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Emotional Schemas

Emotional Schemas Questionnaire (LESS)

Emotional Schemas LESS Scoring Syntax

Books, Articles, Chapters, Presentations on Emotional Schemas:

  • Leahy, R. L., Tirch, D., Napolitano, L. A. (2011). Emotion Regulation in Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide. Guilford Press: New York.
  • Leahy, R. L. (2002). A Model of Emotional Schemas.
    Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 9, 177-190.
  • Leahy, R. L. (2007). Emotional Schemas and Self-Help: Homework Compliance and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14(3), 297-302.
  • Leahy, R. L. (2007). Emotional Schemas and Resistance to Change in Anxiety Disorders. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14, 36-45.
  • Leahy, R. L. (2007). Schematic Mismatch in the Therapeutic Relationship: A Social-Cognitive Model. In P. Gilbert & R. L. Leahy, The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies (pp. 229-254). New York: Routledge.
  • Leahy, R. L. (2009). Resistance: An Emotional Schema Therapy (EST) Approach. In G. Simos, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A Guide for the Practising Clinician (Vol. 2, pp. 187-204). New York: Routledge.
  • Leahy, R. L. (2010). Emotional Schemas in Treatment Resistant Anxiety. In D. Sookman & R. L. Leahy, Treatment Resistant Anxiety Disorders: Resolving Impasses to Symptom Remission (pp. 135-160). New York: Routledge.
  • Leahy, R. L. (in press). Emotional Schema Therapy: A Bridge over Troubled Waters. In J. Herbert & E. Forman, Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

German Version of the LESS: