Schema Therapy

Long before we can reflect on them, we form deep beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world. These beliefs, called schemas, develop in childhood as our minds try to make sense of our experiences. I am too much. I will be abandoned. I have to earn my place. They were once reasonable conclusions drawn from limited information.

The problem isn't that you have schemas. Everyone does. The problem is that they tend to outlive their usefulness, quietly shaping the way you interpret relationships, make decisions, and respond to stress, often without your awareness.

Schema-informed therapy brings these patterns into view so you can begin to relate to them differently. Rather than being driven by a schema, you learn to recognise it. To notice when an old belief is running the show, and to build the capacity to respond from a broader, more grounded place.

This isn't about dismantling who you are. Schemas often sit alongside real strengths: a deep sensitivity, a fierce self-reliance, a drive to achieve. The work is about loosening the grip of patterns that no longer serve you, and expanding into the parts of yourself that haven't had room to develop yet.

Growth in schema work tends to be gradual and embodied. Less a sudden insight, more a slow shift in what feels possible.