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2012 International Certification Programme

In Schema Therapy

Schema Therapy Workshops Arnie Reed, PsychD, Director

Chris Hayes, MPsych (Clinical), Director

Programme Overview

Schema Therapy Workshops is pleased to welcome you to its 2012 International Certification

Programme in Schema Therapy. This training programme will provide individualised training over

a one or two-year period, leading to a diploma documenting that you are eligible to become either

an Advanced Certified Schema Therapist or a Standard Certified Schema Therapist in the

International Society for Schema Therapy (ISST). The Schema Therapy Workshops Certification

Programme is approved by the International Society of Schema Therapy.

The curriculum includes workshops in London or Manchester; regular supervision sessions (by

telephone, Skype, or in-person); readings; DVDs; and periodic ratings of recorded client sessions.

The training programme, under the direction of Arnie Reed, PsychD, and Chris Hayes, MPsych

(Clinical), is conducted by an experienced faculty of Advanced Schema Therapy Supervisors with

extensive experience in schema therapy.

The International Certification Programme in Schema Therapy is appropriate for experienced

mental health professionals, and is open to professionals with doctoral or master’s level degrees in

mental health fields. Applicants should have intermediate or advanced levels of general

psychotherapy experience.

About Schema Therapy

Schema therapy is an innovative, integrated therapeutic approach, originally developed as an

expansion of traditional cognitive-behavioural treatments. It draws from cognitive-behavioural

therapy, attachment theory, psychodynamic concepts, and emotion-focused therapies. In

comparison to cognitive-behavioural therapy, schema therapy emphasises lifelong patterns,

affective change techniques, and the therapeutic relationship, with special emphasis on limited

reparenting.

Schema therapy is particularly well-suited for difficult, so called treatment-resistant clients with

entrenched, chronic psychological disorders, including personality disorders (such as BPD and

narcissism), eating disorders, intractable couples' problems, and criminal offenders. It is also

effective for relapse prevention in depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. The results of a major

comparative outcome study have shown schema therapy to be highly effective with a large

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percentage of outpatients with Borderline Personality Disorder, with a low dropout rate. Clients

who have spent years gaining valuable insight with psychodynamic treatments, but who are

frustrated by their lack of progress, often respond well to the active, systematic, flexible, and depth-

oriented schema approach.

About the Main Trainers

Arnie Reed, PsychD, Chartered Counselling Psychologist,

Certified Schema Therapist and Clinical Supervisor

Arnie enjoyed a military career before pursuing a second career in Psychology. After leaving the

Army, he completed his BSc in Behavioural Sciences in 1998 and his Practitioner Doctorate in

Psychotherapeutic and Counselling Psychology (at the University of Surrey) in 2001. Searching for

the most useful interventions to fit the unique presenting difficulties of clients, Arnie completed a

post-graduate diploma course (at UCL) in Applied Hypnosis, received training in EMDR and

completed the National Intensive DBT Training. Along with Chris, Arnie attended the first

International Schema Therapy Certification course at the Schema Therapy Institute in New York

and was trained directly by Dr Jeffrey Young. Arnie is a fully certified Schema Therapist and trainer,

and full member of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). He currently works in a

Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) in Cardiff and also has a busy private practice. Arnie now

specialises in complex client presentations including those clients diagnosed with Borderline

Personality Disorder and so-called treatment-resistant difficulties. He has contributed to the

development of a local NHS BPD Service. Arnie teaches schema therapy on the South Wales PsychD

in Clinical Psychology and on the Newport University CBT MSc course. He is co-director of Schema

Therapy Workshops, which delivers Schema Therapy training and supervision in the UK.

Chris Hayes, MPsych (Clinical) Clinical Psychologist and Accredited CBT Therapist, Certified

Schema Therapist and Clinical Supervisor

Chris has had over 10 years of experience working with complex cases using Schema Therapy in

both the UK and Australia. He has had extensive experience in both government and private

settings working with clients with complex psychological presentations. In Perth, Western

Australia, Chris worked within a specialist service for clients with substance abuse and comorbid

psychological problems, and helped establish a specialist team focusing on emerging Personality

Disorders. Following his move to the UK, Chris worked in a senior role within a CBT team at a

leading private London hospital. He has also worked as a lecturer within the School of Psychology

at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, and has provided Schema Therapy input

and training to the Clinical Psychology programme at University College London. He received

specialist advanced training directly by Dr Jeff Young at the Schema Therapy Institute in New York

City (USA). Chris is one of a small handful of fully certified Schema Therapists and Trainers

currently working in the UK, and is a full member of the International Society of Schema Therapy

(ISST). He currently works primarily in private practice in London, providing treatment as well

as supervision in Schema Therapy. He is co-director of Schema Therapy Workshops, which

delivers Schema Therapy training throughout the British Isles.

