Schema Therapy Psychologists and Therapists in Westmead, NSW
I have been a counsellor, case manager & youth worker since 2008. Prior to 2016 I worked primarily with young people & their families, however I can & have worked with people across the age spectrum, all with unique & varied needs. Counselling is an individual experience & I want you to feel that no matter what, your needs are important. This is why I aim to provide an accessible, affordable & sustainable service. I believe I can help you on your journey towards the best version of yourself. Contact me for a free 15 minute phone consult & see if you agree.
I have been a counsellor, case manager & youth worker since 2008. Prior to 2016 I worked primarily with young people & their families, however I can & have worked with people across the age spectrum, all with unique & varied needs. Counselling is an individual experience & I want you to feel that no matter what, your needs are important. This is why I aim to provide an accessible, affordable & sustainable service. I believe I can help you on your journey towards the best version of yourself. Contact me for a free 15 minute phone consult & see if you agree.
I utilise a range of evidence-based treatments including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Schema Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, tailored to the individual and their goals.
Getting to hear and know my clients’ stories is an incredible privilege. I see therapy as a partnership, where we work as a team to get you to where you want to be. Offering my clients hope and restoration even in the midst of the most difficult seasons is one of my greatest joys. I have worked in hospital inpatient and community settings, universities and in various private practice settings. When I am not seeing clients, I enjoy training and supervising clinicians in treatment of eating disorders through my role at the InsideOut Institute.
I utilise a range of evidence-based treatments including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Schema Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, tailored to the individual and their goals.
Getting to hear and know my clients’ stories is an incredible privilege. I see therapy as a partnership, where we work as a team to get you to where you want to be. Offering my clients hope and restoration even in the midst of the most difficult seasons is one of my greatest joys. I have worked in hospital inpatient and community settings, universities and in various private practice settings. When I am not seeing clients, I enjoy training and supervising clinicians in treatment of eating disorders through my role at the InsideOut Institute.
Drawing on my experience with Lifeline, I work collaboratively with clients through difficult times using evidence-based approaches, including CBT, DBT, Schema therapy and mindfulness.
I have a genuine respect for people and the complexity of what they carry. I value the opportunity to sit with you, understand your experience, and work alongside you through periods of challenge, uncertainty, and change. I work with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, depression, relational difficulties, and emotional regulation challenges. I’m drawn to the moments in therapy where things begin to shift, when patterns become clearer, when someone feels truly heard, and when small changes start to open up something larger. At the heart of my work is a genuine love of people.
Drawing on my experience with Lifeline, I work collaboratively with clients through difficult times using evidence-based approaches, including CBT, DBT, Schema therapy and mindfulness.
I have a genuine respect for people and the complexity of what they carry. I value the opportunity to sit with you, understand your experience, and work alongside you through periods of challenge, uncertainty, and change. I work with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, depression, relational difficulties, and emotional regulation challenges. I’m drawn to the moments in therapy where things begin to shift, when patterns become clearer, when someone feels truly heard, and when small changes start to open up something larger. At the heart of my work is a genuine love of people.
I am a registered psychologist passionate about helping adults navigate life’s challenges, gain deeper self-awareness, and build the hope and courage needed to make meaningful changes. My aim is to guide clients toward healthier lives and stronger relationships. For more information about the issues I'm able to help with, please refer to my website.
I am a registered psychologist passionate about helping adults navigate life’s challenges, gain deeper self-awareness, and build the hope and courage needed to make meaningful changes. My aim is to guide clients toward healthier lives and stronger relationships. For more information about the issues I'm able to help with, please refer to my website.
Whether you’re excitedly planning for your wedding, feeling disappointed in your relationship or the spark has waned after decades of marriage, know I too have travelled the relationship roller coaster of euphoria & broken dreams. The reality is, these relationship struggles can overflow into parenting too. You may be excitedly expecting your first child or perhaps, you're feeling overwhelmed by your children's attitude. Regardless of what stage you're in, hope exists for you to recalibrate your relationships and parenting. I'm looking forward to supporting you to do this, so you can know empowerment & joy in your current season.
Whether you’re excitedly planning for your wedding, feeling disappointed in your relationship or the spark has waned after decades of marriage, know I too have travelled the relationship roller coaster of euphoria & broken dreams. The reality is, these relationship struggles can overflow into parenting too. You may be excitedly expecting your first child or perhaps, you're feeling overwhelmed by your children's attitude. Regardless of what stage you're in, hope exists for you to recalibrate your relationships and parenting. I'm looking forward to supporting you to do this, so you can know empowerment & joy in your current season.
Lydia Ghaly is a psychologist with a special interest in relationship difficulties, low self-worth, and challenges with communication. Lydia also has experience working with children, collaborating with parents and teachers to support social and emotional development. She conducts cognitive, academic, and ADHD assessments for children and adults, providing clear diagnoses and tailored recommendations.
