Schema Therapy – certification level training

This training can be attended for CPD purposes or in order to pursue certification as a schema therapist. Participants pursuing certification will need to meet ISST eligibility criteria prior to commencing training.

Click here for more information on the certification route.

Interactive workshops focused on development of clinical skills in schema therapy, with a maximum of 20 participants. Training involves a mixture of teaching, group discussions and exercises, videos, and clinical skills practice through use of role plays. Attendance at both Modules 1 and 2 meets requirements for the taught component of certification as a Schema Therapist (adult individual schema therapy modality) with the International Society of Schema Therapy/ ISST.

 Module 1 (4 days) Essentials of Schema Therapy – Conceptualisation and Key Skills. This workshop provides an introduction to schema theory and concepts including schemas, modes, and coping styles. The module also provides a grounding in key schema therapy clinical skills: assessment, case conceptualisation, treatment planning, and core therapeutic techniques (such as limited reparenting, cognitive techniques, and experiential techniques including imagery and chair work).

Module 2 (3 days) Deepening Schema Therapy practice – Working with complex cases (complex trauma, narcissism, avoidant and anxious presentations). This workshop builds on Module 1, providing an overview of advanced skills for working with Borderline Personality Disorder/complex trauma, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and Cluster C Personality Disorders (anxious/avoidant).

Training in 2025 will take place at Queen's University Belfast over several dates as follows:

Module 1	Module 2
22nd July 23rd July 24th July 25th July	3rd September 4th September 5th September

The total cost if attending both modules is £910. A discount of 30% is available for HSCNI Trust staff members. Payments can be made in two parts and an employer invoice can be sent on request. 

To attend 

Please click to register your interest then download and complete the relevant application for training form below (certification or non certification route). Due to a limited number of places, applications will be reviewed on a first come first serve basis and a waiting list created.

Please click here to register your interest  

Please also remember to send your completed application for training form (below) to dclinpsy@qub.ac.uk 

Application for training (non certification)

Application for training for certification (click here for more information)

Please note Training provided is facilitated by Queen's University Belfast.  Gaining a place on the course does not enrol you as a student within the University.

If you have any issues or queries, please email us.

 

Dr Olwyn Matier is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Director for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She is also Training Director of a schema therapy certification training programme.

Olwyn completed her PhD in Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast and worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, before completing her Clinical Psychology training at King’s College London (Institute of Psychiatry). She is currently a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the Northern HSC Trust Psychological Therapies Service, was previously lead clinician and service manager of the Northern HSC Trust Acute Mental Health Psychology Service and has also worked as a senior clinician in Eating Disorders.

Her research interests include psychological interventions for complex mental health difficulties, and client and staff experiences of mental health services. Within this, specific areas of interest include eating disorders and schema therapy. 

Olwyn is the Training Director of Schema Therapy NI, the first Northern Ireland based schema therapy training programme. She has extensive experience of training and supervising a wide range of health professionals in the use of psychological interventions with complex client groups (complex trauma, eating disorders, and acute mental health).

Olwyn’s schema therapy training workshops consistently receive excellent feedback from participants, with an average rating of workshop quality of 5.9 out of 6 (where 6 = ‘Excellent’). Workshop participant feedback:

“A really useful and enjoyable week of training”

“Training was superb throughout!”

“Excellent, comprehensive and practical”

“hugely informative and engaging”