About This Bundle
Schema Therapy was developed by Jeffrey Young in the 1990s as an integrative extension of cognitive-behavioural therapy. It addresses what CBT alone often misses: the deep, lifelong patterns of belief, feeling, and behaviour that form in childhood and persist as the architecture of adult life. These patterns are called "early maladaptive schemas." Most adults have at least two or three active schemas; some have many. Recognising yours is the beginning of changing them.
These twelve worksheets walk you through the foundational concepts and practices of Schema Therapy: the eighteen schemas, the five schema domains, the three coping styles (surrender, avoidance, overcompensation), the schema modes (the parts of you that activate), and the work of building the Healthy Adult mode that can hold and reparent the wounded inner child. Schema Therapy pairs particularly well with Inner Child work, IFS, and trauma-informed approaches. Christianity has always carried language about deep patterns: the old self, the habits of the flesh, the renewing of the mind. Schema Therapy gives a structured map of what these patterns look like at a
psychological level, without contradicting the spiritual reality. The healthy adult mode is, in a sense, the mature self in Christ growing up: able to hold the wounded child, stand against the inner critic, and live from a more integrated place.
What's Included:
Bundle description: Twelve worksheets walking you through the foundational concepts and practices of Schema Therapy, developed by Jeffrey Young in the 1990s as an integrative extension of cognitive-behavioural therapy. Schema Therapy addresses what CBT alone often misses: the deep, lifelong patterns of belief, feeling, and behaviour that form in childhood and persist as the architecture of adult life. These patterns are called early maladaptive schemas. This bundle covers all eighteen schemas, the five domains, the three coping styles, the schema modes, and the work of building the Healthy Adult mode that can hold and reparent the wounded inner child. It pairs particularly well with Inner Child work, IFS, and trauma-informed approaches.
01 Introduction to Schema Therapy — The foundational concepts: what schemas are, why they reach deeper than ordinary cognitive work, and how they form. The wider Schema Therapy model and what makes it distinctive.
02 The Five Schema Domains — The five clusters into which Young's eighteen schemas group: Disconnection and Rejection, Impaired Autonomy and Performance, Impaired Limits, Other-Directedness, Over-Vigilance and Inhibition. Each connected to a core childhood need.
03 The 18 Early Maladaptive Schemas (Part 1) — Detailed treatment of the first nine schemas (domains 1-3): Abandonment, Mistrust/Abuse, Emotional Deprivation, Defectiveness/Shame, Social Isolation, Dependence/Incompetence, Vulnerability to Harm, Enmeshment, Failure. With recognition checkboxes.
04 The 18 Early Maladaptive Schemas (Part 2) — The remaining nine schemas (domains 4-5): Entitlement, Insufficient Self-Control, Subjugation, Self-Sacrifice, Approval-Seeking, Negativity/Pessimism, Emotional Inhibition, Unrelenting Standards, Punitiveness.
05 Identifying Your Core Schemas — A structured self-assessment rating all eighteen schemas on a 1-5 scale, identifying your top three or four, and noting the situations in which they activate.
06 How Your Schemas Formed — Tracing your top schemas back to their childhood origins. Common formation patterns by domain and a structured walk-through for understanding your specific patterns without blaming caregivers.
07 Schema Coping Styles — Young's three coping styles (surrender, avoidance, overcompensation) explained in detail, with examples for each. Why coping doesn't heal, and the move toward meeting the schema instead.
08 Schema Modes — The schema mode model: the parts of you that activate in different states. Vulnerable Child, Angry Child, Inner Critic, Detached Protector, Healthy Adult. Why mode work often unlocks change that schema work alone cannot.
09 The Vulnerable Child Mode — At the centre of most schema work: the wounded younger self carrying the unmet needs that produced your schemas. What your vulnerable child carries by schema, and structured prompts for meeting them.
10 The Inner Critic Modes — The Punitive Critic, Demanding Critic, and Guilt-Inducing Critic. Where these voices come from, how to recognise them speaking, and how the Healthy Adult challenges them.
11 Building the Healthy Adult Mode — The goal of schema work. What the Healthy Adult does toward each of the other modes, where it comes from in adulthood, and concrete daily practice for cultivating yours.
12 Living from the Healthy Adult — Capstone integration. What it looks like to live from the Healthy Adult across daily life, relationships, conflict, faith, and the long road. Closes with a blessing.