Mel Schwartz

Mel Schwartz is an American psychotherapist, speaker, and author. He is one of the first contemporary psychotherapists to distill the principles of quantum physics into a psychotherapeutic approach to assist people to live to their fullest potential.[2]

Mel Schwartz
EducationColumbia University [1]
Known for"The Possibility Principle: How Quantum Physics Can Improve the Way You Think, Live, and Love" The Art of Intimacy, the Pleasure of Passion
Medical career
ProfessionPsychotherapist
Sub-specialtiesRelationship
ResearchRelationship

Schwartz earned his MSW from Columbia University and MPhil from Lancaster University, in England.[3] His latest book, The Possibility Principle: How Quantum Physics Can Improve the Way You Think, Live and Love (2017), has received praise from best-selling authors, including Larry Dossey, Caroline Myss, Marilyn Schlitz, and Stanley Krippner.[4] Schwartz's TEDx Beacon Street talk, How to Overcome Anxiety in 7 Minutes, looks at how our need to seek certainty results in anxiety and how we can transcend this affliction.[5][6]

Dr. Howard Polsky, of Columbia University, has called Schwartz's earlier book, The Art of Intimacy, the Pleasure of Passion (1998), the most important book “to be read about the journey to happiness,”[7] while Dr. Peter Breggin has labeled Mel "a brilliant philosopher of science and psychology," who "brings Emergent Thinking to everything, from how we envision the physical universe to how we can improve our lives and our marriages."[8]

Schwartz has gained recognition for his methodology toward a mastery of thinking, in which he helps individuals free themselves from the habitual beliefs and thoughts that have constrained their lives. This approach enables people to overcome anxiety and depression without medication.[9]

Mel is a member of the Society for Consciousness Studies and has spoken at Yale University, among other venues, on his methods.[10] Dr. David Loy, an expert on Japanese Zen Buddhism, has praised Mel for his contributions to the field of contemporary psychotherapy and non-duality.[11] Schwartz has established an approach to fostering resilient relationships based upon themes he postulated in his books and many articles that view relationships through the filter of quantum inseparability.[12] He has written over 100 articles read by over 1.5 million people.[13] Schwartz trains and supervises therapists in his methodology, Trans-Cognitive Therapy, most recently at the 2017 annual CTAMFT Conference.[14]

Schwartz has proposed that the mental health community reconsider the nature of DSM diagnosis. He maintains that we should not conflate a diagnosis as being a literal “real” thing but merely as a description of what we think we see. He notes that our tendency to think in this manner is akin to reification.[15] His article Diagnosis Disorder articulates this thesis.[16] Schwartz suggests that much of the epidemic rate of mental health diagnoses, particularly anxiety and depression, are suggestive of living from an incoherent worldview.[17][18]

References
  1. http://melschwartz.com/about
  2. "The Possibility Principle: How Quantum Physics Can Improve the Way You Think, Live, and Love by Mel Schwartz - Sounds True - New Titles - The London Book Fair". www.londonbookfair.co.uk. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. "Mel Schwartz, Psychotherapist and Author". Mel Schwartz | Psychotherapist, Author, Speaker | Westport, CT. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  4. Schwartz, Mel (1 September 2017). The Possibility Principle: How Quantum Physics Can Improve the Way You Think, Live, and Love. Sounds True. ISBN 9781622038633.
  5. "Overcome Anxiety in 7 Minutes". Overcome Anxiety in 7 Minutes | Mel Schwartz | TEDxBeaconStreet. YouTube. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. "Mel Schwartz - Speaker Bio". TEDx Beacon Street. TEDx Beacon Street. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  7. Schwartz, Mel (1 September 1999). The Art of Intimacy, The Pleasure of Passion (First ed.). Chappaqua, N.Y.: Quantum Press. ISBN 9780967011707.
  8. "The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour – A Shift of Mind Read" http://prn.fm/2013/05/22/the-dr-peter-breggin-hour-a-shift-of-mind-052213/#axzz2X9GunSRS
  9. Tiger 21 - Presenter Mel Schwartz, Founder, Emergent Thinking https://tiger21.com/presenter-bio/1312
  10. "Consciousness at Yale 2017". Consciousness Congference at Yale 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  11. "The Nonduality of Good and Evil: Buddhist Reflections on the New Holy War" "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "A Shift of Mind Blog". Mel Schwartz | Psychotherapist, Author, Speaker | Westport, CT. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  13. "A Shift of Mind". Psychology Today. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  14. "American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy - Connecticut Division - Events". www.ctamft.org. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  15. Maisel, Eric (16 December 2011). Rethinking Depression: How to Shed Mental Health Labels and Create Personal Meaning. New World Library. ISBN 9781608680214.
  16. "Diagnosis Disorder | Mel Schwartz". Mel Schwartz | Psychotherapist, Author, Speaker | Westport, CT. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  17. "Rethinking Anxiety | Mel Schwartz". Mel Schwartz | Psychotherapist, Author, Speaker | Westport, CT. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  18. "Millennials are helping to end depression's stigma". Salon. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

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