Schema Therapy

11/28/2025

IFS and Schema Therapy both talk about “parts,” but the clinical pathways and evidence base are very different. This session with Joan Farrell and Sara Trace clarifies what sets Schema Therapy apart and why ST consistently delivers strong outcomes in complex presentations. A must-see session for clinicians exploring the difference between parts and modes.

Live December 4–5 with 60-day replay.
Tickets: www.schematherapyassociation.org/symposium-2025

IFS vs Schema Therapy: What really separates “parts” from “modes”?

IFS and Schema Therapy both focus on the multiplicity of self, but their similarities stop there. Schema Therapy offers a clear, evidence-based map of how psychological problems develop and how real change occurs.

Join Farrell, Ph.D. and Trace, Ph.D. for a focused comparison of these two approaches. Joan brings decades of work with BPD and group ST. Sara is trained in both IFS and ST and specializes in eating disorders.

You will learn:
• How IFS parts differ from Schema Therapy modes
• Why Schema Therapy has a defined developmental model
• What the evidence says
• How each model handles complex and resistant cases
• Clinical strategies you can start using right away

Live online December 4–5.
Includes 60-day replay, 19 CE credits, one-year JYSTA membership, and translation in 10 languages.

Register now: www.schematherapyassociation.org/symposium-2025

11/25/2025

Dreams often reveal schemas long before clients can put words to them.
I am thrilled that Parry will be teaching how Schema Therapy uses dreamwork to create real healing moments.

Tickets: www.schematherapyassociation.org/syposium-2025

Are your clients haunted by the same dream themes over and over?
Nightmares often reveal schemas that clients cannot access when awake.

In this powerful session, Lynda Parry teaches how Schema Therapy turns these nighttime images into deep healing moments. You will learn how dreams expose early unmet needs, how the Vulnerable Child becomes accessible, and how to use emotional techniques to shift long-standing patterns.

Join us live or watch with 60-day access.
Recording access is only guaranteed if you purchase a ticket before the event begins, while tickets last.

Get your ticket today: www.schematherapyassociation.org/symposium-2025
Featuring Parry.

11/23/2025

Estrangement is one of the most complex and emotionally charged issues therapists encounter, and many clinicians struggle to find a clear path through the layers of hurt, cutoff, and long-standing schema patterns involved.
Gasiewski and DelGrosso offer a thoughtful, practical framework for understanding the schemas that fuel estranged relationships and for helping clients navigate these ruptures with greater clarity and stability.

Registration includes 60-day recording access, 19 CE Units, and a full year of JYSTA membership.
Live online December 4 and 5.
Register now through JYSTA: www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org/symposium-2025

Estrangement is one of the most painful and misunderstood experiences clients bring into therapy. Many arrive carrying the grief of losing contact with a parent, child, or sibling. Others carry a different burden: the relief of finally protecting themselves from a relationship that caused long-term emotional harm.

More than one in four Americans report being estranged from a relative, and similar patterns appear globally. This is not a rare issue. It is a quiet epidemic that shapes identities, relationships, and emotional health.

At the Schema Therapy Symposium, this presentation takes a clear and compassionate look at estrangement through the framework of schemas and modes. You will explore the conditions that make reconciliation healing and the conditions that make distance essential. You will learn how to help clients understand their own patterns and the patterns of others involved, and you will see how Schema Therapy and attachment-based family therapy can guide the repair process when repair is possible.

If you work with clients who feel torn between longing and protection, or if you want a clinical map for handling the nuance of cutoff, this session is one of the most important of the symposium.

Join us live online December 4–5.
Replay and one-year JYSTA membership included.

Learn more and register here: www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org/Symposium-2025

11/23/2025

What stands out about this presentation is how clearly Karantzas and Younan connect insecure attachment patterns to the development of early maladaptive schemas and to the relationship difficulties many clients cannot shift on their own.
Their work gives clinicians a stronger, more accurate framework for conceptualizing complex relational cases.

Attachment Meets Schema Therapy: What insecure styles reveal about schemas and chronic relationship patterns

So many clients struggle with the same painful patterns: pulling close, shutting down, feeling unworthy, or constantly bracing for rejection.

