Schema Therapy

What is Schema Therapy?

Schema therapy seeks to address long-standing emotional and behavioral patterns, which may be the root cause of personality disorders or longstanding interpersonal difficulties. In schema therapy, your psychologist will work with you to identify these schemas and help you develop new ways of thinking and behaving that promote emotional well-being. Schema therapy is often long term and requires more investment in the therapeutic relationship that traditional forms of therapy such as CBT. This is an essential part of the process and drives the transformational change as it pertains to meeting unmet needs and correcting maladaptive coping responses.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Schema Therapy is an effective method for processing traumatic incidents and forging a stronger sense of self.

Personality Disorders

Schema Therapy was originally designed to address longstanding personality issues such as Borderline Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. There is emerging evidence to show that it is useful for individuals who suffer from long term anxiety and depression.

Pervasive Interpersonal Difficulties

While useful for treating some of the more severe or serious conditions such as PTSD and personality disorders, Schema Therapy is also useful for those who have longstanding interpersonal difficulties. Blind spots or patterns of behaviour that seem to repeat themselves across time.

Ready to engage in Schema Therapy?

Here's what the road-map loooks like

Book in a session

Suggest the idea of Schema Therapy and your psychologist will discuss the process and if it is appropriate for your presenting problems.

Take the Assessment

A Questionaire and follow-up assessment session will then be booked to identify what schemas you have.

Awareness and Psychoeducation

Build awareness by understanding the developmental origins of your schemas and how they play out in your current life

Experiential Techniques

Beyond awareness of your schemas and maladaptive coping patterns, there are a range of experiential techniques that can be used to help address the developmental origins of your schemas

Maintenance and change

Once therapeutic milestones are met (e.g., improvements in coping resposnes), the sessions are spaced out more infrequently and maintenance of healthy behaviours is monitored.