Schema therapy — what it means

An integrative therapy (Young, 1990s) for long-standing personality patterns. Identifies early maladaptive schemas — like "defectiveness," "abandonment," "mistrust" — and the modes that activate them.

What it looks like

Your partner's BPD treatment focuses on the "abandoned child" mode that fires when distance threatens — and the "angry protector" mode that comes in to rage at you so the wounded part doesn't surface.

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