Schema Therapy with Children and Adolescents

“What makes schema therapy with adults so attractive is the fusing of a developmentally-oriented model with extensive experiential techniques and a therapeutic relationship based on the ‘caring parent’. What, then, is more natural than to carry these empirically successful concepts over to children and adolescents, especially as so-called child modes are part of the therapy anyway? Whenever I am asked if it is possible to use schema therapy with children and young people, my answer is always an emphatic ‘Yes!’ This book shows you how.” Eckhard Roediger “I enthusiastically recommend this wonderful book to any professional working with children, adolescents, families, and parents… especially those who aim to intervene in the generational patterns of childhood trauma and distress. This work will richly reward those seeking to develop skills and long lasting outcomes in working with children, adolescents and their families. ” Jeffrey Young

Peter Graaf is a child and adolescent psychotherapist.

Ruth A. Holt is a supervisor in the University of Canberra Psychology Clinic, Australia, and Principal of Canberra Clinical and Forensic Psychology.

Christof Loose is Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Heinrich Heine University (HHU).

Gerhard Zarbock is a clinical psychologist, certified CBT-, Schema- and DBT-therapist.