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Forensic Schema Therapy Cards

A visual companion for schema therapy with forensic clients - 32 illustrated cards designed to help explore, teach, and discuss schema modes in forensic and clinical settings.

This pack includes (full list available below):

  • Maladaptive/Forensic Modes: 22 cards including The Self-Aggrandizer, The Predator & The Bully and Attack

  • Healthy Modes: 2 cards including The Healthy Adult & Playful Child Mode

  • Parent Modes: 1 card; The Punitive, Critical/Demanding Parent

  • Child Modes: 5 cards including The Abused and Humiliated Child & The Angry Child

  • Technique/Accompanying Cards: 3 Cards including Imagery Rescripting and Comforting your Inner Child
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Forensic Client Specific Modes

These cards feature modes and artwork tailored specifically to forensic casework, reflecting extreme behaviours that standard clinical mode cards often miss. They also include unique modes, such as The Chaos Mode.

Mode Mapping

The cards can be used to visually map and explore modes in a way that is directly relevant to forensic work. Therapists or clients can identify patterns, triggers, and relationships between modes using the cards.

For Professional or Personal Use

Ideal for therapists, or for individuals working on their own mode awareness. These cards are suitable for both professional and self-directed use. They provide an accessible tool for understanding and managing complex behaviours.

Distinctive Artistic Design

Each card features unique black-and-white artwork created by a professional artist, giving the set a visually striking, and clinically professional feel.

Made by Schema Therapists, for Schema Therapists

Created by Dr. Lars Madsen, an accredited schema therapist who runs workshops and training for other professionals, these cards are grounded in real-world expertise.

What’s Included?

32 illustrated cards are included, carefully selected by forensic psychologists actively training and practising schema therapy.

Healthy Modes

  • The Healthy Adult
  • Playful Child Mode

Child Modes

  • The Abandoned Child
  • The Abused and Humiliated Child
  • The Angry Child
  • The Impulsive/Undisciplined Child
  • The Vulnerable Child

Parent Modes

  • Demanding/Punitive Parent

Maladaptive Coping Modes

  • Angry Protector
  • Comic Protector
  • The Complaint Surrenderer
  • The Complaining Protector
  • Detached Protector/ Detached Self-Soother/Self Simulator
  • The Dissociated Protector
  • The Downloader

Overcompensation Modes

  • Attention & Admiration Seeker
  • The Bully and Attack
  • The Coercive Self Aggrandiser
  • The Conning Manipulator
  • The Predator
  • The Self-Aggrandizer

Over-control/Cognitive Control Modes

  • Angry Ruminator
  • The Chaos Mode
  • The Chess Master
  • Denial Ruminator
  • The Dilemma
  • The Over Analyser
  • Paranoid/Obsessive Over-Controller Mode
  • Perfectionistic Overcontroller

Technique/Accompanying Cards

  • Comforting Your Inner Child
  • Imagery Rescripting
  • Re-Parenting