Imagery Rescripting (online)

The present course aims to familiarize participants with Imagery Rescripting. A basic knowledge of this technique is advised but not mandatory. This training is eligible for schema therapist, CBT therapists or other therapists who want to become proficient in this effective emotion-focused technique.

This training will be presented online, using Zoom as an interactive platform that allows for practical demonstrations, exercises in breakout rooms and sharing clips and videos displaying some of the core elements of schema therapy. At the end of 20 hrs, the participants will be able to apply this technique in the therapy of patients suffering from anxiety- and depressive disorders as well as personality disorders.

To achieve this, use is made of a diverse and vibrant curriculum in which short introductions to topics are interspersed with demonstrations (role playing or audio-visual clips) after which the students practice the skills demonstrated by themselves and then discuss these experiences in the group.  Great importance is attached to a safe and pleasant learning environment in which students learn the basics of Imagery Rescripting.

1          Introduction and Diagnostic Imagery

2          Imagery rescripting start phase: therapist rescripts

3          Imagery rescripting start phase: What if…no images?

4          Imagery rescripting start phase: What if the antagonist is very strong

5          Imagery rescripting start phase: What if…loyalty and guilt?

6          Imagery Rescripting middle phase: client rescripts childhood experiences

7          Imagery Rescripting middle phase: client rescripts childhood experiences

8          Imagery Rescripting as a stand-alone treatment: PTSD

9          Imagery Rescripting as a stand-alone treatment: Depression

10        Imagery rescripting for future trigger situations

At the end of this training course, you will

• have a better understanding of the research on imagery rescripting
• have learnt about a step-by-step script to do imagery exercises, in different phases of therapy
• have learnt to tackle the most common challenges when doing imagery rescripting
• have learnt to apply ImRs as a stand-alone treatment for depressive disorders and PTSD

This is a training course for those therapists who want to learn about Imagery rescripting. You don’t necessarily need to be a schema therapist since ImRs is not ‘from’ schema therapy.

Accreditation for this course is automatically requested from the following associations and has always been granted to date:

• Association for Schema Therapy (VSt)
• International Society for Schema Therapy (ISST)
• Dutch Association for CBT (VGCt)

Book

• Imagery Rescripting, theory and practice | Van der Wijngaart, R. (2021). Pavilion Publishing Company

Audiovisual production, available at www.schematherapy.nl

• Fine Tuning Imagery Rescripting- audiovisual production Remco van der Wijngaart & Chris Hayes (2016).

Preparation for the course days in the form of reading the assigned literature and selecting a suitable case study for the course day should be taken into account: maximum 2 hours