Deep, transformative support for long-term emotional patterns.
Schema Therapy helps people who have experienced long-standing emotional difficulties, often rooted in early life experiences. It’s especially helpful when short-term therapy hasn’t led to lasting change.
Evidence-based
Schema Therapy is another evidence-based therapy which is a longer term therapy that may run over several months to a year or more.
‘Schemas’ are deeply held beliefs. These beliefs form a framework for understanding events in the world, and influence a person’s reactions. Schema Therapy can act as an extension of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in promoting positive change. Schema Therapy is often used to help people who have long standing concerns. Understanding the origin of beliefs and recognising when they are influencing reactions in an unhelpful way is an important part of the therapy.
Change the story you’ve carried, and you change the life you live
Schema Therapy is an evidence-based psychological treatment designed to help people understand and change long-standing emotional patterns. It focuses on identifying deep-rooted beliefs, or ‘schemas’, that shape thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
Schema Therapy is ideal for individuals experiencing long-term emotional difficulties or recurring life challenges. It is particularly effective when short-term therapies, such as CBT, haven’t produced lasting change.
Schema Therapy helps you uncover how early life experiences have shaped unhelpful beliefs and emotional responses. With the support of your therapist, you’ll learn to challenge and replace these schemas with healthier, more adaptive patterns.
Schema Therapy is a longer-term approach that typically runs for several months to a year or more. The duration depends on your goals and the depth of emotional patterns being addressed.
Schema Therapy can be effective for treating chronic anxiety, depression, relationship issues, personality difficulties and self-esteem problems. At J&R Clinical Psychologists, it provides deep, transformative support for lasting emotional change.
