An Overview of Group Schema Therapy Techniques

The purpose of this study was to present a series of group schema therapy techniques. A research method was used and data collection was done with a qualitative approach through a review method. The official website of SID, IranDoc, Iran Medex, Ensani Portal, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and PubMed were used to search for resources. After searching keywords, the statistical population of this study included 94 articles and 7 books published between 2012 and 2021. A total of 13 articles and 5 books met the criteria to be included in the analysis. The results show 21 techniques from articles and 54 techniques from books. While cognitive techniques were the most common in the articles, the most common techniques in the books were of the experimental type. A review of the internal papers in this study revealed that less attention was paid to experimental techniques. Since experimental techniques play a constructive role in achieving therapeutic goals, the use of experimental techniques can be an effective step in treatment. Therefore, it is recommended that more attention be paid to experimental techniques in group schema therapy.