Schema Therapy for Treatment-resistant Anxiety Disorders

"Schema therapy focuses on adapting maladaptive schemas (i.e., core representations of oneself, others or the world) and dysfunctional personality traits, while also incorporating exposure therapy. It consists of a maximum of 40 sessions within one year."

Treatment As Usual according to the Dutch Multidisciplinary Guidelines Anxiety Disorders and the Dutch Quality Standard for Anxiety Disorders. TAU often consists of a continuation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and (different) medications, sometimes in a more treatment-intensive format. There are no restrictions to TAU, except that it may not be schema therapy. The actual content of TAU will be tracked.