Schema therapy, emotional blueprints, and the psychology of change - Dr Lars Madsen.

Описание: Why do the same emotional patterns keep resurfacing in our lives — choosing similar partners, fearing rejection before it happens, or feeling responsible for everyone else’s needs? These reactions are often shaped by schemas: deeply embedded psychological patterns formed in early life that influence how we interpret relationships, conflict, and our own sense of worth. Because these patterns operate largely outside our awareness, they can quietly guide our behaviour for decades.

In this episode, psychologist and Forensic Psychologist Dr. Lars Madsen joins Jess Leondiou to explore schema therapy, a depth-oriented approach designed to work directly with the emotional wounds that shape these patterns. Drawing from his clinical work with complex trauma, personality disorders, and forensic psychology, Dr. Madsen explains how early experiences form enduring beliefs such as “I’m not enough” or “people always leave.”Together they examine how schema therapy moves beyond surface-level thought reframing to engage memory, imagery, and emotion — helping people revisit formative experiences and shift long-standing patterns at their roots.

The conversation explores
• What schemas are and how they develop in early life
• How childhood experiences create enduring emotional “blueprints”
• The difference between schema therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Why certain beliefs feel true even when they conflict with evidence
• How imagery rescripting revisits and reshapes formative memories
• What psychological healing looks like when long-standing schemas begin to soften.

Where to Learn More
Learn more about Dr. Lars Madsen’s work in schema therapy and forensic psychology through his clinical research and professional publications.
Website - https://psychclinic.com.au/lars-madsen/
Substack - https://substack.com/@larsbang?r=o98z...
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lars-mads...
X (Twitter) - https://x.com/LarsBangMadsen2
Listen to his podcast- https://beyondthecrimepodcast.buzzspr...

Chapters
00:00 – Introduction
01:52 – Meeting Dr. Lars Madsen
05:00 – What Schema Therapy Is
06:14 – Emotional Blueprints Formed in Childhood
09:36 – Schema Therapy vs Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
12:17 – Thoughts, Emotions, and Interpretation
14:35 – Understanding Deeply Embedded Schemas
17:00 – Revisiting Early Memories in Therapy
19:06 – Recognising Repeating Psychological Patterns
21:11 – Processing Trauma Through Memory Work
23:39 – Exposure, Trauma Processing & Emotional Distance

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