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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?