Lydia Ghaly is a psychologist with a special interest in relationship difficulties, low self-worth, and challenges with communication. Lydia also has experience working with children, collaborating with parents and teachers to support social and emotional development. She conducts cognitive, academic, and ADHD assessments for children and adults, providing clear diagnoses and tailored recommendations.
I primarily utilise Schema Therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and believe the skills are immensely helpful in all areas of our lives, including our careers, relationships, home life.
My ideal client would be someone who is motivated to change, and keen to understand their own behaviours and motivations in hopes for a more balanced life. I have a passion for understanding human behaviour, our motivations and what influences our choices, decisions, and actions whether conscious or subconscious. I find the dynamics between people and their environment fascinating, and how individual differences allow us to perceive the world in our own unique ways.
I primarily utilise Schema Therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and believe the skills are immensely helpful in all areas of our lives, including our careers, relationships, home life.
My ideal client would be someone who is motivated to change, and keen to understand their own behaviours and motivations in hopes for a more balanced life. I have a passion for understanding human behaviour, our motivations and what influences our choices, decisions, and actions whether conscious or subconscious. I find the dynamics between people and their environment fascinating, and how individual differences allow us to perceive the world in our own unique ways.
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I work with individuals with a diverse range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, family and relationship difficulties. I’m dedicated to providing an inclusive and trusting environment where my clients feel understood and supported on their journey to well-being.
I work with individuals with a diverse range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, family and relationship difficulties. I’m dedicated to providing an inclusive and trusting environment where my clients feel understood and supported on their journey to well-being.
I am trained in a number of evidence-based treatments, including CBT, ACT, DBT, and Schema Therapy.
I am a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about supporting clients to live a life full of meaning and vitality. I believe in the importance of the therapeutic relationship, and endeavour to offer a warm, supportive space where you can feel safe to be vulnerable and explore any deeper issues driving your unhappiness or distress. I am trained in working with a full range of presentations, with a particular interest in working with anxiety disorders, OCD, eating disorders, and body image issues. I also enjoy providing longer-term therapy targeting ongoing patterns of behaviour linked to painful past experiences or unmet needs.
I am trained in a number of evidence-based treatments, including CBT, ACT, DBT, and Schema Therapy.
I am a Clinical Psychologist who is passionate about supporting clients to live a life full of meaning and vitality. I believe in the importance of the therapeutic relationship, and endeavour to offer a warm, supportive space where you can feel safe to be vulnerable and explore any deeper issues driving your unhappiness or distress. I am trained in working with a full range of presentations, with a particular interest in working with anxiety disorders, OCD, eating disorders, and body image issues. I also enjoy providing longer-term therapy targeting ongoing patterns of behaviour linked to painful past experiences or unmet needs.
These modalities include: Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
Breanna is a clinical psychologist who loves to help people heal from trauma, understand the root causes of their struggles and engage with deep exploration of the self. She works with complex trauma, emotion dysregulation, and maladaptive patterns. She uses a compassionate and trauma informed approach which includes modalities such as EMDR, Schema, and DBT. Goals in therapy with Breanna often involve both healing and self actualisation. Breanna also offers comprehensive diagnostic assessments.
These modalities include: Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
Breanna is a clinical psychologist who loves to help people heal from trauma, understand the root causes of their struggles and engage with deep exploration of the self. She works with complex trauma, emotion dysregulation, and maladaptive patterns. She uses a compassionate and trauma informed approach which includes modalities such as EMDR, Schema, and DBT. Goals in therapy with Breanna often involve both healing and self actualisation. Breanna also offers comprehensive diagnostic assessments.
I apply various therapeutic methodologies such as Family Systems, Emotionally Focused, and Schema therapy to help you understand why you are triggered by certain interactions and how to change your maladaptive coping behaviours.
Are you constantly asking yourself: ‘Why can't we stop fighting?’ ‘Why do I feel disrespected/unimportant?’ ‘Why am I dissatisfied with my life?’ 'Why do I feel anxious?'. If these thoughts are recurring often, individual, couple or family counselling will help you gain clarity, improve communication and create a more satisfied life. Strong, healthy relationships, whether social or intimate, have a positive impact on our physical and mental well-being. People with poor relationships are more likely to suffer from depression and loneliness. Living in conflict or within a toxic relationship is more damaging than being on your own.
I apply various therapeutic methodologies such as Family Systems, Emotionally Focused, and Schema therapy to help you understand why you are triggered by certain interactions and how to change your maladaptive coping behaviours.
