Schema Therapy with Children and Adolescents

Peter Graaf is a child and adolescent psychotherapist.

Ruth A. Holt is a supervisor in the University of Canberra Psychology Clinic, Australia, and Principal of Canberra Clinical and Forensic Psychology.

Christof Loose is Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Heinrich Heine University (HHU).

Gerhard Zarbock is a clinical psychologist, certified CBT-, Schema- and DBT-therapist.

Foreword by Eckhard Roediger

Editors’ Preface

1. Applying Schema Therapy to Children and Adolescents (ST-CA): The Basics


2. Schema Therapy from Infancy to Early Childhood


3. Schema Therapy for Preschool-Aged Children


4. Schema Therapy for Primary School Children


5. Schema Therapy with Adolescents


6. Schema Therapy with Young Adults


7. Basic Principles of Schema Therapy


8. Starting Schema Therapy


9. Play- and Story-based Schema Therapy


10. Schema Therapy using Drawings, Puppets and Chair Work


11. Schema Therapy using the “Inner House” and Imagery


12. Homework, Flashcards and Diaries


13. Parents and the Family System from a Schema Therapy Perspective


14. Assessing Parent Schemas and Modes


15. Interventions with Parents


16. Group Schema Therapy with Children and Adolescents

Afterword