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National Center for PTSD; STAIR Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation

Session 6 – Changing Relationship Patterns

Introducing the Interpersonal Schemas Worksheet II > The Interpersonal Schemas Worksheet II

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Now that your client has successfully participated in the first role-play sequence, introduce the Interpersonal Schemas Worksheet II. This worksheet differs from its predecessor, Interpersonal Schemas Worksheet I (introduced in Session Five), in that there are columns for goals and alternative feelings and expectations.

Explain that now that the client has begun to identify interpersonal schemas and how they impact current relationships, it’s time to consider alternative ways of seeing social situations and responding to them. Review the top half of the form and orient the client to the new columns. Use one of the examples from your current session to complete the form with the client.

Refer to the Interpersonal Schemas Worksheet II, under the Session Materials button in this course, to see sample questions you can ask your client while completing this form.

Image of portion of Interpersonal Schemas Worksheet II. There are four main columns labeled from left to right as: Interpersonal Goals, Alternative Feelings and Beliefs About Myself, Alternative Expectations About the Other Person, Alternative Action. These columns are then divided into additional columns beneath with the following subtitles: What are my goals in this situation? (beneath the column labeled Interpersonal Goals), What else could I feel about myself? and What else could I think about myself? (beneath the column labeled Alternative Feelings and Beliefs About Myself), How else could I expect the other person to feel? and What else could I expect the other person to think? (beneath the column labeled Alternative Expectations About the Other Person), What else could I do? (beneath the column labeled Alternative Action).