Are you constantly asking yourself: ‘Why can't we stop fighting?’ ‘Why do I feel disrespected/unimportant?’ ‘Why am I dissatisfied with my life?’ 'Why do I feel anxious?'. If these thoughts are recurring often, individual, couple or family counselling will help you gain clarity, improve communication and create a more satisfied life. Strong, healthy relationships, whether social or intimate, have a positive impact on our physical and mental well-being. People with poor relationships are more likely to suffer from depression and loneliness. Living in conflict or within a toxic relationship is more damaging than being on your own.
I'm Hitika Bhatia, Principal Clinician at Blossoming Minds Therapy, providing Psychosynthesis psychodynamic psychotherapy which emphasizes the integration of different aspects of the self. This approach is beneficial if you are seeking to explore how your past experiences impact your current relationships. This can lead to improved communication, and stronger connections with self, and others. Exploring difficult emotions in a safe, and supportive environment can help people reduce stress. By exploring unconscious thoughts, and emotions, people may find new sources of inspiration, and increase creativity.
I'm Hitika Bhatia, Principal Clinician at Blossoming Minds Therapy, providing Psychosynthesis psychodynamic psychotherapy which emphasizes the integration of different aspects of the self. This approach is beneficial if you are seeking to explore how your past experiences impact your current relationships. This can lead to improved communication, and stronger connections with self, and others. Exploring difficult emotions in a safe, and supportive environment can help people reduce stress. By exploring unconscious thoughts, and emotions, people may find new sources of inspiration, and increase creativity.
Valerie has worked as a Psychologist for over 30 years. She has a caring, compassionate, respectful and non-judgemental approach. She supports and helps empower clients to navigate and grow through life's inevitable challenges, particularly important during our current strained times.
Valerie has worked as a Psychologist for over 30 years. She has a caring, compassionate, respectful and non-judgemental approach. She supports and helps empower clients to navigate and grow through life's inevitable challenges, particularly important during our current strained times.
It’s important to feel understood! As your therapist, I provide the space you deserve to process, navigate and meet challenges as you talk openly about your experiences. With a relationship based on trust, acceptance and warmth, we will work collaboratively to build resources, enabling you to feel validated and challenged as you explore interpersonal issues, anxiety, life challenges, trauma and more to gain empowerment and insight into your situation.
It’s important to feel understood! As your therapist, I provide the space you deserve to process, navigate and meet challenges as you talk openly about your experiences. With a relationship based on trust, acceptance and warmth, we will work collaboratively to build resources, enabling you to feel validated and challenged as you explore interpersonal issues, anxiety, life challenges, trauma and more to gain empowerment and insight into your situation.
I specialise in working with neurodivergent individuals, with experience across the lifespan. I've offer both therapy and diagnostic assessments in this space (including Autism, ADHD, learning difficulties, cognitive assessments and more). I offer therapy for a range of presentations such as Trauma and C-PTSD, Anxiety Disorders, OCD, Depression and Adjustment, anger management, masking and navigating late diagnosis, support for executive functioning skills, boundary setting, self-esteem and identity exploration, parenting and emotional regulation support, school refusal (“school can’t”).
I specialise in working with neurodivergent individuals, with experience across the lifespan. I've offer both therapy and diagnostic assessments in this space (including Autism, ADHD, learning difficulties, cognitive assessments and more). I offer therapy for a range of presentations such as Trauma and C-PTSD, Anxiety Disorders, OCD, Depression and Adjustment, anger management, masking and navigating late diagnosis, support for executive functioning skills, boundary setting, self-esteem and identity exploration, parenting and emotional regulation support, school refusal (“school can’t”).
At Anima Hub, we believe therapy is more than just conversation—it’s about creating a space where you feel heard, understood, and empowered to make meaningful changes. Our approach is grounded in evidence-based practices, tailored to your unique needs, and designed to help you navigate life’s challenges with clarity and confidence.
At Anima Hub, we believe therapy is more than just conversation—it’s about creating a space where you feel heard, understood, and empowered to make meaningful changes. Our approach is grounded in evidence-based practices, tailored to your unique needs, and designed to help you navigate life’s challenges with clarity and confidence.
David focusses on helping clients being "transformed by the renewing of their minds" using EMDR & Schema Therapy in a sensitive, person-centred approach that is practical and holistic and targets deep thinking patterns, including their roots in early experiences, including trauma.
Supervision for Clinical Registrars and provisionally/registered psychologists. Clients who have Christianity central to their identity and seeking to grow and thrive in the face of anxiety, depression, grief and trauma, in order to live "life to the full" by integrating their faith in the therapeutic experience.
David focusses on helping clients being "transformed by the renewing of their minds" using EMDR & Schema Therapy in a sensitive, person-centred approach that is practical and holistic and targets deep thinking patterns, including their roots in early experiences, including trauma.
