Paul DelGrosso is a psychotherapist in private practice in Washington, DC and a trainer and supervisor with the Schema Therapy Institute of DC.

Paul first encountered schema therapy when working as therapist with active-duty service members at the Pentagon starting in 2010. He became interested in patients with PTSD who did not respond well to traditional therapeutic models for trauma. He began researching contributing factors, discovered the role personality plays in response to treatment, encountered Jeff Young’s work with schema-modes, and quickly began training in schema therapy with Wendy Behary. The results have been transformative in his practice treating trauma and many other conditions.

Paul’s interest in addressing unmet needs in childhood includes applying schema therapy to work with families. He met Dr. Bart Rubin in 2018 at the ISST conference in Amsterdam. Bart discussed his conversations with Jeff Young about how learning attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) helps schema therapists improve emotionally deepening techniques. Paul began training in ABFT and, seeing the ways this model integrates well with schema therapy, eventually became certified in ABFT. Helping individuals and families address attachment ruptures continues to be a strong area of focus in Paul’s practice.