Schema Therapy Audio Flashcards

The schema flashcard was originally developed by Jeff Young as a tool to support clients with schema triggers between therapy sessions (see p104-5, Schema Therapy A Practitioner’s Guide, 2003). The flashcard is a written document, created between the therapist and client, to summarise a healthy response to a common schema trigger. The client can read the flashcard between sessions to support behavioural pattern breaking. What is an audio flashcard? As many clients now have access to a mobile phone which can play audio notes, an audio recording of the therapist’s voice can be used to enhance the effectiveness of the schema flashcard. Voice recordings now reach beyond the traditional structure of the written flashcard providing clients with a transitional object to help bridge the gap between therapy and life outside of therapy sessions. In this video, Tena Davies and Dr Jo White (Clinical Psychologists, Advanced Certified Schema Therapists/Supervisors) describe how they use audio flashcards throughout the therapy process.