67th Annual Conference

Saturday, February 27

Morning Workshops

9:00 - 11:30 A.M.

Workshop 84

Schema Focused/Lifetrap Group Psychotherapy : Treating the Challenging "Return Customers" for Psychotherapy

Chair:

Raymond J. Koziol Jr. Ph.D, Senior Psychiatry Department Administrator - Clinician, Dean Medical Center, Sun Prairie, WI


Schema focused/lifetrap group therapy is an innovative way to treat patients with longstanding mood disorders and character pathology. Group members receive: 1)a powerful conceptualization for patient problems that defines why they are "stuck" 2)the use of brain research to understand how to develop a new relationship with anxiety which is necessary for change 3)an outline of strategies to change dysfunctional schemas.

didactic-sharing of work experiences-experiential-demonstration

Learning Objectives:
The attendee will be able to:
1. Provide patients a meaningful conceptualization for their dysfunction
2. Help patients understand why prior change efforts have failed
3. Help patient understand the role of fear/arousal and develop a new relationship with anxiety
4. Teach patients how use concepts such as the need to align "knowing and believing" and challenging the "uncomfortable comfortable" to drive change.

Course References:

Farrell et al. (2009) A schema focused approach to group psychotherapy for patients with borderline personality disorder : A randomized controlled trial, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, doi:10.1016./63:649-658

Giesen-Bloo, J. et al. (2006) Outpatient Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder Randomized Trial Schema-Focused Therapy vs. Transference -Focused Psychotherapy. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 63:649-658

Young, J.E.(2003) Schema Therapy: A Practitioners Guide. NY: Guilford Press