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World Schema Therapy Day

Schema Therapy

Florida 2026

Florida schema therapists come together for the first time: a free half-day of short, practical talks on how the model works, and how it changes what is possible in the room.

Friday, November 13·11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST·Live on Zoom

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Registration takes a minute · Registrants receive the recording

Nov 13one afternoon, live
30 minper talk, practical
Freeclinicians & students
FirstFlorida WSTD program

Practical

Each talk shows one piece of schema therapy in action: a technique, a population, a way of working.

For everyone

New to the model? You'll leave with a clear picture. Already trained? Hear how colleagues use it here.

Florida-grown

Our speakers practice here, in this state. This is the beginning of a Florida schema therapy community.

Program

Friday, November 13

All times EST. Each talk includes time for questions.

Welcome & a brief introduction to schema therapy
MGMaria Grish, PhD, LMHC · Schema Therapy Institute of Florida
Working with modes: a practical introduction
MGMaria Grish, PhD, LMHC
Schema therapy with Latino clients: clinical practice considerations
CRCarlos Rojas, MS, MSW, LCSW · ISST Certified Schema Therapist, Trainer & Supervisor
About this talk

Latinos are the largest minority group in the US, and patterns of mental health conditions, course of illness, and service use in this community call for more accurate assessment and treatment. This talk explores practical considerations for schema therapy with clients from Latino backgrounds.

Break
How schema therapy can change our brain
JHJoshua Hostetter · ISST Advanced Certified Schema Therapist
About this talk

We often think of the nervous system's fight, flight, or freeze response as a reaction to physical threats, but emotional experiences can trigger the same protective responses. An introduction to Contextual Schema Therapy: how our nervous system shapes emotional patterns, and how schema therapy interventions use this research to support healing from past and present emotional wounds.

Schema therapy training and certification in Florida · Q&A
MGMaria Grish, PhD, LMHC
Closing remarks

The program is final. Registrants receive the program and their Zoom link by email.

Host

Hosted by Maria Grish

Maria Grish, PhD, LMHC, is an ISST Advanced Certified Schema Therapist, Trainer & Supervisor based in Boca Raton, and the founder of the Schema Therapy Institute of Florida.

The event is part of World Schema Therapy Day, celebrated every November by schema therapy communities around the world and by the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST). This year Florida joins in: the event brings local schema therapists together to share the model with the wider clinical community, and marks the institute's first public program.

Join us on November 13

Free · Online · Open to clinicians, students, and anyone curious

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