Supervision for Clinical Registrars and provisionally/registered psychologists. Clients who have Christianity central to their identity and seeking to grow and thrive in the face of anxiety, depression, grief and trauma, in order to live "life to the full" by integrating their faith in the therapeutic experience.
Greg's clinical approach draws from a number of modalities and evidence based therapies, especially Schema Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
Greg Barker is a compassionate and genuine Clinical Psychologist with more than 20 years of clinical experience across public hospital, community mental health, and forensic settings. Greg provides psychological therapy and interventions for both general as well as complex mental health problems. He works with clients experiencing difficulties in areas such as depression, anxiety, psychoses, complicated grief, trauma and complex-PTSD, eating disorders, and personality disorders. He also provides therapy to adults with diagnoses of autism and ADHD. Greg works with adults of all ages.
Greg's clinical approach draws from a number of modalities and evidence based therapies, especially Schema Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
Greg Barker is a compassionate and genuine Clinical Psychologist with more than 20 years of clinical experience across public hospital, community mental health, and forensic settings. Greg provides psychological therapy and interventions for both general as well as complex mental health problems. He works with clients experiencing difficulties in areas such as depression, anxiety, psychoses, complicated grief, trauma and complex-PTSD, eating disorders, and personality disorders. He also provides therapy to adults with diagnoses of autism and ADHD. Greg works with adults of all ages.
Tony Monaghan
Psychologist, MPsych, Australian Association of Psychologists - Member
Norwest, NSW 2153
In the same way that you see a GP for physical illness, a physio for muscular problems, a psychologist can help with mental, emotional and situational problems. You have a safe place to talk about things. You are not alone, and what you face is often faced by others. When you don’t know what else to do, we can help you find safety, and ease the pain - of anxiety, depression, relationships, grief, and career. We can also get to the root cause, to end spiralling, to end the back and forth. We can meet face to face in Norwest or by Zoom. Access to medicare benefits for mental health plans are available.
In the same way that you see a GP for physical illness, a physio for muscular problems, a psychologist can help with mental, emotional and situational problems. You have a safe place to talk about things. You are not alone, and what you face is often faced by others. When you don’t know what else to do, we can help you find safety, and ease the pain - of anxiety, depression, relationships, grief, and career. We can also get to the root cause, to end spiralling, to end the back and forth. We can meet face to face in Norwest or by Zoom. Access to medicare benefits for mental health plans are available.
I’m a Clinical Psychologist with a strong focus on stress, anxiety, and nervous system regulation. I offer the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), a gentle, evidence-based intervention that uses specially filtered music to support calming of the nervous system and improved emotional regulation. SSP can help reduce anxiety, overwhelm, and reactivity. I deliver SSP in a trauma-informed, carefully paced way, with ongoing support to ensure the process feels safe, contained, and tailored to your needs.
I’m a Clinical Psychologist with a strong focus on stress, anxiety, and nervous system regulation. I offer the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), a gentle, evidence-based intervention that uses specially filtered music to support calming of the nervous system and improved emotional regulation. SSP can help reduce anxiety, overwhelm, and reactivity. I deliver SSP in a trauma-informed, carefully paced way, with ongoing support to ensure the process feels safe, contained, and tailored to your needs.
Nearby Schema Therapy Searches for Westmead
- Auburn
- Baulkham Hills
- Bella Vista
- Blacktown
- Carlingford
- Granville
- North Rocks
- Northmead
- Norwest
- Parramatta
- Seven Hills
- Winston Hills
Schema Therapy
How does schema therapy work?
Schema therapy is based on the idea that maladaptive thought patterns formed in childhood—that other people can never be relied on, for example—can interfere with healthy functioning in adulthood. Accordingly, schema therapy works by directly targeting such unhealthy schemas, identifying their consequences, and replacing them with more adaptive ways of thinking. To this end, schema therapists aim to “reparent” the client by offering what they didn’t get in childhood—validation, for instance, or compassion—to reorient their worldview.
Is schema therapy evidence-based?
Schema therapy is still considered relatively new, and research on its efficacy is still in progress. However, some studies have concluded that it can be effective at treating certain mental health conditions, most notably personality disorders such as borderline personality disorder. Evidence for its efficacy in treating conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, and OCD is promising but less conclusive, and experts warn that much of the existing research is of low quality.
Is schema therapy a type of CBT?
Schema therapy is based on many principles of CBT, most notably the process of recognising and challenging maladaptive thought patterns. But because schema therapy also draws from other approaches,including psychoanalysis and Gestalt therapy, it is not considered a form of CBT. It also typically delves deeper into the client’s childhood than does CBT.
How does schema therapy work?
Schema therapy does not call for a set number of sessions and is instead open-ended, with the treatment timeline depending on the client’s primary concern(s), progress, and preferences. Treatment that lasts between six months and two years is common, though many clients will start to see progress much earlier than that.