What is the therapeutic challenge for individuals with the mistrust and abuse schema?
The therapeutic challenge involves facilitating experiences of safety that can help update the mistrust schema. However, the schema often drives behaviors that prevent the intimacy required for such experiences, creating a paradox that must be navigated in therapy.
✦
This is one answer. The complete system — the psychology, the biology, and the method — is in the book.
Read The Willpower Lie →Found an error? Let me know →