This presentation shows how attachment dynamics and early maladaptive schemas connect, and how Schema Therapy can cut through the resistance that keeps clients stuck in chronic relationship cycles.

If you help people navigate complex relational challenges, this session will give you tools you can use immediately.

Your ticket includes:
✔ 19 CE Units (APA-approved)
✔ 60-Day Replay
✔ 1-Year JYSTA Membership

Live Online December 4–5.
Seats are limited. Grab your ticket today at: www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org/Symposium-2025

11/22/2025

I want to highlight this session because it gives clinicians a practical, research-grounded look at two of the most effective treatments we have for BPD. Joan Farrell’s landmark work continues to shape the Schema Therapy model, and Ji Young Kim’s deep experience with both DBT and Schema Therapy brings a level of insight that is invaluable. If you work with intense presentations, this comparison can make a real difference in your treatment results.

You can watch live or on your own schedule with 60 days of recording access. Do not wait. Your clients will benefit from what you learn here. Register while seats remain.

Some of the most challenging cases we treat, including BPD, require treatments with a strong and consistent evidence base. Schema Therapy and DBT both rank among the Big 4 approaches for BPD, yet each excels in different ways. This session shows where DBT shines, and why Schema Therapy often prevails in the toughest and most complex clinical dilemmas.

This presentation features two exceptional clinicians. Joan Farrell, PhD, is the lead investigator of the landmark Group Schema Therapy trial for BPD, a study that produced some of the strongest improvement rates ever reported for this population. Her work remains one of the major drivers shaping and advancing the Schema Therapy model today. Ji Young Kim, LPC-S, brings more than twenty years of experience integrating Schema Therapy and DBT in demanding group and trauma cases, and is known for her skillful, practical approach to complex presentations.

This is truly not to be missed. Your clients need you to see this.

Live online December 4 and 5
Now includes 60 days of access to all recordings; watch at your own pace!
Seats are limited. Register now at: www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org/Symposium-2025

11/22/2025

When I lead our Schema Therapy certification programs, for both individual and couples Schema Therapy, one of the most common questions I hear is how IFS ‘parts’ connect to Schema Therapy ‘modes.’
Most clinicians assume they overlap more than they do.
That’s why I’m so grateful Joan Farrell and Sara Trace are presenting this session. They make the differences clear in a way that’s practical, grounded, and genuinely helpful.

Do you use IFS or Schema Therapy in your practice? Then you’ll want to see this.

“Parts work” isn’t the same across models — and those differences matter when you’re treating trauma, eating disorders, and personality disorders.

Join Joan Farrell, PhD, and Sara Trace, PhD, for a clear, grounded look at how Schema Therapy and IFS each understand the mind… and why Schema Therapy often leads to deeper, more consistent clinical change.

This is one of the most important clarifications we’ve offered this year — especially for therapists who work with protectors, exiles, modes, and internal dynamics.

If you’re serious about advancing your clinical skills, grab your ticket today.

Live Online December 4–5
Replay Included
1-Year Membership Included
Go to: www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org/Symposium-2025

11/18/2025

So many couples make real progress in therapy… until stress hits, old wounds get activated, and everything unravels again.
This is the moment where Schema Therapy changes the whole picture.

I’m looking forward to sharing how we can help couples move beyond insight and communication skills and finally shift the deeper patterns driving their pain. Can’t wait for this session at the symposium.

Most couples therapists have watched a couple leave the office feeling connected and confident, only to see the same pattern show up again once the stress of real life returns. Even excellent EFT and Gottman work can hit a limit when deeper schemas and modes keep rebuilding the old choreography.

At the upcoming Schema Therapy Symposium, Travis Atkinson will explore why this happens and how schema therapy strengthens the models therapists already trust. Travis is a Certified EFT Therapist and Supervisor and a Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist, so he understands the power of these approaches and uses them daily. His session focuses on how schema therapy adds the missing layer that helps clinicians reach couples who stay stuck despite strong work.

If you want new tools for the couples who have tried everything else, this is a session to attend.

Live online December 4–5. Replay and one-year JYSTA membership included.

Learn more and register: www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org/symposium-2025

11/11/2025

This is one of the most practical and insightful frameworks I’ve seen for working with dissociation. Ida’s ability to translate complexity into clarity is remarkable.

