. Aaron Beck

     

    Dear ISST Members,

    We all mourn the passing of Dr. Aaron Beck on Monday. As the father of cognitive-behavioral therapies, his contribution to the treatment of patients with mental health disorders throughout the world is unparalleled.

    We have lost one of the great pioneers in psychotherapy. He transformed the field with his insistence on detailed treatment protocols; measurable outcomes; and scientific studies to establish the efficacy of cognitive therapy for so many psychiatric conditions.

    Dr. Beck will also be admired by those who knew him for his brilliance; his vision and ability to achieve his goals at the highest level; and for his enormous breadth of knowledge and scholarship across so many fields beyond psychiatry.

    As schema therapists, we also owe Dr. Beck an enormous debt of gratitude for the role he played in influencing the development of the schema therapy approach. He was the first to introduce the concept of a schema as the core organizing construct in the cognitive therapy model. I borrowed this term from him as the starting point in my attempt to expand cognitive-behavioral therapies to place more emphasis on “deeper”, often unconscious, themes that originate in childhood.

    Dr. Beck also influenced schema therapy in less obvious ways. I often observed his unique therapeutic style in working with patients. He would gently ask questions in an empathic, Socratic style - - while also pointing out contradictions between the patient’s beliefs, and actual evidence from their daily life experiences. Watching him eventually led to what we now call empathic confrontation in schema therapy.

    On a more personal level, Dr. Beck was my mentor, friend, role model, sounding board, and supporter. I would never have had the confidence to develop a model of my own had he not given me countless opportunities to collaborate with leading authorities in the field when I had only recently finished graduate school. I benefited from our long, private conversations about the nature of schemas, the concept of modes, and even psychoanalysis. We also shared issues from our personal lives with each other, in which he offered me wise, compassionate advice.

    Speaking for the entire schema therapy community, we would like to extend our deepest condolences to the Beck family for their loss. Dr. Beck was a towering figure in our field - - and we will all miss having him in our lives in so many ways. 

    Jeffrey Young, Ph.D.

    on behalf of the International Society for Schema Therapy

    November 3, 2021


  • 24 Dec 2020 11:36 PM | Travis Atkinson


    Peace on Earth. Wonderfully joyous wishes to you and your loved ones this holiday season and the upcoming new year from your ISST family.


    ISST President's Message


    As the year comes to an end, many of us have celebrated, are celebrating, or look forward to celebrating Bodhi Day, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Diwali, Gantan-sai, Hanukkah, HumanLight, Kwanzaa, Mawlid, Solstice, or another holiday. Some of us may have also created our own traditions to honor.

    As an international community with diverse backgrounds, we deeply appreciate the varied traditions and experiences of our members that enrich all of us. Holidays are an ideal time to reflect on our lives, and to feel gratitude for our journey.
     
    To pause and think about how much life has changed for us this year is bewildering. For many of us, the global pandemic has restricted almost all aspects of what we do. For some of us, it has also provided unforeseen opportunities for newfound freedoms, reminding us even more of what matters in our lives.

    Even though our darkest days of this pandemic may lie ahead in the near future, knowing that a light appears at the end of what may feel like a long tunnel is enough to ignite a burgeoning hope for the new year.
     
    As many of us know all too well, the pandemic has thrust us onto the front lines of a growing mental health epidemic. We can be immensely proud of the work we have done as schema therapists, a force for good in the world through our caring, compassionate approach that touches the lives of people around the world.
     
    Most of your clients or patients will never know how hard you work to help them get more of their core needs met. But they will appreciate the difference you’ve helped make in their lives, and the lives of their loved ones around them. Knowing that you’ve played a part in helping make people’s lives better is a powerful reward, and one that is especially important to remember during this holiday season, and throughout the coming year. Nothing else feels quite like it.
     
    As this year comes to an end, our work to support each other as a schema therapy community to help improve the lives of others never stops.
     
    Thank you for being part of our ISST family.
     
    Season’s greetings to you and your loved ones,
     
    Alp Karaosmanoglu

    Executive Board President
    International Society of Schema Therapy

     

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    Created by
    TRAVIS ATKINSON
    FORMER MEDIA COORDINATOR (2014 - 2020)
    ISST EXECUTIVE BOARD
    Copyright © 2021 International Society of Schema Therapy, All rights reserved.
  • 05 Dec 2020 11:58 PM | Travis Atkinson


    An ISST Member Exclusive: watch Graham Taylor share some of his vast experience in how EMDR can help enhance schema therapy


    Available Now: Watch the ISST Webinar on How to Apply EMDR to Schema Therapy
    Presenter: Graham Taylor



