Schema Therapy

What can Schema Therapy help with?

Schema Therapy can help with a wide range of mental health challenges, including:

  • Mood management (e.g., low mood, depression, bipolar, suicidality, self harm)

  • Anxiety management (e.g., stress, burnout)

  • Parenting support

  • Relationship challenges (e.g., family, romantic)

  • Complex trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  • Anger management

  • Low self-esteem

  • Perfectionism

  • Strong distressing memories and experiences

  • Adverse childhood experiences

  • Men’s mental health

What should I expect when doing Schema Therapy?

When doing Schema Therapy, your psychologist will help you:

  • Understand your major schemas and coping strategies, and how these play out in your day-to-day life

  • Develop more helpful coping strategies and schemas

  • Learn tools and strategies to empower you to overcome your unhelpful schemas

As there can be a lot to uncover when exploring your schemas, Schema Therapy is typically a longer form of therapy and may take more sessions to complete.

How do I start doing Schema Therapy?

Reach out to us today to book in an appointment with a highly trained psychologist who is qualified and experienced in Schema Therapy. We offer sessions both in our Campbelltown office or via telehealth.

What is Schema Therapy?

Schema therapy is an evidence-based psychological treatment that centres around the idea that everyone’s experiences in childhood result in stories that we tell ourselves in adulthood. These stories are the schemas that guide our emotions, thoughts, and behaviours. Some schemas can be helpful, while others can be unhelpful. Schema therapy focuses on exploring the unhelpful schemas and aims to equip you with the tools you need to overcome and move past your unhelpful schemas. Schema Therapy can sometimes be used alongside Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for effective treatment.

Is Schema Therapy helpful for me?

Schema Therapy is particularly helpful if you experience long-standing patterns, including:

  • Chronic low self-esteem and self-worth

  • Extremely high standards or perfectionism

  • Unhelpful behavioural patterns stemming from childhood

  • Repeated relationship difficulties

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Schema Therapy

  • A schema is a pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving that develops over time, often beginning in childhood. Schemas can influence how you see yourself, others, and the world, and may contribute to ongoing emotional or behavioural difficulties.

  • While CBT focuses on changing current thoughts and behaviours, Schema Therapy explores deeper, long-standing patterns that often develop in childhood. It combines cognitive, behavioural, and experiential techniques to create lasting change.

  • Schema Therapy is typically a longer-term approach, as it focuses on deeply ingrained patterns. The length of therapy varies depending on your goals, but many people engage in therapy over several months or longer.

  • Yes, Schema Therapy is particularly effective for long-standing difficulties, such as chronic low self-esteem, relationship patterns, and issues rooted in early life experiences.

  • Yes, Schema Therapy can help you understand and change patterns that affect your relationships. By addressing underlying schemas, you can develop healthier ways of relating to others and improve communication and connection.

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