I help people to come out of the groove of old thinking and old behavior, enabling shifts of mind that move us forward. My work in relationships is at the core of my passion and I have developed an effective and solution oriented approach to relationship challenges. My book, The Art of Intimacy, The Pleasure of Passion has been most helpful to my clients.

I engage my clients in a compassionate and co-participatory way to help unfold clarity and change in their lives. I am very passionate about my work and devote all of my intellect, experience and caring to assist my clients.

I have written more than 70 articles and have a blog, A Shift of Mind.

In his practice, Mel works with individuals, couples and adolescents. He sees clients in his Westport, CT and NYC offices. Mel also offers telephone or video chat sessions for those who are out of the area, and can be reached at 203.227.5010 or at Mel@melschwartz.com

My practice expertise is focused in the following areas:
• Relationships
• Divorce
• Anxiety and Depression
• Self-esteem
• Career transitions
• Personal Growth

Theoretical Framework

Traditional psychotherapy is proficient at looking backward in a reductive and analytic way, trying to explain why we are who we have come to be. But it tends to fall short in addressing how we get there from here. And even more fundamentally, what "there" looks like.

The approach of mainstream psychotherapy is still based upon analysis, forever separating and dissecting. This perspective is not only outmoded, it constructs false realities and moreover, is antithetical to emotional and psychological healing.

This paradigm is stuck conceptually in notions of cause and effect and linear thinking. Such thinking deprives us of our participatory role in our wondrous universe. This approach is particularly limiting, if not harmful in the field of psychotherapy. It tends to treat people as objects to be analyzed and diagnosed, rather than as humans with whom the therapist can help co-create more meaningful lives.

 

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