Case Studies

Cecero, J. J., & Young, J. E. (2001). Case of Silvia: A schema-focused approach. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 11, 217-229.
Morrison, N. (2000). Schema-focused cognitive therapy for complex long-standing problems: a single-case study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 28, 269-283.
Nordahl, H.M., & Nysaeter, T.E. (2005). Schema therapy for patients with borderline personality disorder: a single case series. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 36, 254-264.
Rusinek, S. (2004). Schema focused therapy after evaluation of semantic modifications in a story recall [Thérapie orientée schemas après évalutation de modifications sémantiques dans un rappel d’histoire], Annales Medico-Psychologiques, 162, 189-194.
Simpson, S.G., & Slowey, L. (2011). Video therapy for atypical eating disorder and obesity: A case study. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, 7, 38-43.
Young, J.E., & Klosko, J.S. (2005). Schema therapy. In J.M. Oldham, A.E. Skodol, & D.S. Bender (Eds.), The American psychiatric publishing textbook of personality disorders (pp. 289-306). Washington DC: American Psychiatry Publishing Inc.

Outcome Studies

(For cost-effectiveness-Studies see the box at the end of this page)

Farrell, J.M., Shaw, I.A., & Webber, M.A. (2009). A schema-focused approach to group psychotherapy for outpatients with borderline personality disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 40, 317-328.
Fitzsimmons, K., Gallagher, S., Blayone, S., Chan, D., Leaitch, W., Veals, N., & Wilkinson, N. (2009) . The young schema questionnaire in group therapy: A client-focused approach. Social Work in Mental Health, 7, 176-185.
Giesen-Bloo, J., Dyck, R. van, Spinhoven, P., Tilburg, W. van, Dirksen, C., Asselt, T. van, Kremers, I., Nadort, M., & Arntz, A. (2006). Outpatient psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder, randomized trial of schema-focused therapy vs transference-focused psychotherapy. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 649-658.
Gude, T., & Hoffart, A. (2008). Change in interpersonal problems after cognitive agoraphobia and schema-focused therapy versus psychodynamic treatment as usual of inpatients with agoraphobia and Cluster C personality disorders: health and disability. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 49, 195-199.
Gude, T., Monsen, J. T., & Hoffart, A. (2001). Schemas, affect consciousness, and Cluster C personality pathology: a prospective one-year follow-up study of patients in a schema-focused short-term treatment program. Psychotherapy Research, 11(1), 85-98.
Hagen, R., Nordahl, H.M., & Grawe, R.W. (2005). Cognitive-behavioural group treatment of depression in patients with psychotic disorders. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 12, 465-474.
Halford, W.K., Bernoth-Doolan, S., & Eadie, K. (2002). Schemata as moderators of clinical effectiveness of a comprehensice cognitive behavioural program for patients with depression or anxiety disorders. Behavior Modification, 26, 571-593.
Nadort, M., Arntz, A., Smit, J.H., Giesen-Bloo, J., Eikelenboom, M., Spinhoven, P., van Asselt, T., Wending, M., & van Dyck, R. (2009). Implementation of outpatient schema therapy for borderline personality disorder with versus without crisis support by the therapist outside office hours: A randomized trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 961-973.
Wang, C.E., Halvorsen, M., Eisemann, M., & Waterloo, K. (2010). Stability of dysfunctional attitudes and early maladaptive schemas: A 9-year follow-up study of clinically depressed subjects. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 41, 389-396.
Weertman, A., & Arntz, A. (2007). Effectiveness of treatment of childhood memories in cognitive therapy for personality disorders: A controlled study contrasting methods focusing on the present and methods focusing on childhood memories. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2133-2143.

Treatment Techniques

Arntz, A., & Weertman, A. (1999). Treatment of childhood memories: Theory and practice. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 37, 715-740.
Arntz, A., Tiesema, M., & Kindt, M. (2007). Treatment of PTSD: a comparison of imaginal exposure with and without imagery rescripting. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 38, 345-370.
Arntz, A. (2011). Imagery rescripting for personality disorders. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 18, 466-481.
Brandon, R.A. (2000). Early recollections as a trigger technique for identifying early maladaptive schemas. Dissertation Abstracts International, 61 (03): 1626B.
Brewin, C.R., Wheatley, J., Patel, T., Fearon, P., Hackmann, A., Wells, A., Fisher, P., & Myers, S. (2009). Imagery rescripting as a brief stand-alone treatment for depressed patients with intrusive memories. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 569-576.
Dibbets, P., Poort, H., & Arntz, A. (2011). Adding imagery rescripting during extinction leads to less ABA renewal. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 43, 614-624.
Hackmann, A. (2011). Imagery rescripting in posttraumatic stress disorder. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 18, 424-432.
Holmes, E. A., Arntz, A., & Smucker, M. R. (2007). Imagery rescripting in cognitive behaviour therapy: images, treatment techniques and outcomes. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 38, 297-305.
Kellogg, S.H. (2004). Dialogical encounters: contemporary perspectives on ‘chairwork’ in psychotherapy. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice & Training, 41, 310-320.
Nadort, M., van Dyck, R., Smit, J.H., Giesen-Bloo, J., Eikelenboom, M., Wensing, M., Spinhoven, P., Dirksen, C., Bleecke, J., van Milligen, B., van Vreeswijk, M., & Arntz, A. (2009). Three preparatory studies for promoting implementation of outpatient schema therapy for borderline personality disorder in general mental health care. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 938-945.
Napel-Schutz, M.C. ten., Abma, T.A., Bamelis, L, & Arntz, A. (2011). Personality disorder patients' perspectives on the introduction of imagery within schema therapy: A qualitative study of patients' experiences. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 18, 482-490.
Smucker, M. R., & Niederee, J. (1995). Treating incest-related PTSD and pathogenic schemas through imaginal exposure and rescripting. Cognitive and Behavioural Practice, 2(1), 63-92.
Stopa, L. (2011). Imagery rescripting across disorders: a practical guide. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 18, 421-423.
Wild, J., Hackmann, A., & Clark, D.M. (2007). When the present visits the past: updating traumatic memories in social phobia. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 38, 386-401.