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Evangelia (Litsa) Anthis, PsychD, Chartered Counselling Psychologist,

Certified Schema Therapist and Clinical Supervisor

Litsa qualified as a social worker in South Africa prior to moving to the UK. She continued her

studies in psychology and obtained her Practitioners Doctorate in Counselling Psychology with a

specialization in psychodermatology. During this time she worked extensively in the NHS, in areas

of specialist health services, lectured on post-graduate courses and supervised counselling

psychology students. She received training in EMDR, obtained a diploma in clinical supervision, and

along with Chris and Arnie attended the first international Schema Therapy Certification Course at

the Schema Therapy Institute in New York. She was trained by Jeffrey Young and is a fully certified

schema therapist. Five years ago, Litsa moved to Greece and has promoted the development of

psychological services in various settings. She was Head of EAP Services in the business sector, has

set up a counselling psychology service in a major dermatology hospital and is President of the

Patient Psoriasis Association in Greece. Currently she lectures in schema therapy at the Institute of

Research and Behaviour, and has a private practice providing schema therapy treatment and

supervision. In particular, she specializes in clients with long term characterological difficulties,

including clients diagnosed with BPD and individuals with chronic health problems

Key Components & Requirements for the 2012 Programme

Advanced Certification Programme

The Advanced Certification programme is suitable for all experienced mental health

professionals, and is open to professionals with doctoral or master's (or equivalent) level

qualifications/experience in mental health fields. It is essential that you already hold a qualification

(such as one gained through the BPS, BAC, BABCP etc), that allows you to practice counselling/

psychotherapy/applied psychology etc. Participants should have intermediate or advanced levels of

general psychotherapy experience. There are a limited number of training places available on

the Advanced Certification route. Please note that only applicants regularly working with

personality-disordered clients , and are able to work with them long-term, have been considered

and your selection for a training place has been based, in part, on this requirement. Please also be

aware that this training programme is an intensive and rigorous programme of training,

supervision and assessment. From the outset it will require strong commitment, personal

reflection, absorption in the model and application.

1. Two intensive weekend workshops, each consisting of three days (Thursday, Friday &

Saturday). These workshops are mandatory and will be held in London and Manchester.

Trainees may choose which venue (i.e. either London or Manchester – or a mix of both) to

attend.

2. 40 hours of individual supervision, each 50-60 minutes in length. These may be conducted

face-to-face, by telephone, or by Skype (or equivalent). The supervision sessions must

continue for at least one year on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.

3. A total of six video or audio recordings of client therapy sessions, to be submitted at regular

intervals, each accompanied by a completed Schema Case Conceptualisation form. The

final two of the six recorded sessions will be scored by an independent rater other than

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your supervisor (arranged by Schema Therapy Workshops), and the Schema Therapist

Competency Scale (STCS) must average minimum of 4.5 (out of a possible 6 points). With

regard to the final two recorded sessions, trainees who submit recordings that are not

acceptable can submit new sessions to be rated after at least 1 month, at their own expense,

until they obtain passing scores.

4. During the Programme a minimum of 4 cases must be treated with schema therapy lasting

at least 25 therapy hours each: at least one of the cases must be BPD and one must be

another PD and has to be periodically angry, demeaning, critical or aggressive towards the

therapist (e.g. narcissistic, anti-social). The total for all Schema Therapy sessions with all

clients must be at least 160 hours.

5. Readings and DVD viewing directly related to schema therapy, as well as other readings that

provide a broad conceptual background in a variety of approaches relevant to the schema

model.

6. This training is intensive and is not simply an attendance-only-based training programme.

It cannot be stressed too much that from the outset, it is important that trainees recognize

the need for full and comprehensive engagement in all aspects of it, including their own

home/work –based study.

Advanced Certification Cost: £4,200 - This includes all training, supervision and ratings of

recorded sessions. It does not cover travel and overnight expenses. Candidates will be responsible

for all travel expenses to the training venue, including fares, lodging and meals, and will make all of

their own travel arrangements. Candidates will also pay all telephone charges for supervision, and

postage for the mailing of recorded sessions. Candidates will be required to purchase a relatively

inexpensive digital audio recorder approved by us if they plan to make audio recordings of sessions.

