FREE 6-HOUR LIVE BREAKING MALADAPTIVE PATTERNS MASTERCLASS for therapists:
THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH, 2026 @ 10:00 AM ET — 5:30 PM ET
Break The Maladaptive Pattern Years Of Cognitive Work Couldn't Reach
Free 6-Hour Masterclass With Wendy Behary, LCSW: 30-Year Schema Therapist & Trains Clinicians On Maladaptive Pattern Work
Learn the maladaptive pattern assessment framework & Empathic Confrontation sequences to reach the client whose insight has produced zero behavioral change across years of therapy. Match the clinical move to the mode active in the room: vulnerable child, punitive parent, or detached protector.
Register Free Below. This Event is for Licensed Mental Health Professionals
Free to attend. CEs, recording access, & clinical tools available for purchase after registration.
Breaking Maladaptive Patterns Masterclass Starts In:
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9 Board-Approved CEs
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Inside Wendy Behary's 6-Hour Maladaptive Pattern Framework
Breaking Maladaptive Patterns Masterclass: The Schema Framework Behind Pattern Recognition, Mode Dialogue & Pattern-Breaking
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MODULE 1
Schema Conceptualization: Map The Pattern Behind The Stuck Case
How conceptualizing the case in schema terms shows why insight & cognitive restructuring stopped producing change.
MODULE 2
Schema Mode Recognition: Identify The Mode Activating Mid-Session
How naming the mode firing in session, punitive parent, or detached protector, reveals the intervention the moment calls for.
MODULE 3
Treatment Formulation: Link The Pattern To Unmet Childhood Needs
How tracing today's relational cycle to early unmet needs gives the client the explanation that finally produces behavior change.
MODULE 4
Limited Reparenting: Use The Relationship As The Change Vehicle
How the corrective emotional experience inside the therapy relationship produces the change that thought records & behavioral experiments couldn't.
MODULE 5
Therapist Activation: Manage Your Schema Before The Session Derails
How recognizing your own schema firing prevents the over-explaining, defensive withdrawal & collusion that lose the difficult session.
MODULE 6
Schema Interventions: Mode Dialogue, Imagery Rescripting & Empathic Confrontation
How verbatim Mode Dialogue, Imagery Rescripting & Empathic Confrontation produce the behavior change that cognitive techniques alone never reached.
LEARN THE MALADAPTIVE PATTERN FRAMEWORK FROM A 30-YEAR SCHEMA SPECIALIST
Wendy Behary, LCSW: 30-Year Schema Therapist & Trains Clinicians On Maladaptive Pattern Work
Wendy Behary didn't start by teaching Schema Therapy. She started by observing that standard cognitive interventions held for symptom-level cases but stalled the moment a maladaptive pattern surfaced in the room. That clinical pattern is what built her work. What she brings to the June 18th Masterclass isn't theory; it's the framework built over 30 years of working directly with Dr. Jeffrey Young, training schema therapists internationally, & treating insight-rich, change-stuck clients, personality-level cases, & maladaptive cycles whose patterns wouldn't shift until the schema underneath was finally addressed.
What she covers on June 18th is the exact foundation that makes maladaptive pattern work hold, why Schema Mode recognition changes the intervention you reach for mid-session, how the early unmet needs underneath every pattern (abandonment, defectiveness, mistrust) reveal interventions cognitive techniques cannot reach, & what Mode Dialogue, Empathic Confrontation & Limited Reparenting change in the clients whose patterns have repeated across years of treatment. This is the layer standard cognitive training was never designed to surface & the one that changes how you run every stuck case from this point forward.
Here's How Your Schema Work Changes With This Masterclass
WITH THIS MASTERCLASS:
You recognize the schema activating before the session stalls
Insight-rich clients finally have a framework that produces behavior change
Mode Dialogue gives you the verbatim move when the client shifts modes
You manage your own schema activation before the difficult client derails the hour
WITHOUT THIS MASTERCLASS:
The same insight-rich client repeats the same pattern for the fourth year
Your sessions keep getting derailed by the client's mode shifts
Cognitive techniques stop holding the moment the schema activates
You finish the hour feeling like you witnessed the pattern instead of moving it
9 CEs, Lifetime Replay & Clinical tools: Available For Purchase After Registration (You'll Be Redirected automatically)
Frequently Asked Questions
I work with chronic emotional & relational cases, but I'm not specialized in Schema Therapy. Is this Masterclass appropriate for me?
Yes. This Masterclass is built for clinicians whose training covered cognitive & behavioral interventions broadly & whose caseload contains the maladaptive pattern cases that broad training cannot reach.
I've taken Schema Therapy introductions before that felt too theoretical to use in session. How is this different?
Wendy Behary teaches verbatim Mode Dialogue language, Empathic Confrontation sequences & in-session schema recognition moves designed to be applied in your next session, not stored for later.
I'm trained in CBT or DBT. Will Schema Therapy conflict with my training?
No. Behary's framework adds the schema layer to the modality you already practice without asking you to abandon it.
I've heard Schema Therapy is long-term work. Can I apply this in a typical caseload?
Yes. The Masterclass focuses on schema recognition, case conceptualization & in-session moves you can apply from the first session forward, regardless of how long the broader treatment runs.
How many CEs can I receive, & how do I get them?
Up to 9 CEs total. 6 from the Masterclass + 3 from the bonus Professional Ethics: Setting Clear Boundaries For Therapist & Client Relationships course with Frances Patterson, available for purchase after you register.
Can I get the recording if I cannot attend live?
Yes. The full 6-hour recording is included in Premium Pass with lifetime access. You can purchase it at the next step once you register for the Masterclass.
Are the CEs board-approved for my license?
Yes. To check approval for your license type & state, scroll to the bottom of this page & click the Board Approvals button.
Scope and Limitations Disclosure:
This training provides licensed mental health professionals with a contemporary clinical framework for working with maladaptive patterns & integrating Schema Therapy recognition, Mode Dialogue & pattern-breaking interventions into clinical practice, including schema case conceptualization, Schema Mode identification, treatment formulation linking current problems to early unmet needs, Limited Reparenting as the therapeutic stance, therapist schema activation in the treatment room, & application of Imagery Rescripting, Empathic Confrontation, Bypassing Avoidance, Setting Limits & Behavioral Pattern-Breaking. Content should be applied within the scope of each clinician's license & professional training. This training does not offer certification & is not a substitute for clinical supervision, formal Schema Therapy certification through the International Society of Schema Therapy, or specialized treatment by a clinician credentialed in personality disorder treatment. Participants are encouraged to apply content within their individual scope of practice & in accordance with applicable professional & ethical guidelines.
Commercial Support Disclosure
Wendy Behary, LCSW, is an independent clinician, author, & continuing education presenter specializing in Schema Therapy, maladaptive pattern work, the treatment of personality-level presentations, & integration of schema recognition, Mode Dialogue & pattern-breaking interventions into general clinical practice. This training does not require participants to purchase any additional products, books, or materials to complete the training. The presenter has no relevant financial relationships to disclose beyond standard speaking compensation.