    Applying EMDR to Enhance Schema Therapy

    An ISST Webinar with Graham Taylor


    Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) was originally created by Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s to alleviate traumatic memories.
    The goals of successful EMDR treatment are to help patients adaptively resolve both their traumatic memories and adverse life experiences.
    Successful treatment enables patients to relieve emotional distress, to reformulate negative beliefs, and to reduce physiological arousal.
    EMDR applies three protocols within 8 phases of treatment:
    1. Past upsetting events are 'processed' to create new associations with a meaning that is more adaptive 
    2. Current distressing circumstances are targeted to desensitize internal and external triggers 
    3. Patients develop skills to adaptively face imagined future events
    Sound familiar? EMDR and schema therapy advance many of the same goals for therapeutic outcomes, but use very different languages in the details of their respective approaches. Seldom do either EMDR or schema therapy refer to each other.
    This webinar looks at the commonalities between the two therapeutic models, and demonstrates how EMDR can be applied within the schema therapy model to help enhance results.
     

    About the Presenter
     

    Graham Taylor studied schema therapy from Jeffrey Young in 1989, while simultaneously learning EMDR from Francine Shapiro. Both approaches transformed his practice as a clinician. Graham started assisting Shapiro in providing trainings in EMDR in Australia in 1992. A year later, he began trainings in schema therapy in Australia.
    Graham has several publications in both schema therapy and EMDR. After a long career as a clinician, he now solely focuses on training therapists in both approaches.
    Graham is an Advanced Certified Schema Therapy Trainer, and also holds advanced certifications in EMDR and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).


    Exclusively available to active ISST Members enrolled on the ISST website.

    Not a member? JOIN US
    Not enrolled on the ISST website? ENROLL NOW
     
    WATCH NOW
    The Results Are In: the Virtual Summit is a Hit!
    Get Access Now to All Recordings

    Watch top keynote addresses from: Wendy Behary, David Edwards, David Bernstein, Eckhard Roediger, Arnoud Arntz & Joan Farrell, Sarah Cohen-Woods, and Jeffrey Young

    Enjoy incredible talent from some of the best bands on the American Music SceneLes Zazous, Carly & the King, Victor & Jose of Cale, Opera Singer Nick Palance, and Emmy-award winning singer/songwriter Patrick Sieben and his Las Vegas Band--plus a Closing Ceremony with surprises not to be missed!
    GET YOUR TICKET

    Created by
    TRAVIS ATKINSON
    FORMER MEDIA COORDINATOR (2014 - 2020)
    ISST EXECUTIVE BOARD
    Copyright © 2020 International Society of Schema Therapy, All rights reserved.
  • 14 Nov 2020 8:37 PM | Travis Atkinson

    Graham Taylor shares some of his vast experience in schema therapy and EMDR in an ISST Member Exclusive webinar!



    DATE: 1 December 2020 
    TIME: 8:00 PM  AWST | 1:00 PM CET | 7:00 AM EST 
    Please find your time zone at: WORLD TIME BUDDY
    Presenter: Graham Taylor




    Applying EMDR to Enhance Schema Therapy An ISST Webinar with Graham Taylor


    Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) was originally created by Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s to alleviate traumatic memories.
    The goals of successful EMDR treatment are to help patients adaptively resolve both their traumatic memories and adverse life experiences.
    Successful treatment enables patients to relieve emotional distress, to reformulate negative beliefs, and to reduce physiological arousal.
    EMDR applies three protocols within 8 phases of treatment:
    1. Past upsetting events are 'processed' to create new associations with a meaning that is more adaptive 
    2. Current distressing circumstances are targeted to desensitize internal and external triggers 
    3. Patients develop skills to adaptively face imagined future events
    Sound familiar? EMDR and schema therapy advance many of the same goals for therapeutic outcomes, but use very different languages in the details of their respective approaches. Seldom do either EMDR or schema therapy refer to each other.
    This webinar looks at the commonalities between the two therapeutic models, and demonstrates how EMDR can be applied within the schema therapy model to help enhance results.
     

    About the Presenter
     

    Graham Taylor studied schema therapy from Jeffrey Young in 1989, while simultaneously learning EMDR from Francine Shapiro. Both approaches transformed his practice as a clinician. Graham started assisting Shapiro in providing trainings in EMDR in Australia in 1992. A year later, he began trainings in schema therapy in Australia.

    Graham has several publications in both schema therapy and EMDR. After a long career as a clinician, he now solely focuses on training therapists in both approaches.

    Graham is an Advanced Certified Schema Therapy Trainer, and also holds advanced certifications in EMDR and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).


    Exclusively available to active ISST Members enrolled on the ISST website.

