Lauren Aron, a psychotherapist specializing in eating disorders, discusses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and its application in treating conditions like anorexia nervosa. She shares insights on dietary guidance, emphasizing portion control and meal frequency. The session includes a case study and highlights the importance of psychoeducation, addressing body image issues, and developing long-term recovery strategies. Safety in therapy and the need for structured treatment plans are also emphasized.

In this roleplay, prof. dr. Ad Kerkhof demonstrates how to explore suicidal ideation and help prevent clients from dying by suicide.

In this demonstration prof. dr. Wim Veling introduces nature sceneries through virtual reality, aimed to help a client fully relax.

This roleplay demonstrates how to conclude psychodynamic psychotherapy using a therapeutic letter from the therapist addressed to the client. The most important aspects of a therapeutic letter are discussed.

In this demonstration, Elisabeth Kaiser shows how to guide a client through the imaginary exposure exercise using the flower. This exercise is aimed at having the client bring back a significant positive memory in vivid detail.

In this roleplay, Odette Brand and Remco van de Wijngaart demonstrate imagery rescripting, a technique often applied in schematherapy to reduce negative emotions associated with negative early childhood experiences.

In this roleplay, psychotherapist Remco van der Wijngaart demonstrates the chair excercise using three different chairs and client roles. He also shows how to do this technique online.

In this demonstration you can experience the safe place exercise and learn to apply this exercise in session. This exercise is geared towards helping clients obtain a strong sense of safety.

In this demonstration dr. Tim Wind guides progressive muscle relaxation. Research has provided supportive evidence for the effectiveness of this simple technique in reducing anxiety, depression and stress as well as the promotion of general wellbeing.

With Pieternel Dijkstra, Aerjen Tamminga, and Bram van der Boom

In this role-play, José Verpoort works with a patient suffering from depression. José demonstrates how she deals with anxiety symptoms that show up in the patient during their first session together.

In this role-play, Josette ten Have works with the patient to uncover the emotional neglect she experienced in her past and helps her get in touch with the painful emotions this caused in her.

With Joy Oonk

In this last phase of a group schema therapy for cluster C personality disorders, we see experts Guido Sijbers and Judith Holland at work. They show how to use the group in a chair exercise to help stimulate the healthy adult mode in patient Susan. Susan has a problem at work and would like to confront her boss.

In this role-play, the patient, Mrs. Kuiper, makes it clear that she is concerned that her daughter might have severe mood swings. Esther Mesman explains the Prospective life chart and asks Mrs. Kuiper to keep track of daughter Sanne's various behavioral patterns.