A Cultural Sensitive Combination of Schema Therapy and Systemic Therapy for Complex Hierarchic Eastern Family Systems

In Eastern and Southern cultures, such as the Arab region, there is a different understanding of family hierarchies, upbringing, and obedience compared to the European context. Although these traditional beliefs are currently also undergoing transformation, we are frequently confronted with situations as well in migrant families as moreover in Arabic countries  where patients experience strict hierarchies, hopelessness, and limited opportunities for autonomy.

In such cases, a therapeutically combined approach of Schema Therapy and systemic family therapy has proven superior to ST individual therapy.

Anousha Hadinia is skilled at mobilizing seemingly intractable and hopeless family situations or family constellations with this combination, ultimately enabling the entire system to progress and develop further.