Arnoud Arntz is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He is Scientific Director of the University's Research Center of Experimental Psychopathology. He studies psychological theories and therapies for anxiety and personality disorders, and is the principal investigator for a series of multicenter trials investigating the effectiveness of schema therapy for various personality disorders. He also practices CBT and schema therapy. Gitta Jacob is a Clinical Psychologist, Cognitive and Schema Therapist in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany. She is a founding board member of the International Society for Schema Therapy, and a past Chair of the Working Group on Borderline Personality Disorders at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Freiburg.

About the Authors vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 PART I CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION 3 1 Basics 5 2 The Mode Concept 41 3 Communicating the Mode Concept to the Patient 91 PART II TREATMENT 101 4 Treatment Overview 103 5 Overcoming Coping Modes 117 6 Treating Vulnerable Child Modes 141 7 Treating Angry and Impulsive Child Modes 193 8 Treating Dysfunctional Parent Modes 217 9 Strengthening the Healthy Adult Mode 245 References 255 Index 259