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Note re my opinion of doing Schema Therapy
Jim Pretzer · 07/18/03 at 9:54 PM ET
Linda wrote "I am using Young's schema therapy which I know Jim won't like." Actually, I have no objection to anyone practicing Schema Therapy and I've even taught about Schema Therapy in some of my worshops about treating Borderline Personality Disorder. I think Schema Therapy is a completely legitimate treatment approach. What I've objected to in the past is the assertion that Schema Therapy is more effective than Cognitive Therapy. I have yet to see empirical evidence that Schema Therapy is superior to Cognitive Therapy. People sometimes talk as though Schema Therapy deals with schemas and Cognitive Therapy doesn't. It is important to remember that schema change has been an important part of "standard" CT for decades. My main disagreement with Jeff Young is that I see no need to introduce new theoretical concepts in order to understand how schemas influence behavior and I see no need use an alternative to standard CT when dealing with schemas. Since there is a large body of empirical support for CT and much less empirical support for Schema Therapy, I prefer to stick with Cognitive Therapy until there is empirical evidence that Schema Therapy is superior in some way.
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