Schema Therapy for Cluster C Personality Disorders

Remco van der Wijngaart is a psychologist and psychotherapist. He worked for twenty years in an academic department of a mental health institution, participating in treatment studies across a wide range of disorders. He is currently a therapist, trainer and supervisor in CBT and schema therapy in private practice. He has been trained by Jeff Young, Aaron Beck, and Joan Farrell, and is a former Vice President of the International Society of Schema Therapy. Hannie van Genderen is a psychotherapist, clinical psychologist, supervisor and trainer in individual and group schema therapy. She has been involved with schema therapy for personality disorders in the Netherlands from its early beginnings, collaborating for many years with Arnoud Arntz at the University of Maastricht, and she was a founder of the Dutch Schema Therapy Society and the International Society of Schema Therapy.

Foreword by Arnoud Arntz Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Developments in schema therapy - concepts and definitions 3. Case conceptualization for Cluster C personality disorders 4. From case conceptualization to treatment 5. Dependent Personality Disorder 6. Avoidant Personality Disorder 7. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder 8. The middle phase of treatment 9. The final phase of treatment - changing behaviour patterns 10. Conclusion References Appendix: Modes