Beyond Symptoms: how Schema Therapy unlocks change in Eating Disorders

led by Alessandro Carmelita, Laura Beccia

Eating disorders (EDs) are complex conditions that often present challenges in treatment. The Schema Therapy approach offers a structured and effective model to address the underlying emotional and cognitive patterns that maintain these disorders. This workshop focuses on integrating Schema Therapy into the treatment of eating disorders, providing clinicians with practical tools to work with patients suffering from anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and other related conditions.

2 days Webinar
🕐 Based on London timezone 🕐
16 May 2025 from 11:00 to 19:00
17 May 2025 from 11:00 to 19:00
🕐 London Timezone 🕐
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Original price was: US$ 599.Current price is: US$ 249.

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This event will take place via Zoom. After purchasing, you will receive an e-mail with the instructions for how to join.
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Learning outcomes

This intensive course will provide you with the tools to:

  • Master the application of Schema Therapy in complex eating disorder cases
  • Integrate advanced experiential techniques into your therapeutic repertoire
  • Improve the effectiveness of your interventions with patients resistant to traditional treatment

Event Breakdown

Through a mix of theory and practice, you will explore how this innovative approach can enrich your therapeutic repertoire and improve the effectiveness of your interventions with patients suffering from treatment-resistant eating disorders.

You will explore the theoretical foundations of Schema Therapy applied to eating disorders, learning how to identify and work with maladaptive patterns and fads specific to this disorder. You will gain practical skills in the use of powerful experiential techniques such as imagery rescripting and chair work, which are fundamental to addressing the internal critic and promoting deep emotional change in your patients.

The course will provide you with concrete tools for case formulation, assessment and intervention, allowing you to immediately integrate these approaches into your clinical practice. Through clinical case discussions and supervision sessions, you will have the opportunity to hone your skills and receive personalised feedback.

Advanced Theoretical Foundations
You will delve into the schema mode model applied to eating disorders, exploring how early maladaptive schemas influence pathological eating behaviour. You will analyse the latest scientific evidence on the effectiveness of this approach.

Specialised assessment techniques
You will learn to use specific assessment tools for eating disorders, such as the YSQ-ED (Young Schema Questionnaire – Eating Disorders) and the adapted SMI (Schema Mode Inventory).

Powerful experiential interventions
You will practise the application of techniques such as:

  • Imagery rescripting focused on eating trauma
  • Dialogue of chairs to deal with the internal critic and hyper-controlling mode
  • Pattern-based mindfulness to increase body awareness

Case formulation and treatment planning
You will develop advanced skills in creating customised mode maps for eating disorders and developing targeted treatment plans.

Management of comorbidities
You will explore strategies for dealing with frequent complications such as personality disorders, self-harm and emotional regulation problems.

Innovative group applications
You will discover how to structure and conduct Schema Therapy groups for eating disorders, maximising the benefits of the transdiagnostic approach.

Who would benefit from this Webinar?
This course is open to any therapists, counsellors, mental health practitioners.
Discover the program of this Live Webinar
16 May 2025 from 11:00 to 19:00

Theoretical foundations

  • Introduction to Schema Therapy and its application to eating disorders
  • Aetiology and vulnerability in complex eating disorders
  • The rationale for Schema Therapy in eating disorders
  • Preliminary evidence on the effectiveness of Schema Therapy in eating disorders

Key concepts

  • Early maladaptive patterns relevant to eating disorders
  • The schema mode model applied to eating disorders
  • Comorbidity and complexity in eating disorders

Assessment and intervention techniques

  • Methods for case formulation using the schema mode concept
  • Schema assessment specific to eating disorders
  • Imagery techniques and working with chairs
  • Approaches to dealing with internal criticism and self-harm
17 May 2025 from 11:00 to 19:00

Practical applications

  • Development of a mode map for case formulation
  • Imagery Rescripting to meet frustrated childhood emotional needs
  • Working with chairs with hyper-controlling fashions and other coping fashions typical of eating disorders

Specific aspects of treatment

  • Strategies to increase emotional awareness and emotional tolerance
  • Pattern-focused mindfulness techniques
  • Approaches for restructuring body image
  • Mindful eating and reconnecting with your body

Group applications

  • Structure and dynamics of group Schema Therapy for eating disorders
  • Advantages and challenges of the transdiagnostic approach in groups

Clinical cases and supervision

  • Presentation and discussion of clinical cases
  • Supervision sessions for practical application of learned techniques
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Alessandro Carmelita

Dr. Alessandro Carmelita is an Italian psychotherapist and psychologist in London with over 20 years’ experience in the clinical and sports psychology fields. He qualified in Cognitive Therapy before training with international experts in Schema Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Accelerated Dynamic Psychotherapy. Dr. Carmelita gained his degree in Clinical Psychology at Padua University of Clinical Psychology in 1999. Since then, he has completed specialist training in Cognitive Therapy at APC Rome, Schema Therapy at the Schema Therapy Institute of NY, Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples at the Ackherman Institute of NY, and Accelerated Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy at ISC International. Dr. Carmelita has trained and mentored hundreds of fellow therapists internationally. He is a compassionate therapist and co-creator of the pioneering Mindful Interbeing Mirror Therapy.

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Laura Beccia

Dr Laura Beccia is President of the Schema Therapy Society Italy (SIST). She is a teacher for ISC of the Training to become a therapist in Schema Therapy recognised by the International Society of Schema Therapy (I.S.T). She is also a lecturer at ITC, Institute of Cognitive Therapy in Padua and at CPC, School of Cognitive Psychotherapy in Pescara. She was Head of CIDA (Italian Centre for Eating Disorders) based in Milan at Studi Cognitivi, a specialised centre that integrates cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy and multidisciplinary treatment of eating disorders. Dr Beccia is also in charge of the Saronno branch of the M.IN.D Psychotherapy School that ISC runs in collaboration with the Crocetta Clinical Centre in Turin.

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Beyond Symptoms: how Schema Therapy unlocks change in Eating Disorders

The webinar explores using Schema Therapy to treat eating disorders, offering clinicians practical tools to address underlying emotional and cognitive patterns in conditions like anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating.

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