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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.
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Understanding Preconceived Notions
Alcohol’s Effects on Personality and Behavioral Health
Why Do I Like Being Abused?
Will I Ever Feel Normal?
Smoking Fetish- Looking For Help
Spitting Behavior
Spitting Four Year Old Boy
Strange Sexual Fantasies
Too Much Time Doing Homework
Trying To Reconnect With My Ex
OCD- No Feeling
Don’t Blame The Mentally Ill: Tragedy At Virginia Tech
Compassion Vs. Empathy
Can You Really Multitask?
Holiday Coping With ADHD Children
Be Careful About What You Read Online
The Psychological Importance Of Gratitude And Gratefulness
Optimism Bias, Ignoring Warning Signs
Psychotherapy Vs. Medication For Depression, Anxiety And Other Mental Illnesses
The Problem Of Children And Blended Families
Sports, Fans And Stress
Are You Self-Blaming And Self-Critical?
Of Mountains And Molehills And Worry
The Narcissist Versus The Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Relationships And The Meaning Of Courage
What Is Meant By The Self?
Sociopath Next Door
Paranoia And Conspiracy Theories
The Difference Between Grief And Depression, The DSM V
Journaling And Mental Health
Sadistic Personality Disorder: The Cleveland Tragedy
Marriage And “That Seven Year Itch”
When Fear Keeps Kids From School, School Phobia
The Family: Its Stories And Myths
The Optimist Vs. The Pessimist
Depression And Learned Helplessness
Acceptable, Cute Aggression
The Helicopter Parent And The Dangers Of Over Protecting
Trauma: Complex PTSD
Stress And The Older Adult
Friending And Unfriending On Facebook
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?