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Schema Therapy

Schema therapy is an integrative, unifying theory and treatment developed by Dr. Jeffrey E. Young, designed to treat a variety of long-standing emotional difficulties in individuals and couples, with significant origins in childhood and adolescent development.

It is used in the treatment of personality disorders and chronic psychological disorders, and suitable for clients and patients who fail to respond or relapse after having been through other therapies (for example, traditional cognitive behavioural therapy).

Schema therapy has been found to be effective for the assessment and intervention of problematic thinking patterns and has been proven to be an effective method for assessing and providing intervention in dealing with schemas associated with eating disorder, depression, romantic jealousy, and many other issues. For more information, please visit: www.schematherapy.com

HOPEwwS specializes in family life and health education workshops and programmes based on schema therapy. Our resource counsellors are fully trained in this approach. For counselling services using schema therapy, click here.

Schema Therapy Professional Training

HOPEwwS and Louis Counselling & Training Services Pte Ltd present the Individual Schema Therapy Certification Programme in Southeast Asia, accredited by the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). This programme presented in two levels enable clinicians and mental health professionals to pursue ISST membership and accreditation as ISST-certified schema therapist.

Level 1: Schema Therapy Professional Training (Basic) – Schema Theory, Concepts and Techniques

Learning Outcomes
  • Case conceptualization using schema theory and concept (negative and positive schemas, coping styles and modes, universal core emotional needs, temperamental factors)
  • Use of assessment tools (interviews, imagery and inventories)
  • Use of therapy relationship to provide limited reparenting, emphatic confrontation and limit setting
  • Treatment formulation
  • Schema Therapy cognitive and experiential techniques
Workshop Dates:
  • NA

Level 2: Schema Therapy Professional Training (Advanced) – Specific Treatment Populations

Learning Outcomes
  • Schema Mode work with Borderline Personality Disorders
  • Schema Mode work with Narcissistic Personality Disorders
  • Other PDs
  • Signs of Therapist’s Schema Interference in Treatment
  • Limited Reparenting with Child Modes
  • Confronting and Limit setting for Punitive and Demanding Parent modes
  • Emphatic Confrontation/limit setting for Maladaptive Coping Modes
Workshop Dates:
  • NA

Our Trainer

Dr John Philip Louis

John Philip Louis holds a PhD from the UK (Stirling University) and has conducted research on schemas and parenting scales. His research findings were published in reputable peer reviewed journals. He is a Certified Schema Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer, and was trained directly by Dr Jeffrey Young, founder of Schema Therapist. John and his wife, Karen, are founders of Movie Therapy® and developers of schema therapy-based “Good Enough Parenting” and “I Choose Us” marriage programme.

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Testimonials from Training Participants:

Jenny Ong Siew Lan
Trainer and Counsellor, Anglican Care Centre (Simei)
There was sufficient time for role-play and helpful practise so that we have a first hand experience receiving and giving therapy. The videos shown were helpful in bringing out the key points of the subject matter. My understanding of the Core Emotional Needs are pertinent in my new work in the sheltered home for family violence, where the mothers can receive healing, and where necessary, limited reparenting so that they can parent their children more effectively and confidently.
Gan Su Keng
Volunteer Clinical Counsellor and Psychotherapist, St Andrew Nursing Home
I gained a holistic understanding on the dependant’s origination of current psychological behaviours and perceptions to past events and upbringing, as well as the importance of having empathetic and compassionate processing of one’s schemas (core beliefs, emotions and sensations / feelings). This training has enabled me to help clients / patients to acquire self awareness of their schemas, strengthen their positive schemas and weaken their negative schemas. The experiential learning via role plays and videos are good and innovative.
Seet Jia Min Mona
Clinical Psychologist, Mindmatters Psychology Practice Pte Ltd
It has helped to frame my way of thinking and conceptualising about my client and the issues they bring into therapy, understand Personality Disorders and to think about how their life story unfolds. I gained insights into how to approach clients who present similar issues. Learning about the “Modes” helped me to have a better understanding of my clients’ coping mechanism. Particularly enjoyed the Movie Therapy® which helped me to connect to the training components.

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For enquiries on Schema Therapy Professional Trainings, please contact Rebekah Lai at 6312 9671 or email: rebekah_lai@hopewwsea.org.

Louis, J. P. (2018). Clinical Psychology: Development of measures for Schema Therapy (doctoral thesis). University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27350 

Louis, J. P., & Louis, K. M. (2010). I choose us: A Christian perspective on building love connection in your marriage by breaking harmful cycles. Singapore: Louis Counselling & Training Services.

Louis, J. P., & Louis, K. M. (2012). Good enough parenting: A Christian perspective on meeting core emotional needs and avoiding exasperation. Singapore: Louis Counselling & Training Services.

Louis, J. P., & Louis, K. M. (2015). Good enough parenting: An in-depth perspective on meeting core emotional needs and avoiding exasperation. New York: Morgan James Publishing.

Louis, J. P., Wood, A., & Lockwood, G. (2018). Psychometric validation of the Young Parenting Inventory – Revised (YPI-R2): Replication and extension of a commonly used parenting scale in Schema Therapy (ST) research and practice. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0205605. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205605 

Louis, J. P., Wood, A., & Lockwood, G. (2018). Development and validation of the Positive Parenting Schema Inventory (PPSI) to complement the Young Parenting Inventory (YPI) for Schema Therapy (ST). Assessment. doi:10.1177/1073191118798464

Louis, J. P., Wood, A., Lockwood, G., Ho, M. H. R., & Ferguson, E. (2018). Positive Clinical Psychology and ST: The development of the Young Positive Schema Questionnaire (YPSQ) to complement the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-S3). Psychological Assessment, 30(9), 1199–1213. doi:10.1037/pas0000567

Louis, J. P., Davidson, A. T., Lockwood, G., & Wood, A. (2020). Positive Perceptions of Parenting and their Links to Theorized Core Emotional Needs. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01807-0