Interview with Marleen Rijkeboer

In an interview on Monday, the President of the Dutch Schema Therapy Society, Marleen Rijkeboer, provided a recap of the 6th Dutch Schema Therapy Society Congress that took place on Friday, September 25th, 2015 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

During the interview, Marleen discusses the theme of the congress, "Schema Therapy: the Past, Present, and Future," and includes noteworthy points from the keynote addresses, delivered by Arnoud Arntz and Gitta Jocobs. She notes a large amount of work focusing on children and adolescents, a growing specialization of schema therapy, and the workshops presented by Christof Loose and Maria Galimzyanova. In addition to many other workshops attendees were able to experience, David Bernstein presented work in forensic schema therapy with adolescents at the congress.

Research in schema therapy is pinpointing which techniques work better with different populations. Another research area focused on how schema therapists best learn skills and techniques to apply to patients/clients, with interesting results. 

View the entire interview, hosted by ISST Board Public Affairs Coordinator, Travis Atkinson, by visiting the ISST website. 

See additional interviews on SchemaTV by Alp Karaosmanoglu with Ida Shaw and Wendy Behary.

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Do You Work with the Aged? Join the new forum, Schema Therapy for the Aged, hosted by Bruce Stevens

"From small seeds, great oaks grow!  I would like to begin a discussion on applying Schema Therapy to aged patients. This will include helping older people that Schema Therapy was developed to treat: those with chronic problems and personality disorders. Of course many schema therapists have already been working extensively in this area, so this will provide an opportunity to share what we have learned. 

What I would like to see develop is an on-line place to discuss cases and schema treatment with the aged. We can raise issues, such as hoarding with older people, or stages of dementia, and together find ways to apply schema therapy in effective ways. Maybe we can develop an interest group, eventually a schema therapy specialty such as group or couple or child/adolescent, and when the ‘oak’ has grown, possibly international research projects."

by Bruce Stevens

Reply to the latest forum posting: 

A couple of people over 70 years-old present with quite complex issues, one with hoarding problems which are complicated by a rigid Christian perspective on life (including what is right and wrong).  Any ideas for using schema therapy for hoarding, especially with older patients?  

The second issue came out in treating a very active couple with a volatile relationship. The male has what has been called a "manic defense" in psychoanalysis (hyper-active, rates his mood as being "euphoric to very happy", but with periodic outbursts of irritability, even rage as would be typical with an extended manic-like mood). His personality structure is more neurotic, not PD, but I would be interested in ideas from schema therapy to understand the dynamic and treat it (in mode terms, seems a blend of Detached Self-Soother and maybe Irritable Protector). Any suggestions?

Join the discussion on the Member Forum now:

FORUM FOR WORKING WITH THE AGED

The Member Forum is a platform accessible only by ISST members to discuss topics of interest. The forum allows for a more specific focus on topics than the listserv. In addition to a forum for working with the aged, several other specialty area forums are available. 

Review the options in the forum section of the website: FORUMS

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