ST-CA Online Conference on November 02 – 2024

1^st Online Conference
in Schema Therapy for Children and Adolescents (ST-CA)

Topic: Creative Approaches in ST-CA

Content. Schema Therapy (ST), developed by Jeffrey Young is an enhancement and development of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with a particular emphasis on the integration of emotional, attachment and developmental factors as central components of both assessment and therapy.  ST is based on a model of schemas, modes and basic childhood needs that interact and evolve over the course of the lifespan, playing a key role in the development of psychological problems. Therefore, ST – as a technical and strategic variant of CBT – is a model which apppears to be well suited to the field of child and adolescent therapy, with a range of powerful techniques that generate emotional, interpersonal, cognitive and behavioural transformation.

Objectives. The aim of this Online Conference is to present creative and age-appropriate approaches within the schema therapeutic framework for younger clients and their parental caregivers. These approaches provide clients with a better understanding of their own schemas, modes, and emotional needs and how they are linked to the difficult feelings and dysfunctional behaviours that they seek help for in therapy.

Who is this conference for?  This conference is suitable for a range of professionals who practice psychotherapy, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other professions with psychotherapy training, according to legislation or rules in their country, and if possible have undertaken some training and/or certification in ST-CA or Schema Therapy for individual adults (according to ISST e.V.) Both beginners and advanced practitioners are invited and should benefit. This ensures certification by the ISST with 6 didactic hours, provided the participants are present the whole day.

New: There will be an English-Italian simultenous translation.

Costs:  150 euros  (reduced rates available, more info here)

Please register via Schema Therapy Scotland: link

The event is organized by the Institute for Schema Therapy Scotland in collaboration with Schema Therapy Cologne (IST-K).

For enquiries please contact us at contact@st-ca-conference.de

Schema Therapy Scotland

Dr. Christof Loose (ST-CA Conference Management) 

Dr. Christof Loose, Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist for Children and Adolescents (CBT), works in his own Private Practice in Düsseldorf, research activity e.g. in ST-CA (Development of Schema-Questionnaire for Children (DISC), Chair of the subcommittee Working Group in ST-CA 2013-2017, and again since 2023; since 2013 advanced-level certified, trainer and supervisor (ISST e.V.), editor and author of ST-CA books and Video-Learning (DVD), conducts workshops and seminars in Schema Therapy for Children, Adolescents and Parents, worldwide.

Dr. Susan Simpson (Director: Schema Therapy Scotland)  

Dr. Susan Simpson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Advanced Schema Therapy Trainer/Supervisor, is director of Schema Therapy Scotland, and co-director of the Global Institute of Eating Disorders. She also leads an outpatient hospital clinic in the Scottish national health service. Susan has provided training in Schema Therapy for over 20 years, and is actively involved in research in this field, with a particular focus on improving treatments for people with eating disorders and developing interventions for parents and carers. She has a longstanding interest in the nexus of human well-being and connectedness to nature. She is co-author and editor of Schema Therapy for Eating Disorders (Routledge, 2019) and Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy (Cambridge University Press, 2023).  Her publications can be found at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susan-Simpson-2/research.

The Institute is certified by the International Society of Schema Therapy
(ISST e.V.; more information here).