Social Isolation Schema Treatment

Social Isolation Schema Treatment

In schema therapy, the following techniques are used to treat social isolation schema:

Changing beliefs and opinions

People with social isolation trap, depending on the way people around them treat them, have different thoughts and beliefs and develop stories in their minds. For example, they think, “That person insulted me, so I’m not a good person” or “I’m not good and others will soon notice my flaws and shortcomings.”

An important strategy is to change these beliefs and mental stories. A person with social isolation schema makes many judgments about the behavior of others; therefore, for treatment, they must change these judgments and remember that “not all people are supposed to be the same” and people will not reject them because of these differences.

Changing Behavioral Patterns

One of the essential tasks that must be done in the treatment of the social isolation schema trap is to identify behavioral patterns. A person suffering from this schema should see what behaviors he or she does in dealing with others and then try to change these behaviors. This person should learn the principles of communication and behavior with others, even sometimes try to open up to strangers and not be afraid of dealing with others.

Withdrawing from groups helps to perpetuate this schema; therefore, one should not withdraw from groups. He must realize his own strengths, identify them, and appreciate them. In general, it is necessary for the affected person to break the structures that he previously used in his communication with others and replace the previous patterns with a principled form of social relations.

Social Isolation and Alienation Schema Test

Taking the Social Isolation and Alienation Schema Test is one of the things that can help you assess yourself to see if you have this trap or not.

The social isolation and alienation schema is one of Yang's 18 maladaptive schemas that causes the experience of unpleasant feelings of loneliness, rejection, and social-communication problems. In addition, the social isolation trap causes psychosomatic disorders that manifest themselves in the form of headaches, depression, sleep problems, or problems with the heart and stomach.