    Not a member? JOIN US
    Not enrolled on the ISST website? ENROLL NOW
     
    SIGN UP NOW
    The Results Are In: the Virtual Summit is a Hit!
    Get Access Now to All Recordings

    Watch top keynote addresses from: Wendy Behary, David Edwards, David Bernstein, Eckhard Roediger, Arnoud Arntz & Joan Farrell, Sarah Cohen-Woods, and Jeffrey Young

    Enjoy incredible talent from some of the best bands on the American Music SceneLes Zazous, Carly & the King, Victor & Jose of Cale, Opera Singer Nick Palance, and Emmy-award winning singer/songwriter Patrick Sieben and his Las Vegas Band--plus a Closing Ceremony with surprises not to be missed!
    GET YOUR TICKET

    Created by
    TRAVIS ATKINSON
    ISST EXECUTIVE BOARD
    MEDIA COORDINATOR
    Copyright © 2020 International Society of Schema Therapy, All rights reserved.


  • 11 Nov 2020 9:03 PM | Travis Atkinson


    If you are a Full or Honorary Member of ISST, please be sure to vote by November 22nd.

    The ISST Election Committee, consisting of Kerry Beckley and Alexandra Yaltonskaya, nominated by the ISST Executive Board, is pleased to announce the opening of the 2020 ISST Executive Board Elections.

    Executive board elections take place every two years. The ISST Executive Board consists of eight positions. Please note that seven of the current Board Members have announced they will be stepping down from their current positions.

    As of November 8, 2020, active ISST Full and Honorary Members should have received log-in information via email to access ISST's voting ballot. You may submit your vote through the end of November 22, 2020 (11:59 pm CET).

    If you did not receive an email with access to the ballot, please email:
     NEED BALLOT

    For questions regarding the ISST Election Committee and the voting procedure, please refer to the ISST statutes at: STATUTES

    You may also review the ISST Election Regulations at: REGULATIONS

    Please read the rules to find out more about the election procedure: ELECTION RULES

    Scroll or swipe down to see a list of the official nominations for 2020, along with the first two paragraphs of their personal statements. You can read the entirety of their personal statements on the ISST website. Only active ISST Full and Honorary Members are eligible to vote.

    Again, if you did not receive an email with access to the ballot, please email: NEED BALLOT

    Kind regards from the ISST Election Committee,
    Kerry Beckley, Chair
    Alexandra Yaltonskaya


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    Timetable: 2020 ISST Executive Board Election
    November 8 to November 22
    Voting period.
    November 26 (or earlier)
    Announcement of successful candidates after they confirm their willingness to serve. Winning candidates have three days to formally accept the position.
    December 1
    Run-off elections, if needed.
     

    Created by
    TRAVIS ATKINSON
    ISST EXECUTIVE BOARD
    MEDIA COORDINATOR
    Copyright © 2020 International Society of Schema Therapy, All rights reserved.
  • 08 Nov 2020 9:06 PM | Travis Atkinson


    Watch How to Help Cluster C Personality Disorders in this ISST Webinar.

    Share this with a friend, and your favorite social media sites!


    The Latest Segment of the ISST Webinar Series is Now Available.
    Presenters: Saskia Ohlin and Ruth McCutheon


    Angry Birds: Pushing for Anger in Cluster C Personality Disorders
    An ISST Webinar with Ruth McCutcheon and Saskia Ohlin


    Clients with Cluster C traits can struggle with expressing anger in a healthy way due to aversive early life experiences of anger which led to the development of maladaptive coping modes, posing a challenge to clinicians.
     

    This webinar explores the following areas:
     

    1). Formulating anger in Cluster C clients
     

    2). Techniques to facilitate working with anger in Cluster C clients during different phases of treatment
     

    3). Therapist stance in facilitating anger
     

    4). Therapist tools for managing their own schemas in working with anger

     

    Watch live demonstrations using chairwork and imagery rescripting to help equip clinicians with skills in helping to facilitate the expression of healthy anger while working with avoidant clients.

     

    About the Presenters
     

    Ruth McCutcheon is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist with advanced level accreditation in Schema Therapy for individuals and couples with the International Society for Schema Therapy.  She is a co-director, supervisor and trainer with the Academy of Schema Therapy and works in collaboration with the Academie voor Schematherapie in the Netherlands. 

    Ruth has fifteen years of experience working in NHS healthcare, including primary and secondary care, in addition to inpatient forensic settings.  She works as a therapist and supervisor addressing a range of psychological issues, including chronic depression, relationship difficulties, complex trauma and personality disorders. 

    Practicing individual and couples’ therapy modalities, Ruth works with both adult and adolescent populations.  She is also a visiting lecturer at a number of London-based universities where she provides schema therapy workshops. 

