Updates to the Young Schema Questionnaire - Revised (YSQ-R)

Updating schema assessment for clearer clinical formulation.

A conversation about making assessment clinically useful.

The Young Schema Questionnaire has shaped schema therapy for decades. But if we want a sharper formulation, we need a sharper assessment tool.

In this conversation with Dr Rob Brockman, I discuss the YSQ-R, the thinking behind the update, and how clearer scoring can help clinicians move from questionnaire results to meaningful clinical formulation.

This is not just about a scoring tool.

It is about using the data thematically to actually help us understand the person in front of us.

In this episode

  • YSQ-R

  • Schema measurement

  • Clinical formulation

  • YSQ-R 4.3 update

  • Excel scoring tool

  • Online scoring tool

  • Using results meaningfully in therapy

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Schema Therapy and YSQ-R resources: Including translations, published Articles, an introductory guide and more!

A conversation with Dr Rob Brockman on the Young Schema Questionnaire — Revised (YSQ-R), clearer schema measurement, and practical scoring tools for clinical formulation.

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