If your training has been funded by the NHS Trust, or organisation you work in, it is not

transferrable to another person. If for example, you begin the training and subsequently leave that

organisation, money or a place on workshops or supervision time could not be transferred from

you to another person. The services (i.e. training days and supervision time) purchased for an

individual in the Trust or organisation would stay with the individual and would not be

transferrable.

Invoicing

Please be aware that due to some supervision arrangements it is a possibility that you or your organization will receive 2 invoices rather that just one. If this is the case the invoiced total will not exceed £4200. These would be:

In some cases you or your organization will receive only one invoice for the full amount. This would be:

1. £4,200 to Schema Therapy Workshops

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Standard Certification Programme

The Standard Certification programme is suitable for all experienced mental health

professionals, and is open to professionals with doctoral or master's (or equivalent) level

qualifications/experience in mental health fields. It is essential that you already hold a qualification

(such as one gained through the BPS, BAC, BABCP etc), that allows you to practice counselling/

psychotherapy/applied psychology etc. Participants should have intermediate or advanced levels

of general psychotherapy experience. There are a limited number of training places available on

the Standard Certification route. Please note that only applicants regularly working with

personality-disordered clients , and are able to work with them long-term, have been considered

and your selection for a training place has been based, in part, on this requirement. Please also be

aware that this training programme is an intensive and rigorous programme of training,

supervision and assessment. From the outset it will require strong commitment, absorption in the

model and application.

1. Two intensive weekend workshops, each consisting of three days (Thursday, Friday &

Saturday). These workshops are mandatory and will be held in London and Manchester.

Trainees may choose which venue (i.e. either London or Manchester – or a mix of both) to

attend.

2. 20 hours of individual supervision, each 50-60 minutes in length. These may be conducted

face-to-face, by telephone, or by Skype (or equivalent). The supervision sessions must

continue for at least one year on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.

3. A total of three video or audio recordings of client therapy sessions, to be submitted at

regular intervals, each accompanied by a completed Schema Case Conceptualisation form.

The final recorded session of the three will be scored by an independent rater other than

your supervisor (arranged by Schema Therapy Workshops), and the Schema Therapist

Competency Scale (STCS) must average minimum of 4.0 (out of a possible 6 points). With

regard to the final recorded session, trainees who submit recordings that are not acceptable

can submit new sessions to be rated after at least 1 month, at their own expense, until they

obtain passing scores.

4. During the Programme a minimum of 2 cases treated with schema therapy, at least 25

therapy hours each: one case must be BPD. Additionally, the total for all Schema Therapy

sessions with all clients must be at least 80hours.

5. Readings and viewing DVDs directly related to schema therapy, as well as other readings

that provide a broad conceptual background in a variety of approaches relevant to the

schema model.

6. This training is intensive and is not simply an attendance-only-based training programme.

It cannot be stressed too much that from the outset, it is important that trainees recognize

the need for full and comprehensive engagement in all aspects of it, including their own

home/work –based study.

Standard Certification Cost: £2,600 - This includes all training, supervision and ratings of

recorded sessions. It does not cover travel and overnight expenses. Candidates will be responsible

for all travel expenses to the training venue, including fares, lodging and meals, and will make all of

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their own travel arrangements. Candidates will also pay all telephone charges for supervision, and

postage for the mailing of recorded sessions. Candidates will be required to purchase a relatively

inexpensive digital audio recorder approved by us if they plan to make audio recordings of sessions.

If your training has been funded by the NHS Trust, or organisation you work in, it is not

transferrable to another person. If for example, you began the training and subsequently left that

organisation, money or a place on workshops or supervision time could not be transferred to

another person. The services (i.e. training days and supervision time) purchased for an individual

in the Trust or organisation would stay with the individual and would not be transferrable.

Invoicing

Please be aware that due to some supervision arrangements it is a possibility that you or your organization will receive 2 invoices rather that just one. These would be:

1. £900 for the 2 x 3 day workshops, to Schema Therapy Workshops.

2. £1,700 payable directly to your supervisor.

In some cases you or your organization will receive only one invoice for the full amount. This would be:

1. £2,600 to Schema Therapy Workshops

Missed/Non attended Supervision Sessions The certification packages include a total of 20 (for Standard Certification) and 40 (for Advanced Certification) supervision sessions (ISST requirements). Supervisors will make themselves available and arrange the correct number of sessions to meet the ISST requirements. If scheduled sessions are missed for some reason, they have to be rescheduled to ensure the correct amount of sessions is received. Supervisees are requested to give supervisors at least 24 hours notice prior to cancelling sessions. Failing to do this will result in supervisees being liable for missed sessions. Extra sessions, in order to ensure the full ISST-compliant supervision programme, will be charged at the standard rate of £85 Sterling.

