What Schema Informed Strategy actually is
Most performance advice treats pressure as something to push through. Schema Informed Strategy starts from a different premise: that the way any of us respond under pressure is shaped by patterns of thinking and behaviour built up over a lifetime — patterns that were often useful once, and that can now run quietly in the background of high-stakes decisions without anyone noticing they’re there.
My work draws on clinical psychology’s understanding of these patterns — often called schemas — and applies it to a non-clinical setting: executive performance, competitive sport, and high-stakes financial decision-making. The aim isn’t insight for its own sake. It’s identifying the specific pattern that’s shaping a specific decision, so it can be worked with deliberately rather than left to run on autopilot.
This is performance consultancy, not psychological treatment. It draws on psychological science; it isn’t therapy, and no therapeutic relationship is formed. If what you’re carrying is closer to a mental health concern than a performance one, Michael Player Psychology is the right place to start instead.