From 50 Personalities to 5 Modes
www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org/symposium-2025

Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder can feel overwhelming, like trying to help fifty different people at once.

This powerful Schema Therapy model from Ida Shaw and Joan Farrell helps therapists bring order to that inner world—translating dozens of parts into five schema modes that guide integration and healing.

See how child, coping, critic, and Healthy Adult modes can be identified and transformed through experiential work and a strong therapeutic alliance.

💡 A proven, structured path toward stability and coherence for even the most complex cases.

🎟️ Live Online December 4–5
✨ Includes a 1-Year Membership in the Jeffrey Young Schema Therapy Association (JYSTA)

👉 www.SchemaTherapyAssoation.org/Symposium-2025

11/09/2025

The science behind Schema Therapy is advancing fast.
Join Rita Younan and Gery Karantzas as they reveal what the latest data tells us — and what we still need to discover.
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See what 300+ studies reveal about Schema Therapy’s power
www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org/symposium-2025

Schema Therapy has outperformed traditional models for treatment-resistant clients, and now, leading researchers Dr. Rita Younan and Prof. Gery Karantzas reveal the data shaping its future.

Join the Changing Lives: 35 Years of Jeffrey Young’s Schema Therapy online symposium, Dec 4–5.

IGNITE Tier is almost gone! Each ticket includes a full year of JYSTA membership.

Reserve your spot today → www.schematherapyassociation.org/symposium-2025

11/08/2025

I’m so excited to see Wendy open the symposium with this powerful keynote. Her work captures the heart of Schema Therapy and reminds us why this model continues to change lives around the world.

Join us for the opening keynote of the year!

35 Years of the Schema Therapy Model of Jeffrey Young
Sustaining the Integrity of the Core Model
with Wendy Behary, LCSW
Thursday, December 4 | Live Online

For 35 years, Dr. Jeffrey Young’s Schema Therapy model has transformed the field of psychotherapy—bringing together cognitive, attachment, experiential, and psychodynamic traditions to help clients heal at the deepest level.

Now, Wendy Behary leads a powerful keynote exploring how we can evolve without losing what makes Schema Therapy truly work. She’ll dive into the heart of what drives real change: transforming schemas, healing unmet needs, and using the therapeutic relationship to repair what was once broken.
www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org/symposium-2025

✨ Get your ticket now at the IGNITE TIER—only a few remain!
Every ticket includes a 1-year membership to the Jeffrey Young Schema Therapy Association, connecting you to a global professional community.

Join us December 4–5, 2025, for this once-in-a-generation online event.

🎟️ Register today at www.schematherapyassociation.org

11/06/2025

I’m excited to be part of this: the Jeffrey Young Schema Therapy Association Symposium, live online December 4–5, 2025.

Learn from Jeffrey Young, Wendy Behary, Joan Farrell, and other leading experts.

Every ticket includes a complimentary one-year JYSTA membership.

Details here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BfGJ7bEXr/

Ready to grow your practice with the leaders who built Schema Therapy?

Join us for the Jeffrey Young Schema Therapy Association Symposium, live online December 4–5, 2025.
www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org/symposium-2025

Learn directly from Jeffrey Young, Wendy Behary, and Joan Farrell, along with experts from around the world who continue to advance Schema Therapy.

Two full days of advanced clinical training, live discussions, and 30-day replay access to review at your own pace.

Special Bonus: Every ticket includes a complimentary one-year membership in JYSTA.

Be part of the community keeping Schema Therapy strong and evidence-based.

Register here: www.SchemaTherapyAssociation.org

12/03/2024

Schema Therapy Training: The Secret Power Revealed

Transform your psychotherapy practice with our Spring 2025 online training programs in Individual Schema Therapy and Schema Therapy for Couples, completing all coursework toward certification.

Join therapists worldwide who've discovered why schema therapy changes everything.

Individual Schema Therapy Program: Feb 6
Schema Therapy for Couples Program: Feb 19

Watch the video to see what makes our schema therapy training extraordinary.

Limited spots by design: fall's cohort filled early.

Learn more: schematrainingtherapy.org
https://youtu.be/gDIwdJT68hY