Summary of Weekend Workshop Dates Candidates on either the Standard or Advanced Certification Programme must attend both of the workshops below. You may choose to attend either the London or Manchester venues, or a mix of both.

Manchester London

W1: Thurs, Fri & Sat 22, 23, 24 March 2012 W1: Thurs, Fri & Sat 14, 15, 16 June 2012

W2: Thurs, Fri & Sat 21,22, 23, June 2012 W2: Thurs, Fri & Sat 13, 14, 15, Sep 2012

Weekend workshops will include a combination of teaching methods, including lectures, handouts,

videotapes of master schema therapists, live demonstrations, question-and-answer periods, group

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discussions, supervised practice in dyads, discussion of supervisees’ own schemas and childhood

histories, and small group exercises.

The workshop topics covered will be taken from the following list:

Theory and conceptual model: key terms and concepts from schema theory; group imagery exercise

to identify the participants’ own schemas; discussion of the 18 specific schemas.

Assessment and education: multiple techniques for assessing and activating schemas and coping

styles; educating the client about schemas; scoring and interpretation of schema inventories;

activating schemas with experiential techniques, including emotive imagery; assessing schemas in

the therapy relationship.

Cognitive techniques: building a case against schemas and coping styles; schema dialogues;

developing flashcards.

Emotion-focused techniques: emotional change through venting, imagery, dialogues, and letters to

parents; breaking through common therapeutic impasses.

Utilising the therapy relationship for change: limited reparenting; analysing schemas when

triggered in sessions.

Behavioural pattern-breaking: selecting appropriate partners; graded assignments; empathic

confrontation; overcoming avoidance of trigger situations.

Mode work: rationale for utilising schema modes with more severe cases: reviewing common

modes for specific disorders; using the Schema Mode Inventory; mode work for clients who can’t

experience emotions; techniques for changing modes; dealing with angry, clinging, critical, and

help-rejecting clients. A detailed protocol for mode work with borderline and narcissistic patients

will be presented.

Special topics: Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and narcissism; adapting

the model for work with couples; group schema therapy; the therapists’ own schemas; discussion of

other problems and disorders, depending on the interests of the participants and faculty.

Readings

In order that you fully prepare yourself to gain the maximum possible from each workshop we

strongly suggest that you begin your reading now. Required reading for participants in the

certification programmes is:

(1) Young, J.E., Klosko, J.S. & Weishaar, M.E. (2003). Schema Therapy - A Practitioner’s

Guide. London: Guilford Press. ISBN: 1-57230-838-9 (hardcover)

(2) Young, J.E. & Klosko, J.S. (1993). Reinventing Your Life. New York: Plume. ISBN: 0-452-27204-1

Note: this is a self-help book designed for clients to use themselves, but which is also very useful for the clinician.

(3) Arntz, A. & Van Genderen, H. (2009). Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality

Disorder. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-47051080-3 (cloth) ISBN: 978-0-470-51081-0 (pbk)

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(4) Rafaeli, E., Bernstein, D.P. & Young, J, (2010). Schema Therapy (CBT Distinctive

Features), New York: Routledge.

ISBN: 978-0-415-46299-0

Training Venues/Timings

Venues

Details of specific venues will be given later.

Timings:

Timings for all Manchester and London workshops are:

Food and Refreshments: During breaks, tea and coffee and light refreshments will be provided. Lunch will also be provided.

We look forward to working with you over the duration of the programme.

With Best Wishes

Arnie Reed and Chris Hayes

Course Directors

Revised 31 March 2012

Thursday

Friday

Registration:

8.30am - 9.00am Workshop start: 9.00am

Workshop start: 9.00am Lunch:

12.45 – 1.30pm

Lunch:

12.45 – 1.30pm Workshop finish: 5.00pm

Workshop finish: 5.00pm

Saturday

Workshop start: 9.00am

Lunch:

12.45 – 1.30pm

Workshop finish: 5.00pm

Schema Therapy Workshops Contact Information

Website: www.schematherapyworkshops.com e-mail: info@schematherapyworkshops.com

Postal Address: Schema Therapy Workshops 3 Cork Drive Pontprennau Cardiff CF23 8PU