The first book to present the theory and practice of using schema therapy - a proven treatment for individuals with borderline personality disorder and related conditions - with clients with dependent, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.

Remco van der Wijngaart is a psychologist and psychotherapist. He worked for twenty years in an academic department of a mental health institution, participating in treatment studies across a wide range of disorders. He is currently a therapist, trainer and supervisor in CBT and schema therapy in private practice. He has been trained by Jeff Young, Aaron Beck, and Joan Farrell, and is a former Vice President of the International Society of Schema Therapy. Hannie van Genderen is a psychotherapist, clinical psychologist, supervisor and trainer in individual and group schema therapy. She has been involved with schema therapy for personality disorders in the Netherlands from its early beginnings, collaborating for many years with Arnoud Arntz at the University of Maastricht, and she was a founder of the Dutch Schema Therapy Society and the International Society of Schema Therapy.