Forensic and Clinical Psychology Centre

03/12/2025

14/11/2025

Discover how schema therapists can cultivate equanimity amid professional adversities in my latest blog post, "Bullet Proofing Your Healthy Adult Mode," on Beyond the Therapy Blog. Drawing from personal experiences and Stoic principles, this insightful article explores resilience strategies for navigating tragedy, burnout, and client challenges while strengthening the Healthy Adult mode.

This blog post is on the presentation that I provided at the recent Schema Therapy Connect Conference 2026 in Sydney.

28/05/2025

🔍 Why do some forensic clients go to extremes? My latest blog dives into Chaos Mode, exploring how psychopathy and brain wiring drive relentless control-seeking behaviors in custody—and how FST uses leverage to spark change.

Exploring the Neurological Roots and Behavioural Manifestations of Chaos Mode

22/04/2025

Can you build trust when your kindness is seen as a trick? In forensic settings, schema therapy faces a tough challenge: the Paranoid Over-Controller mode, where suspicion is a way of life. My latest blog, What’s Love Got to Do with It? Schema Therapy with the Paranoid Over-Controller, explores why being overly warm can backfire, how to outsmart mistrust with practical strategies, and what it takes to connect in a system that prioritizes risk over healing. With lessons learned the hard way (and some truly awful coffee), it’s a must-read for therapists navigating high-stakes work.

I’ve spent years navigating the high-stakes, high-tension world of forensic institutions—prisons, secure hospitals, and units that feel like they’re one slammed door away from a movie set.

06/04/2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/larsbangmadsen/p/bulletproofing-your-healthy-adult?r=py5ok&utm_medium=ios

Imagine you’re a therapist sitting across from a patient who’s committed a violent crime.