Bali Workshop Retreat Sanur 2026

June 25, 26 & 27 2026

Hyatt Regency Sanur, Sanur, Bali, Indonesia

$899 Australian Dollars (Including lunch and refreshments). Places are limited to 60 people.

The Bali workshop retreat is a unique opportunity to receive high-quality training and development in a relaxing holiday environment. The programme will be designed for practitioners who already have an understanding of schema therapy and are seeking more in-depth skill development. This will be our 9th Schema Therapy Retreat.

The workshop is held on the tranquil beachside location of Sanur, approximately a 35-minute drive from the airport. This year the retreat is held at a new venue, the Hyatt Regency Sanur an exceptional 5 star hotel that has direct access to the Sanur beachfront. There are also a number of alternative accomodation options at different budget ranges close to the venue.

Places are limited to 50 people. Book early to avoid disappointment.

2026 Programme

Day 1: Dr Christof Loose (Germany) Schema Therapy Meets Brain Integration, A neurophysiological perspective for schema therapy with clients of all ages
This interactive workshop explores how unmet core emotional needs shape neurophysiological responses and activate maladaptive schemas and schema modes. Drawing on Daniel Siegel’s “hand model of the brain” and core Schema Therapy concepts, participants will learn to map emotional and cognitive experiences onto simplified left-right (horizontal) and upper-lower (vertical) brain models, making neurobiological concepts clinically accessible.

We will link foundational ideas from Beck’s cognitive schemas, Young’s early maladaptive schemas, and the schema mode model, to illustrate how neural processes underpin the development and activation of modes. Using practical demonstrations and developmental case material, the workshop will highlight how early experiences shape brain integration and mode functioning.

Day 2: Dr Michiel Van Vreeswijk (Germany) “Lets Get Real! Authenticity in Schema Therapy
This workshop will focus on the concept of authenticity, particularly within professional relationships. Is authenticity simply saying whatever comes to mind? Does being authentic mean never withholding information or “lying”? Why is authenticity often so difficult? Our personal histories, schemas, and modes can pose significant barriers.

Key Learning Objectives
To develop awareness of personal blocks to authenticity in the therapist–patient relationship
To practise increased authenticity in individual schema therapy
To enhance authenticity in group schema therapy
To foster authentic communication with professional colleagues

The workshop will integrate:
Didactic teaching to present theoretical and empirical foundations
Live demonstrations of key interventions used in schema therapy
Dyadic exercises allowing participants to practise interventions in a supervised setting

Day 3: Tracey Hunter (Australia)

Positive Schemas: Cultivating a Life of Infinite Possibilities

This workshop will introduce participants to the “how” of cultivating positive schemas as an anchor point to drive personal growth and change. This workshop will focus on self-reflection as a method to learn the concepts from the workshop, which can then be more readily applied in practice with clients.

Recent developments on positive schemas will first be discussed. This will lead us into the importance of how language shapes our inner world, and subsequently how our bodies respond to the language we use to narrate our lives. Healing pathways for all 18 schemas will be introduced, with an emphasis on the language that accompanies each of the positive schemas.

The workshop will then introduce a novel approach to formulating the modes that are important when cultivating positive schemas. Once the internal relationship between the relevant modes has been established, we will focus on developing specific examples of positive schema intentions, depending on which positive outcome the participants wish to cultivate in their lives.

Later in the workshop, a future-based imagery will be presented, to give participants a felt sense of how the imagination can be used as a powerful tool to support positive schema growth, as well as a tool to identify the solutions and internal shifts required for them to form.

About the Presenters