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On a recent research programme in Holland (2009), 100% of patients improved to some degree, after Schema Therapy. The results are not yet published, but are reported to be better than that of a study in 2006 where 46% of patients were totally free of symptoms after therapy.
According to Professor Arnoud Arnzt, Schema Therapy is far more effective than drug treatments in the cases we deal with. Unlike medication, it has no adverse physiological side effects.
After training with Prof Arnzt and Marjon Nadort (highly respected researchers from Holland), Christina is now offering Schema Therapy.
The necessary supervision (to share expertise and discuss methodology) is being accessed via Skype with two very experienced Schema Therapists from overseas. One therapist is a male Clinical Psychologist from Holland. |
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He has worked in Schema Therapy for 13 years and has co-authored papers with Prof Arntz. Like Prof Arnzt, he is an academic researcher as well as a clinician, treating patients with borderline personality disorder.
The co-supervisor is an American female therapist with a private practice – seeing patients with a range of problems. She has worked alongside Dr Jeff Young, (the originator of Schema Therapy and Director of the Cognitive Therapy Centre in New York). These individuals were chosen to provide a broad spectrum of Schema Therapy experience. |
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At present, Christina is trying to set up peer groups of Schema Therapists in the UK in order to share experiences to help patients. Christina is attending a workshop with Dr Young in Autumn. Meanwhile, she is organising more provision (training, supervision and therapy) in England.
Christina's aim is to make Schema Therapy more widely available to the British public in general. |
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According to Jeffrey Young, the patients' goal is to "Heal early Schemas, learn how to flip out of self-defeating Schema modes as quickly as possible, and eventually to get their emotional needs met in everyday life". This results in patients who take better care of their physical and mental health. They actively want to feel better and start taking their own steps to help themselves.
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