ThE course

  • Core Emotional Needs: The Heart of Healthy Well-Being and Emotional Development
    What Are Schemas?
    Video Reflection Task 1 - Film Reflections
    Self-Reflection Task 1 - Need > Memory Form
    Video Reflection Task - Core Emotional Needs
    Use of Imagery to Help Connect to Your History and Vulnerability
    Not getting anything? Trouble Shooting Needs?

  • Domain 1: The Connection and Acceptance Schemas
    Domain 2: The Autonomy, Competence, and Individuation Schemas
    Domain 3: Other-Directed Schemas
    Domain 4: Over-Vigilance and Inhibition Schemas
    Domain 5: Lack of Limits Schemas
    Video: Doing the Brief Schema Questionnaire
    Video - Tying it All Together - Changing the Schema Narrative



  • Video 1- An introduction to coping with schemas in everyday life: Coping styles & ‘survival’. Avoidance, Surrender, and Overcompensation

    Video 2 - Description of various forms of avoidance coping (modes)

    Video 3 - Description of various forms of overcompensation

    Video 4 - Description of various forms of surrender behaviour

    Reflection Task 1: What are my main coping responses? Where do they fit as a form of avoidance, surrender, or overcompensation?

    Reflection Task 2: 'Noticing my schemas': Introduction to a schema monitoring form

    Reflection Task 3: Evaluating the Pros and Cons of your coping behavior. How do they help me ‘survive’. What (if anything) might they ‘cost me’

  • 18 Short videos on each schema and some solutions

  • Video 1: A Definition of a 'Healthy Adult' Self. Core, Elements that Help Manage Our Challenges
    Video 2: How Can We Change: The Mindset to Help Take Responsibility and Accountability for "Our Stuff"

    Developing a Schema Flashcard (Audio)

    Video 3: Exercises for comforting and soothing vulnerability
    Exercise: Values Clarification Exercise: What do 'I care about' most?
    Video 4: Behavioural adaptations, ways to support yourself going outside your comfort zone to 'meet your needs'

    Video 5: Managing Schema Triggers

  • Video 1: The Metaphor of the Inner Critic - and it's Role in our Problems

    Video 2: Distancing Ourselves, and 'fighting back against 'the Critic' Messages.

    Video 3: Developing Self-Compassion and using Compassion in everyday life

    Video 4: Heading Towards a Schema Therapy Solution

    Video 5; On being a Thoughtful Consumer of Therapy

    Video 6: Review & Reflection - & staying 'on track'