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Dr. Allan Schwartz, Ph.D.
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Dr. Allan Schwartz, LCSW, Ph.D., is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of private practice experience. He is licensed in Colorado (#127) and New York (#R039535). He earned his MSW from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work in 1988 and his Ph.D. from the Ferkauf Graduate School in 1976, both at Yeshiva University in New York City. In 1992, he became a Certified Psychoanalyst after completing training at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP).
Before transitioning to full-time private practice, he gained extensive clinical experience at Bronx Lebanon Hospital’s Outpatient Psychiatry Department, F.E.G.S., the Continuing Day Treatment Program for Chronically Mentally Ill Patients, and the Geriatric Center’s Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Department at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center. Now based in Boulder, Colorado, and Southwest Florida, Dr. Schwartz writes about psychotherapy.
Education
Wurzweiler School of Social Work
Master of Social Work (MSW), Social Work
1988
References
Dr. Allan N. Schwartz, Ph.D. Boulder Psychotherapy Institute.
Dr. Allan N. Schwartz, Ph.D. Credible Mind.
Authored
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Coping with Anhedonia
Unwanted and Intrusive Thoughts
Sudden Separations in Marriages
Triggers of Suicidal Behavior
Physical Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder
Assessing Cognitive Abilities
How Resentment Harms Mental Health
Men’s Mental Health and Stigma
How Borderline Personality Disorder Affects Family Dynamics
Understanding Complicated Grief
Understanding Compulsive Shopping Disorder
Dual Diagnosis Explained
The Causes of ADHD
Body Rhythms and Bipolar Disorder
Social Health and Aging
Snapping Over Little Things!
Understanding Preconceived Notions
Alcohol’s Effects on Behavioral Health
The Impact of Music on Mental Health
Why Do I Like Being Abused?
Will I Ever Feel Normal?
Understanding Criticism
Don’t Blame The Mentally Ill: Tragedy At Virginia Tech
Can You Really Multitask?
Holiday Coping With ADHD Children
Be Careful About What You Read Online
Optimism Bias, Ignoring Warning Signs
Of Mountains And Molehills And Worry
Sociopath Next Door
Acceptable, Cute Aggression
It’s Called Onychophagia Or Nail Biting
A Pesky Problem With 12 Step Programs
On Aging And Turning 70
Human Behavior, My Brain Made Me Do It?
Is My Depression Contagious?
Buried Alive: Saving, Collecting And Hoarding
Some Comments On Belief, Religion And Mutual Respect
Pursuing A Job, Self-effacement Is Self Sabotage
Some Further Thoughts On Depression And Suicide
A Discussion Of Life, Ageing And The Denial Of Death
Did My Parents Care Too Much?
I Wish I Had An Illness…Mental Or Physical
On Superstitions
Some Reflections On Successful Marriages
I Found That Story Very “Touching”
No Slouching Here
Are We Too Materialistic?
Choosing To Be Childless, Is It Selfish?
A Discussion Of Disappointment
Some Questions About Helping Others?