Schema Therapy Training
Reimagined for a modern world
Whether you're pursuing Schema Therapy accreditation or looking to deepen your understanding, our experiential workshops are here to support you.
We offer real-world tools and a supportive community to help you grow.
We believe that effective training goes beyond technical competence. It should offer a respectful, trauma-informed, and empowering learning experience where diversity, inclusivity, and authenticity are welcomed. Therapists deserve spaces to grow with integrity, both personally and professionally.
Grounded in Schema Therapy’s core concept of Limited Reparenting, our training models the therapeutic relationship as a space of nurturance and of safety.
SchemX offers inclusive, small-group workshops that bring Schema Therapy into the modern world.
Our programs are shaped by cultural awareness and a deep commitment to human connection.
Meet the Team
SchemX began when Xi and Nicole met at the 2022 International Society for Schema Therapy Conference in Copenhagen. They shared a commitment to making Schema Therapy more inclusive and responsive to culture, society, and the world around us.
Dr Xi Liu
Clinical Psychologist, Advanced Schema Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer.
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Xi (they/them) is a Sydney-based Clinical Psychologist, internationally recognized for their leadership in Telehealth and LGBTQIA+ mental health. Xi completed their Advanced Schema Therapy accreditation at the New York Institute with founder Dr. Jeffrey Young and narcissism expert Wendy Behary. They are an Advanced Accredited Schema Therapist, affectionately known as the “Grandma of Chinese Schema Therapy” for their pivotal role in mentoring and training clinicians across China and Hong Kong.
Xi integrates intersectional, queer, feminist, and neurodivergent-affirming frameworks to address the cultural and systemic factors shaping mental health. Their work has been instrumental in adapting Schema Therapy for marginalized communities.
Passionate about advancing equity and inclusion in mental health, Xi uses creative arts to demystify therapy through academic writing, creative storytelling, and performance.
Dr Nicole Manktelow
Clinical Psychologist, Advanced Schema Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer.
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Nicole (she/her) registered as a psychologist in 1997. She has worked in various clinical settings and has spent most of her career working in regional locations where inequalities were often starkly visible.
Nicole brings critical queer, decolonial and feminist principles into her practice and has worked in the acute mental health community and inpatient settings with adults and adolescents, correctional settings and as Clinical Director for Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia. She is interested in critical and decolonising psychology and brings this to her practice, supervision and training. She also has an interest in psychodynamic therapy.
Nicole started her schema therapy journey in 2014. Nicole is excited to explore how schema therapy can incorporate social justice issues into the work. Nicole currently works in private practice, where she practices schema therapy and supervises clinicians seeking schema accreditation.
Our Services
Workshops
We offer Level 1 & 2 foundational workshops throughout Australia.
Accreditation
Whether you are interested in Standard or Advanced Schema Therapy accreditation, we can support you through the process.
Supervision
We offer Schema Therapy supervision as part of the accreditation program or as needed.