In Dialogue: Lynda Parry with Rita Younan
In Dialogue
Featuring Lynda Parry with Rita Younan
Schemas of the Night: Phantom or Real?
Monday, November 16, 2026 · 5:00–6:00 PM ET (Tuesday, November 17, 9:00–10:00 AM in Sydney and Melbourne) · Held live inside the JYSTA community on Mighty
Hosted by Travis Atkinson, LCSW, VP of Media & Communications, JYSTA
Organized by Rita Younan, VP of Events, JYSTA
About Lynda’s Symposium Session
Dream material can give access to schemas, particularly the unconditional schemas of early childhood, that may be difficult for clients to emotionally connect with in sessions. Lynda presents research from neurobiology, sleep, and memory studies to explain how this happens, and why the dreaming process is thought to be critical to memory consolidation, particularly in connecting current events with past experience.
Her case study of working with a client’s dream shows how to connect the therapist’s in-depth knowledge of the client’s schemas and modes, from the case conceptualisation, with dream material. Exploring the dream through the emotion-focused techniques of schema therapy can open a connection with the Vulnerable Child mode, often for the first time, along with emotional expression of the schemas.
Lynda brings the session into conversation with Rita Younan on November 16. This session runs on a Monday evening in the US so members in Australia and Asia can join live.
How to Take Part
- Register in advance. This one is for JYSTA members. Registration is inside the JYSTA community on Mighty.
- Watch Lynda’s symposium session. We are opening her full symposium presentation to members on Mighty in the days ahead. Watch it before November 16.
- Send your questions. After watching, send them to us and we will bring them into the room with Lynda and Rita.
The conversation joins the In Dialogue library afterward, so members who cannot attend live get it.