     

    Saskia Ohlin is a chartered Counselling Psychologist originally from the Netherlands, working in London, UK.  She currently works in private practice focusing on schema therapy for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), Cluster C personality disorders, along with anxiety disorders and depression. 
     

    For over 20 years, Saskia has worked in primary and secondary care in out - and inpatient settings. She has wide clinical expertise in treating complex trauma and personality disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder.

    Together with Ruth, they head the Academy of Schema Therapy in London, UK providing courses and accreditation programs in schema therapy. Saskia also works in collaboration with the Academie voor Schematherapie in the Netherlands.

     

    Exclusively available to active ISST Members enrolled on the ISST website.

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    WATCH NOW
    Don't Miss the Schema Therapy Event of the Year: All Recordings Now Available!

    Watch top keynote addresses from: Wendy Behary, David Edwards, David Bernstein, Eckhard Roediger, Arnoud Arntz & Joan Farrell, Sarah Cohen-Woods, and Jeff Young

    Enjoy incredible talent from some of the best bands on the American Music SceneLes Zazous, Carly & the King, Victor & Jose of Cale, Opera Singer Nick Palance, and Emmy-award winning singer/songwriter Patrick Sieben and his Las Vegas Band--plus a Closing Ceremony with surprises not to be missed!
    GET YOUR TICKET


    Created by
    TRAVIS ATKINSON
    ISST EXECUTIVE BOARD
    MEDIA COORDINATOR
    Copyright © 2020 International Society of Schema Therapy, All rights reserved.
  • 01 Nov 2020 9:09 PM | Travis Atkinson




    Introducing a new tool to make your life easier as an ISST Member
    Download on Apple's App Store for iOS or Google Play for Android. Enter the login information from your Schema Therapy Society account on the ISST website. Tap "Forgot Password" if you don't remember your password, but be sure to enter the correct email address.


    Finding time to get everything done in today's hectic climate isn't easy. If you're like most of us, you're probably rushing from one thing to the next, and don't always want to be sitting in front of your laptop or desktop.

    Now we have a convenient way for you to reach out to fellow ISST members, and to register for ISST events, regardless of where you are in your home or in the park from the convenience of your smartphone or tablet.

    Use the new Schema Therapy Society App, available for iOS and Android devices (smartphones and tablets), to benefit from some of the following features:

    View the ISST Member Directory


    Members who have set their profiles to private within their privacy settings will not appear on the app. *You can review your privacy settings and make changes by following the directions here: PRIVACY SETTINGS

    Tapping on a member within the directory will display that member's profile (subject to their privacy settings).

    If you want your photo to appear, upload a picture or avatar in your profile.


    To send a message to another member, tap the member's address.

    To copy the contents of a profile field, tap the field.

    View and Update Your Member Profile


    You can view and update your own member profile by tapping My profile at the bottom of the screen.

    To update your member profile, tap the action button, then tap the Edit profile option.

    The action button menu also includes an option for you to log out of your Schema Therapy Society account.


    View Events and Register for ISST Conferences


    To add an event to your calendar app, tap Add to calendar. You'll be asked for permission to access your calendar.

    Tapping on the location within the event details will display the location within your map app.

    To view the event description, tap the Info tab.

    If an ISST event is enabled for registration, you can register within the app by tapping the Register button beside the appropriate registration type. The registration form will appear, along with options to specify the number of guests and indicate whether the you want to appear within the public list of event registrants.


    You can view the ISST event calendar (INSPIREENLIGHTVIRTUAL SUMMIT) and ISST-Approved Trainings by tapping Events at the bottom of the screen. *Please note that only ISST events that are enabled for registration are available for direct registration -- ISST-Approved Training Programs use their own registration function.

    View Event Tickets


    You can view your existing event registrations by tapping My tickets at the bottom of the screen. *Not all events are enabled for tickets on the app at this time.

    Tapping one of the registrations within the list will display the event registration details.

    For ISST events, if the event registration fee is not fully paid, you can tap the Pay button to pay the fee online. *Available only for ISST events, when enabled.

    To display the QR Code for future ISST events to scan for quick event check in, tap the QR code option. *Available only for future ISST conferences.

    Download on Apple's App Store for iOS or Google Play for Android. Enter the login information from your Schema Therapy Society account on the ISST website. Tap "Forgot Password" if you don't remember your password, but be sure to enter the correct email address.

    Exclusively Available to ISST Members Enrolled on the ISST Website.


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    Created by
    TRAVIS ATKINSON
    ISST EXECUTIVE BOARD
    MEDIA COORDINATOR

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