Schema Therapy for Cluster C Personality Disorders. This item is unavailable.Schema Therapy for Cluster C Personality Disorders

'A must-read manual for practicing schema therapists seeking expert guidance for the treatment of cluster c personality problems. This book is a gem…read and learn.' Dr Susan Simpson, Clinical Psychologist

The first book to present the theory and practice of using schema therapy with clients with dependent, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders. Personality disorders are categorised into three ‘clusters’, each containing specific disorders with common characteristics that differentiate them from those in the other clusters. Schema therapy was developed primarily to manage and treat ‘cluster B’ personality disorders, especially borderline personality disorder, and it has a robust evidence base in this area. However, research studies have shown that schema therapy is also an effective treatment for clients with ‘cluster C’ personality disorders – dependent personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder – but only if important adaptations and adjustments to the treatment protocol are made.

Written by well-known experts in the field, and part of the 'Schema Therapy Approaches and Resources' series, Schema Therapy for Cluster C Personality Disorders is the first book to explore the theory and practice of using schema therapy to treat this complex client group.

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.