Kelly’s Circle of Safety and Healing: An Extended Schema Therapy Narrative and Interpretative Investigation

This is a narrative case study of the psychotherapy Kelly (pseudonym) that describes processes took place within last 17 sessions longer therapy 67 over period 26 months. A phenomenologically grounded and coherent account takes readers on an experiential journey enables them to live through aspects process at least partially. These began in session 52 which saw image circle caring people series child parts herself were able find sense safety holding. Over course sessions, eight different approached eventually entered circle, each representing dissociated set early schema patterns, with its own related emotional distress. Through dialogue work imagery rescripting, predicament her unmet needs brought into focus. served as basis for providing corrective experiences led feeling voluntarily step circle. The material serves theoretical-interpretative investigations focus phenomenology memory transformation psychotherapy. organized under several themes: (1) complexes, schemas, internal working models; (2) autobiographical self; (3) “theater consciousness” imagination”; (4) understanding figures Kelly’s healing circle; (5) how far back can we remember? (6) reparenting, experiences, rescripting; (7) coping decisions demanding punitive features modes. brief conclusion aims contribute our psychological transformation.