SCHEMA THERAPY CARDS Handout
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Charlie HaddadSCHEMA THERAPY CARDS Handout
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Charlie HaddadSCHEMA THERAPY CARDS
Each card is numbered to
FRONT help you keep them in order BACK
Banner colour
denotes
Schema Domain Refers to the
skill on the
reverse of
Refers to Purple
Gold Need Card Adaptive Card
in Box 1
Refers to
Refers to Pink Skills Card
Blue Schema Mode Card in Box 2
in Box 2
Refers to
Purple
Adaptive Card
Box 1 Refers to
Gold Need Card
in Box 1
Box 1 contains: in Box 1
22 Maladaptive Schema cards with the complimentary Healthy Adult reframe on the reverse side.
15 Adaptive Schema cards with relevant Skills on the reverse to help you strengthen the adaptive schema.
6 Emotional Needs cards which both the relationships between unmet needs/maladaptive schemas and met
needs/adaptive schemas.
How to use these cards
1. Complete the Young Schema Questionnaire-Revised (YSQ-R, scan QR below) and identify the relevant maladaptive
schemas which apply. Select those green Maladaptive Schema cards from the deck. Note the banner colours of
those cards.
2. Use the banner colours to find the gold Needs cards which correspond to the relevant schema domain. Next,
study the Unmet Needs side; this will help you to understand the origin of the maladaptive schemas.
3. Find the purple Adaptive Schema card referenced on each green card that was selected. The Adaptive Schema is
the remedy for the Maladaptive Schema. The reverse side of the Adaptive Schema card will teach you an
important skill to help you strengthen the Adaptive Schema. The Met Needs side of the Needs cards will help you
to understand how to strengthen the adaptive schema. This is needed to remedy the maladaptive schema.
4. Schema Mode cards (Blue Modes cards in the optional expansion pack) can deepen your understanding of the
modes which manifest from schemas and the Pink skills cards will help you to strengthen your Healthy Adult
responses.
YSQ-R link Video explainer
[Link]
Developed by Jessica
Downloaded O'Garr and Dr Al Griskaitis
from [Link]. Issued to charlieinprocess@[Link].
SCHEMA MODE THERAPY CARDS
Each card is numbered to
FRONT help you keep them in order BACK
Refers to
Gold Need Card
in Box 1
Refers to
Refers to
Green Schema
Pink Skills Card
Cards
in Box 2
in Box 1
Refers to the skill on the reverse of
Purple Adaptive Card in Box 1.
Box 2 - Expansion Pack
Box 2 contains:
19 Schema Modes with Healthy Adult responses on the reverse.
16 Healthy Adult Skills Cards to support your Healthy Adult to respond more effectively.
15 Schema Therapy Techniques to prompt you to practise your schema skills for homework.
How to use these cards
These cards as to be used in conjunction with a Schema Mode Therapist.
The first critical step in Schema Mode Therapy is to develop an awareness of the modes that you manifest. To do this:
1. Study the blue Child Modes (1-2), Dysfunctional Parent Modes (13-14) and Healthy Modes (15-17) as these will
all apply to you.
2. Read the Maladaptive Coping Modes (3-12) and as you do, consider “Does this mode apply to me?” Those modes
that resonate need to be studied. So study them to increase your awareness of which of these modes you manifest
in times of stress.
3. Then refer to the pink Healthy Adult Skills cards to strengthen your Healthy Adult response and the orange
Schema Therapy Technique cards to prompt you to revise the skills taught to you by your schema therapist.
[Link]
Developed by Jessica
Downloaded O'Garr and Dr Al Griskaitis
from [Link]. Issued to charlieinprocess@[Link].
