<\/span> <\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>about RIST<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>Romanian Institute of Schema Therapy<\/strong> was born<\/a> out of desire and passion for Schema Therapy by its founding members. We are a professional association recognized by the Romanian College of Psychologists<\/strong><\/a> and International Society of Schema Therapy<\/strong><\/a>. Our goal is to promote this psychotherapeutic approach in the Romanian context and educate the interested public about mental health issues as understood through the lens of the theory proposed by schema therapy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>a bit of history<\/h2><\/div>Jeffrey Young, the father of schema therapy, worked for a while with Aaron Beck and noticed in his practice that classical cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy is less effective in the case of patients with borderline personality disorder. Following these observations, he proceeded with combining classical cognitive-behavioral theory with elements from Gestalt therapy, object relations theory and experiential techniques, developing an integrated eclectic model, effective in the treatment of cases resilient to the classical treatment. Slowly, the use of this kind of therapy extended to clients with narcissistic personality disorder, patients with cluster C personality disorder, and there are nowadays ever more studies showing the effectiveness of schema therapy for a broader category of patients deemed challenging and unresponsive to run-of-the-mill treatments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
about RIST<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>Romanian Institute of Schema Therapy<\/strong> was born<\/a> out of desire and passion for Schema Therapy by its founding members. We are a professional association recognized by the Romanian College of Psychologists<\/strong><\/a> and International Society of Schema Therapy<\/strong><\/a>. Our goal is to promote this psychotherapeutic approach in the Romanian context and educate the interested public about mental health issues as understood through the lens of the theory proposed by schema therapy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>a bit of history<\/h2><\/div>Jeffrey Young, the father of schema therapy, worked for a while with Aaron Beck and noticed in his practice that classical cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy is less effective in the case of patients with borderline personality disorder. Following these observations, he proceeded with combining classical cognitive-behavioral theory with elements from Gestalt therapy, object relations theory and experiential techniques, developing an integrated eclectic model, effective in the treatment of cases resilient to the classical treatment. Slowly, the use of this kind of therapy extended to clients with narcissistic personality disorder, patients with cluster C personality disorder, and there are nowadays ever more studies showing the effectiveness of schema therapy for a broader category of patients deemed challenging and unresponsive to run-of-the-mill treatments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Romanian Institute of Schema Therapy<\/strong> was born<\/a> out of desire and passion for Schema Therapy by its founding members. We are a professional association recognized by the Romanian College of Psychologists<\/strong><\/a> and International Society of Schema Therapy<\/strong><\/a>. Our goal is to promote this psychotherapeutic approach in the Romanian context and educate the interested public about mental health issues as understood through the lens of the theory proposed by schema therapy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Jeffrey Young, the father of schema therapy, worked for a while with Aaron Beck and noticed in his practice that classical cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy is less effective in the case of patients with borderline personality disorder. Following these observations, he proceeded with combining classical cognitive-behavioral theory with elements from Gestalt therapy, object relations theory and experiential techniques, developing an integrated eclectic model, effective in the treatment of cases resilient to the classical treatment. Slowly, the use of this kind of therapy extended to clients with narcissistic personality disorder, patients with cluster C personality disorder, and there are nowadays ever more studies showing the effectiveness of schema therapy for a broader category of patients deemed challenging and unresponsive to run-of-the-mill treatments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>a bit of history<\/h2><\/div>
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