Imagery Rescripting 20 hrs online training program

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INTRODUCTION

Imagery rescripting is generally regarded as one of the most effective techniques within schema therapy. However, it is often difﬁcult to apply this technique. For instance, therapists are regularly faced with challenging situations in which, for example, the client says ‘I have no memories of my childhood’ or ‘I don’t want to dredge up those old memories, what would be the point of that?’. Furthermore, patients have often been so damaged by their childhoods that childhood memories are very emotionally charged. As a result, therapists are inhibited from using imagery to bring back images from that charged past for fear of decompensation.

This 20×2 hrs online course aims to make therapists more proﬁcient in applying imagery rescripting. Existing skills will be reﬁned and challenging situations discussed and practised. During the workshop, use will be made of recently developed teaching materials speciﬁcally focused on imagery exercises and based on the most recent insights and experiences of this method. Specialist ﬁelds of application will also be discussed, such as imagery rescripting in ﬂash-forwards and nightmares.

The workshop is aimed at therapists who are already working with Imagery with Rescripting and who wish to increase their skills and the effectiveness of this intervention. The objective is that this day should be an enjoyable, educational experience involving a lot of practice within a secure atmosphere, in order to enable the therapists to apply imagination rescripting more often and more effectively.

ABOUT THIS COURSE

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.

PRESENTER

Mr. Remco van der Wijngaart, psychotherapist
Trainer & Supervisor Schema Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Director of the Dutch Institute for Schema Therapy
Owner/director Van Genderen Opleidingen BV
Vice President of the International Society of Schema Therapy, ISST 2016-2018

Remco van der Wijngaart works as a psychotherapist in a private practice in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Initially trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, he was trained and supervised in Schema Therapy personally by Dr Jeffrey Young from 1996 till 2000. Remco specializes in borderline patients, patients with cluster C personality disorders as well as Anxiety and depressive disorders.

As a director of the Dutch Institute for Schema Therapy (in the Netherlands known as Van Genderen Opleidingen), he organizes training courses and workshops in the field of schema therapy. More than 7000 therapists have participated in one or more of these training courses. He produced and directed several audio-visual productions, e.g. “Schema therapy, step by step” and “Fine Tuning Chairwork”. Remco is the author of ‘Imagery Rescripting, theory and practice’ (2021), ‘Chairwork, theory and practice’ (2023), co-author of the ‘Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy’ (2023) and Schema therapy for the dependent-, avoidant- and obsessive-compulsive patients’ (2024, in press).

CONTENT OF THE PROGRAM

Introduction on imagery and imagery rescripting
Diagnostic Imagery
Imagery rescripting, therapist rescripts
Challenging situations in Imagery rescripting
Imagery rescripting, client rescripts
Future oriented imagery

DATES AND TIMES

Tuesdays 12.00-2.00pm CET 10×2 hrs (20 hrs face to face)

April 2025: 1, 8, 22
May 2025: 6, 13, 20, 27
June 2025: 3, 10, 17

SUMMARY OF THE TRAINING

Part	Subject	Date
1	Introduction and Diagnostic Imagery	April 1, 2025
2	Imagery rescripting start phase: therapist rescripts	April 8, 2025
3	Imagery rescripting start phase: What if…no images?	April 22, 2025
4	Imagery rescripting start phase: What if the antagonist is very strong	May 6, 2025
5	Imagery rescripting start phase: What if…loyalty and guilt?	May 13, 2025
6	Imagery Rescripting middle phase: client rescripts childhood experiences	May 20, 2025
7	Imagery Rescripting middle phase: client rescripts childhood experiences	May 27, 2025
8	Imagery Rescripting as a stand-alone treatment: PTSD	June 3, 2025
9	Imagery Rescripting as a stand-alone treatment: Depression	June 10, 2025
10	Imagery rescripting for future trigger situations	June 17, 2025