🔍 Workshop Overview

This experiential skills workshop is designed for English-speaking helping professionals who want to deepen their Schema Therapy practice in face of highly experiential avoidance or emotionally inhibited clients

Dates: 11 March 2026 and 18 March 2026 (Wed)

Time: 9-12 am (London Time) / 10-1 pm (Netherland Time) / 5-8 pm (Hong Kong Time) / 8-11 pm (Sydney Time)
Format:  Online
Language: English
Fee: GBP 150
Max Participants: 30
Trainer: Beatrice Ng-Kessler, Registered Clinical Psychologist from UK and HK, a Certified Mindfulness Trainer from Canada, and ISST accredited Advance Certified Schema Therapist (Individual), Supervisor/Trainer.  She is experienced in working with very emotionally inhibited clients, especially those influenced heavily by their own cultural background. 

🧩 Workshop Objectives

• Understand common schema presentations in Chinese clients

• Enhance awareness of therapists’ own schema and its interaction with Chinese clients

• Build cultural sensitivity when preparing for experiential interventions

• Develop skills in delivering chair work and imagery in emotionally complex situations

• Learn how to work with shame within the shame culture, unique parental modes, and emotional avoidance in Chinese contexts

📚 Workshop Outline 

Day 1: Understanding Cultural Influences & Preparing for Experiential Work

1. Schema Manifestations in Chinese Culture

• Emotional/experiential avoidance

• Interpersonal hierarchy & judgment expectations

• Subjugation, self-sacrifice & enmeshment

• Mode reinforcement patterns

• Video teaching with small group discussion

2. Therapist Reflection: Cultural Schemas Within Ourselves

3. Preparing for Experiential Work

a. Building Trust in Hierarchical Contexts

• Creating safe and non-judgmental spaces within this culture

• Holding authority without intimidation

• Welcoming sharing, including oppositional opinions and ideas

b. Addressing Emotional Avoidance

• Identifying emotional avoidance and distress

• "Slices of emotion" skill to build tolerance

• Chair work techniques for desensitization

• Includes video demo + duo practice

Day 2: Delivering Culturally-Aware Experiential Interventions

4. Delivering Chair Work and Imagery for Chinese Clients

a. Parent-Child Dynamics & Inner Critics

• Differentiating demanding vs. punitive parent modes within this culture

• Guilt-inducing cultural messages from parents

• Working with inner critics rooted in family systems

• Empathic confrontation through imagery/chair work

• Includes video demo + duo practice

b. Working with Shame in a Collectivistic Culture

• Recognizing shame in the shame culture

• Identifying shame-related coping modes

• Self-compassion as a healing tool

• Includes video demo + duo practice

👥 Who Should Attend?

This workshop is for English-speaking helping professionals who are familiar with the Schema Therapy model or have at least completed Level I training.

📄 Continuing Education & Materials

-Downable Handout

-Reviewing video recording for 14 days after the workshop

-Q&A with the trainer

-Certificate for your CPD 

-Remarks for Participants from Hong Kong: This program is accredited by HKAEP, HK College of Family Physicians, HK College of Physicians, HK College of Psychiatrists, HKICP, HKPS (DCP, DEP, DCOP).

📬 Enquiries & Registration

Email: course@chinese-schema-therapy.com
WhatsApp: +852 9517 0822 / +44 7442240996