Bruce A. Stevens

Schema Therapy (ST) was developed to treat patients with complex disorders, especially personality disorders, with a powerful new set of interventions. Personality disorders, as well as more general problems stemming from early experience and addressed by schema therapy, are a key factor in many disturbed relationships. As a result, ST is now increasingly used for couples work. By dealing effectively...

Schema Therapy with Couples represents the first practitioner guide to detail effective Schema Therapy techniques in couple and relationship therapy. Shows how the distinctive features of Schema Therapy make it ideal for addressing the cognitive and emotion-focused problems typical in couple relationships. Presents and integrates a series of innovative tools and interventions such as Schema Therapy with Needs versus Wants,...