Breaking out of your “Life Traps” with Schema Therapy
Many people suffer from debilitating self defeating, emotional and thought (cognitive) patterns. Some therapist call these repeating, difficult to change life-trap thought patterns “Schemas.” Therapists who practice the form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy known as Schema Focused Therapy believe that the identifications of the Schemas as well as determination of the root cause of the schema are helpful in developing a treatment plan. The life-trap or schemas developed by Jeffrey Young include the following. Perhaps some of them sound familiar to you.
