Submission

Submissions are now closed

ISST invites the submission of abstracts for the INSPIRE 2024 ISST Conference ’’ Towards Resilience: How Schema Therapy Empowers Healthy Modes’’ We are going to bring together researchers and practitioners (young and experienced) interested in strengthening the scientific and practical foundations of Schema therapy

If you are a practicing Schema Therapist, or in training, if you are studying or doing research in ST and want to introduce the therapeutic community to your ideas and/or research results, we invite you to submit a proposal for our Scientific and Clinical Program. We encourage presentations by both experienced and early career professionals and students.

Please note:

Only presentations submitted via this form will be accepted.
Submissions must be in English.
The ISST reserves the right to accept and decline submissions according to the final decision of the board and events committee.
The conference organisers will not be held responsible for submission errors caused by internet service outages, hardware or software delays, power outages or unforeseen events.
It is the responsibility of the submitter to ensure that the submission is correct.

Criteria for submission:

Does the submission clearly demonstrate how the presentation will help the audience reinforce and/or extend their knowledge and skills?
Does the submission demonstrate evidence based best practice (established or emerging) by considering professional expertise and current evidence-based research?
Will the presentation showcase innovation, new knowledge or clinical guidance to the audience?
Is the subject matter relevant to Schema Therapists?
Does the presentation fit with the theme of Towards Resilience: How Schema Therapy Empowers Healthy Modes

NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE. Please note we have extended the submission deadline to the 1st of November. If your submission is accepted, you will receive a notification from the Training Coordinator or Science and Research Coordinator by the 17th of November.

To complete this form you will need to:

Enter your contact details: please make sure you provide an email you check regularly.
Enter basic details of your presentation (title, abstract, presenters…)
Provide a full document with:
- Details of your presentation
- Details of each presenter and bios
Provide a headshot photo of yourself and each co-presenter

If you have any questions please email:

If related to pre-conference workshops or conference workshops, please contact Rita Younan, Training Coordinator at: training.coordinator@isst-schemasociety.org
If related to scientific presentations, please contact Ilona Krone, Science Research Coordinator at: science-research.coordinator@isst-schemasociety.org

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Healthy modes
Emotional needs
Emotions and related psychological processes
Corrective Emotional Experience Interventions
Schema Therapy and Quality of Life
Implementing Schema Therapy in Different Cultures
Schemas and Modes in relation to other psychological characteristics
Conceptualization as Intervention
Schema Therapy with different populations
Mode Work with groups
Protocols and techniques in Schema Therapy
E-health apps for Schema Therapy
Schema therapy for personal growth (with healthier populations)
Schema Mode Therapy to Treat Addictions
Schema education
Symbolic representation of Schemas and Modes

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Testing a Schema Mode Model in treatment of various disorders
Mode work with elements of Art therapy
Role-plays in Mode work
Rescripting models
Use of online interventions in Schema therapy: pros and cons
Schema Therapy with different age groups
Schema Therapy with couples and families
Dealing with extremely challenging cases
Schema Therapy Training: innovations, challenges, obstacles
Forensic Schema Therapy: Research and Practice
New approaches for promoting Schema Therapy
Reparenting and Parent education
Schema Therapy and Neuroscience
Schema Therapy in Relation to Other Psychotherapy Approaches
Visual materials on Schema Therapy
Schema Therapy related films and video materials
Pre-conference workshops are limited to speciality certification

Symposiuym

(90 min)

It is a 90-minute presentation by 3-4 individuals who address a common theme or topic. A minimum of 15 minutes should be reserved for questions from the audience and dialogue among presenters. The lead presenter should submit a general overview of the session. Additional individual presenters submit their abstracts within that symposium.

Case presentation

(90 min)

It is a clinical case discussion or discussion of a clinical issue illustrating a key Schema Therapy clinical problem. The Chair introduces the topic, handles comments from the other participants and fields questions from the audience.

Poster presentation

(5-10 min)

Submission is a 4’ x 8’ poster for public display intended to summarize research. Poster Authors are required to attend their assigned session to present their work. You can also present your poster virtually via the platform (PDF, PNG)

Round Table discussion

(90 min)

It is a 90 minute, informal session intended to stimulate discussion on a specific topic. No formal presentations. At least three presenters are needed for a Round Table Discussion, including a Chair and two+ panellists

Hot topic

(10-15 min)

These are presentations on a clinical, theoretical or research topic with a typical time allocation of 10 minutes. Please note hot topics can only be in person or as a pre-record.

Science to practice

(30 min)

A 30-minute presentation is designed to share the latest research findings and provide guidance on how to implement them in practical ways, how to apply these findings to day-to-day work

In conference workshop

(180 min)

These are half-day (3 hours including a coffee break) skills-based workshops, for clinicians at specific levels of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced), held during the congress. Please designate the level of the workshop submitted. Topics are limited to Schema Therapy or interventions that can be used within the ST model, not other therapy models.

Pre-conference workshop

(360 min)

These are full-day (6 hours including coffee breaks and lunch) skills-based workshops, for clinicians at specific levels of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced), held on the Thursday, during the congress. Please designate the level of the workshop submitted. Topics are limited to Schema Therapy or interventions that can be used within the ST model, not other therapy models.

Skills classes

(90 min)

These are skills based classes designed to be delivered to large groups in a short length of time (90 minutes) conducted by an experienced clinician/researcher in the selected topic. Skills Classes should focus on the acquisition of one key clinical or research skill related to Schema Therapy.