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Schema Therapy

darwinemmaSenior Contributor12 Oct 2017, 5:42 pm AEDT

Schema Therapy

So without going into my life dramas, I have many labels and two happen to be BPD (dx 1992) and c-PTSD (dx 2017). I have done many hours of psychotherapy over the years without improvement. I have had three hospital stays (two for S, one for "treatment") and done components of CBT, ACT and DBT. I was recommended for the public funded DBT program after one particular hospitalisation but when I went along to meet the person in charge was told "you don't SH and didn't actually attempt therefore you don't qualify"!!

So recently I finally started with a terrific psychologist who is working on Schema Therapy with me. It makes perfect sense and has allowed me to get a better understanding of who I am and what makes me tick.

Would anyone like to provide anecdotes or other information to help me on this journey? Or even join me on my journey for support?

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Sam3Senior Contributor10 Aug 2020, 9:08 pm AEST

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Thanks a lot @MDT @Before seeing your message, I looked up radical acceptance to try finding the but you couldn't remember......

https://bayareadbtcc.com/practice-radical-acceptance/

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MDTSenior Contributor10 Aug 2020, 9:17 pm AEST

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cool - thanks @Sam3

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Sam3Senior Contributor10 Aug 2020, 9:18 pm AEST

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Hi @lostgypsy @darwinemma @WIP

I'm feeling encouraged by your information - thank you! My diagnosis is depression but I feel the "not good enough" theme is a big player in it. In your experience & reading of the literature, would schema therapy possibly still offer me benefit? Thanks in advance for considering this & all the best in your "bus journey"

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Sam3Senior Contributor10 Aug 2020, 9:21 pm AEST

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PS That was clever of you @MDT to find the schema therapy thread - do we just use the search function like googling?

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MDTSenior Contributor10 Aug 2020, 9:29 pm AEST

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yeh @Sam3
It's good to keep topics on threads alive I think

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Summer4New Contributor18 Sept 2020, 2:14 pm AEST

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You guys are all AMAZEBALLS! Yay I'm so glad I joined thank you I'll tag along too summer x

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Daisy16Casual Contributor12 Oct 2020, 2:26 pm AEDT

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I don't know much about Schema Therapy but would like to hear about it from your perspective. I have been diagnosed at different times with either BPD or CPTSD depending on who gives the opinion.

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