ABSTRACT
A major development in the evolution of Schema Therapy was the introduction of the mode concept. Modes refer to the predominant emotional state, schemas, and coping reactions that are active for an individual at a particular time. By de®nition, modes are transient states. This is in contrast to schemas which can be thought of as traits ± stable characteristics of the person. At any given moment, a person is predominantly in one particular mode. In social-cognitive terms, we could think of that mode as the working self-concept ± the part of the person's self or identity which is primed or active at the moment ± and which drives the way they anticipate, see, and respond to the world around them. There are four main types of modes:
(a) Child modes (b) Maladaptive coping modes (c) Dysfunctional internalized parent modes, and (d) A healthy adult mode.
