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Self-Discovery

A path to deeper self-knowledge — emotional needs, schemas, coping styles, and inner modes with Fatima Ashna.

As of today (October 2, 2026), 236 people have enrolled in this course.

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Title
Self-Discovery
Instructor
Fatima Ashna
Format
Recorded course
Duration
472 minutes

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Self-Discovery

Educational course

Self-Discovery

A comprehensive self-discovery course based on schema therapy

Sometimes to change our lives, we first need to understand what is happening inside us.

A course for deeper self-knowledge — from childhood experiences and emotional needs to schemas, coping styles, modes, and healthy parts of who we are.

In Self-Discovery you will not just learn labels; you will gradually map your inner world.

I want to know myself betterView course outline

Foundations-first • For everyone • No prior psychology background required

Maybe these experiences feel familiar

Some events end, but their patterns stay with us.

You may have decided many times to act differently, yet found yourself back in the same place.

I know what a healthy relationship should look like, yet I keep attracting similar people.
A small distance in a relationship unsettles me far more than I expect.
I do a lot for others, but stating my own needs is hard.
No matter how much I achieve, I still feel not enough.
A small criticism can occupy my mind for hours or days.
Sometimes I do not know why an ordinary event triggers so much anger, fear, or sadness.
I know I should say no, but when the moment comes I cannot.
I recognize some of my behaviors, but I do not know where they come from.

Maybe the issue is not only today's event.

Many reactions come from a complex link between past experiences, emotional needs, deep beliefs, and ways we learned to cope.

Self-Discovery is designed to understand that link.

What is Self-Discovery?

This course is not only about schemas. It is a path of self-discovery.

We begin with early life experiences and move through emotional needs, core beliefs, schemas, coping styles, modes, and today's behaviors.

Five core psychological needs are introduced, followed by 18 early maladaptive schemas across five domains.

The Self-Discovery path

  1. 01

    Pause and look within

    Self-awareness questions on childhood, parents, met and unmet needs, and core beliefs about self, others, love, and the world.

  2. 02

    Needs behind our behavior

    Core psychological needs and how fulfillment or frustration shapes later life patterns.

  3. 03

    The biology of beliefs

    Amygdala, hippocampus, and emotional vs cognitive memory — why logic and body sometimes disagree.

  4. 04

    Understanding schemas

    18 schemas in five domains — beliefs, signs, origins, relational impact, and related coping styles.

  5. 05

    Coping styles

    Surrender, avoidance, and overcompensation.

  6. 06

    Inner modes

    Recognizing vulnerable child, punitive parent, detached protector, and other modes.

  7. 07

    Healthy parts

    Strengths, capacities, and virtues that support growth.

18 schemas covered in the course

  • Abandonment
  • Emotional deprivation
  • Mistrust/abuse
  • Defectiveness/shame
  • Social isolation
  • Vulnerability
  • Failure
  • Dependence
  • Enmeshment/undeveloped self
  • Entitlement
  • Insufficient self-control
  • Subjugation
  • Self-sacrifice
  • Approval-seeking
  • Negativity
  • Unrelenting standards
  • Emotional inhibition
  • Punitiveness

We go beyond names — exploring beliefs, signs, origins, coping, and how patterns show up in life.

When abandonment is activated...

A delayed reply. A short distance. A shift in tone. For one person, ordinary. For someone with abandonment active, it may bring fear, turmoil, anger, or intense behavior.

In the course we ask not only why we act this way, but:

  • What was activated in me?
  • What need is behind this reaction?
  • What belief woke up?
  • What do I usually do to cope?

Modes

It matters which part of you is driving right now. The course covers child, parent, coping, and healthy adult modes.

  • Vulnerable child
  • Angry child
  • Impulsive child
  • Happy and creative child
  • Punitive parent
  • Demanding parent
  • Guilt-inducing
  • Fear-inducing
  • Compliant surrender
  • Detached protector
  • Self-soother
  • Bully/attack
  • Self-aggrandizer
  • The part that can accept self and others, stay present, persist, and act with purpose.

What this course is not

Self-Discovery will not give you a new label or tell you 'this is who you are.'

The goal is to see patterns — what activates, where it comes from, what need is there, and how you usually respond.

That seeing can be the start of more conscious choices.

Self-Discovery may be for you if...

  • You want deeper self-knowledge.
  • Patterns repeat in your relationships.
  • Your reactions sometimes surprise even you.
  • You want to link past experiences to today's feelings and behavior.
  • You are curious about schema therapy and deep self-discovery.
  • You want to see strengths as well as wounds.

It may not be the right fit if...

  • You only want a quick test to name your problem.
  • You expect a course to fully replace individual therapy.
  • You want instant fixes without time for reflection.

From wounds to strengths

Your story is not only schemas. The final modules explore virtues and capacities you can lean on.

WisdomCourageLoveJusticeTemperanceTranscendence
CuriosityLearningCreativityPersistenceHonestyKindnessHopeGratitude

Course instructor

Fatima Ashna

Fatima Ashna

Fatima Ashna is an ISST-certified schema therapist.

For over a decade she has worked with individuals, couples, and parents, and creates educational psychological resources.

Learn more about Fatima Ashna.

Curious what other participants experienced? Read their reviews and experiences.

FAQ

No. The course starts from foundations and is for anyone seeking a clearer inner map.

Childhood is a starting point; the main focus links needs, beliefs, schemas, modes, and current behavior.

Yes, across five domains.

Yes — child, parent, coping, and healthy adult modes.

No. The closing modules cover virtues and healthy capacities.

Maybe it is time to look a little closer.

If your relationship with yourself is going to change, self-knowledge is a good place to start.

Self-Discovery is an invitation to see your story — with curiosity, not blame or labels.

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