About the Presenters:

Christof Loose

Christof Loose, PhD, is affiliated with Heinrich Heine University at the Institute of Experimental Psychology in the Department of Clinical Psychology, and has a private practice in Dusseldorf, Germany. He is an Advanced Certified Schema Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer in Individual and Children and Adolescents Schema Therapy. Christof was the chair of the Workgroup for Schema Therapy for Children and Adolescents (ST-CA) for several years, and is the editor and author of several ST-CA books and videos (DVDs) in Germany. He conducts workshops and seminars in ST-CA worldwide.

Maria Galimzyanova

Maria Galimzyanova is an Advanced Schema Therapist and Trainer Supervisor in Individual, Group, and Child-Adolescent Schema therapy. Being an expert and an author in the area of Child-Adolescent ST, she has developed the Group model for Children and Adolescents, consistent with the GST concept by J.Farrell and I.Shaw and C-A ST approach by Christof Loose. As a professor of St. Petersburg University she lectures on schema therapy both nationally and internationally to students and professionals. Her extensive private practice is primarily focused on treating children and their parents.

Jeffrey Roelofs

Dr. Jeffrey Roelofs is assistant professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. His research is focused on internalizing disorders in children and adolescents. He is specifically interested in the effects of (group) schematherapy in adolescents. He also works as a clinical psychologist at Lucertis Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Maastricht. He is certified cognitive-behavioral therapist, EMDR practitioner, and trainer/supervisor schematherapy CA.