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A Unique Approach to Some of the Most Challenging Issues in Treatment: Schema Therapy, Concepts and Tools
Wendy Behary, LCSW
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Thursday, August 27, 2026
12:30 PM – 3:45 PM ET
Overview:
Schema therapy is an innovative, integrative therapeutic approach, originally developed (by Dr. Jeffrey Young) as an expansion of traditional cognitive-behavioral treatments. The schema approach draws from cognitive-behavioral therapy, attachment theory, psychodynamic concepts, and emotion-focused therapies, emphasizing lifelong patterns, affective change techniques, and the therapy relationship – with special emphasis on imagery rescripting and empathic confrontation.
Schema therapy is particularly well-suited for difficult, resistant clients with entrenched, chronic psychological disorders, including personality disorders (such as BPD, NPD, and Cluster C), eating disorders, intractable relationship problems, and unremitting emotional problems. It is also effective for relapse prevention in depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. Research has shown that clients who spend years gaining valuable insight with other treatments but remain frustrated by their lack of progress often respond well to the active, systematic, flexible, and depth-oriented schema approach.
This webinar will include a combination of teaching methods, including lecture, handouts, video clips, demonstrations, question-and-answer periods, and the discussion of the obstacles we face in the treatment room, including the therapist’s own schemas.
Objectives:
- Assess and conceptualize some of the most challenging cases in Schema terms.
- Identify Schema Modes and activating conditions in their clients’ lives.
- Develop a robust treatment formulation based on the linking of current problems with clients’ innate makeup, early unmet needs, schemas, and coping styles.
- Help clients “make sense of” self-defeating life patterns and emotional distress through the maintenance of a robust therapy relationship.
- Identify “personal” triggering conditions in the treatment room, and learn strategies for maintaining a sturdy, genuine, and healthy adult mode.
- Learn an overview of strategies such as: (1) Imagery Rescripting (2) Mode Dialogues (3) Empathic Confrontation (4) Bypassing Avoidance (5) Setting Limits (6) Adaptive (limited) Re-Parenting Stance (7) Behavioral Pattern-Breaking
Scope and Limitations Disclosure
This course provides an educational overview of Schema Therapy principles, techniques, and case conceptualization approaches for treating chronic psychological disorders and entrenched behavioral patterns. This training does not constitute certification in Schema Therapy, nor does it substitute for formal training, supervision, or credentialing in Schema Therapy or related therapeutic modalities. Clinicians seeking certification in Schema Therapy should pursue training through the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST).
Interventions, techniques, and clinical examples presented are general in nature and should be adapted to the unique needs, contexts, and goals of each client. Participants are responsible for applying course content within their professional scope of practice, ethical standards, and applicable licensure or organizational guidelines.
Commercial Support Disclosure
Wendy Behary, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker who maintains a professional clinical practice, consultation, and training operations. She is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and the Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC-DC.
Ms. Behary is the author of Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving and Thriving with the Self-Absorbed (Third Edition, 2021) and has co-authored chapters and articles on Schema Therapy and Cognitive Therapy. She is affiliated with organizations that provide training, supervision, and consultation services related to Schema Therapy and cognitive-behavioral approaches. She may reference frameworks, tools, clinical models, publications, or resources associated with her professional work during this presentation. No additional purchases, products, or services are required to participate in or complete this webinar.
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Wendy Behary, LCSW
Wendy Behary is the founder and director of The Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and The Schema Therapy Institutes of NJ-NYC-DC. She has been treating clients, training professionals and supervising psychotherapists for more than 25 years. Wendy was on the faculty of the Cognitive Therapy Center and Schema Therapy Institute of New York (until the Institutes merged in 2012), where she trained and worked with Dr. Jeffrey Young since 1989. She is a founding fellow and consulting supervisor for The Academy of Cognitive Therapy (Aaron T. Beck’s Institute). Wendy served as the President of the Executive Board of the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) from 2010-2014 and served as the Training and Certification Coordinator for the ISST Executive Board from 2008-2010. She is currently the chair of the Schema Therapy Development Programs Sub-Committee for the ISST. Wendy Behary has co-authored several chapters and articles on Schema Therapy and Cognitive Therapy. She is the author of an international bestselling book, "Disarming the Narcissist...” translated into 16 languages. The Third Edition was recently released and was selected by Oprah Daily as one of the top books on the subject of Narcissism. Wendy has a specialty in treating narcissists and the people who live with and deal with them. As an author and subject matter expert on narcissism, she is a contributing chapter author of several chapters on schema therapy for narcissism for professional readers. She lectures both nationally and internationally to professional and general audiences on schema therapy, narcissism, interpersonal relationships, anger, and dealing with difficult people. She receives consistently high praise for her clear and articulate teaching style and her ability to bring the therapy to life through dramatic demonstrations of client interactions in the treatment room. Her work industry business speaking engagements focus on interpersonal conflict resolution. Her private practice is primarily devoted to treating narcissists, partners/people dealing with them, and couples experiencing relationship problems.
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Professional Counselors — The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No. 6703. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC are clearly identified. E care Behavioral Health Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Addiction Professionals — NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute is officially on file with NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) as an Approved Education Provider. They are formally known as NAADAC Provider #139138. Please note that E care Behavioral Health Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Social Workers — Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
E Care Behavioral Health Institute, #1706, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. E Care Behavioral Health Institute maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 06-03-2020 – 06-03-2026.
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Who This Training is For:
This program is intended for mental health professionals such as Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Addiction Counselors, & MFT’s. Psychologists are encouraged to verify if this specific course meets their board’s approval requirements.
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Once you register for this training, the course will immediately appear in your account dashboard. Inside, you’ll see a countdown timer. And once the scheduled time arrives, the live session will begin from there!
Of course! If you sign up but miss the live session… The recording will be added to your account Dashboard within 48 hours after the live session with an email notification of instructions. You will also receive home-study CE credits for watching the recording.
Yes, we have limited seating on our live webinars to keep the sessions as interactive & engaged as possible. So be sure to claim your spot before it’s too late!
No. Live webinar attendees are not required to take or pass a quiz to receive a CE certificate. (But yes for recorded webinars). You are required to pass a quiz with an 80% passing grade with 3 attempts only for recorded webinars.
Yes, we are approved Continuing Education providers by ASWB, NBCC, NAADAC, APA, & many state boards.
Programs that do not qualify for ASWB, NBCC, NAADAC, & APA are clearly identified. eCare Behavioral Health Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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- If the customer missed the live event, or was unsatisfied from it – We can transfer credits to another course of their choice (with same CE credit amount).
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