The Art of Intimacy, The Pleasure of Passion

Upcoming Events

The Marriage Mastery Workshop

- A Relationship-Altering Experience!

- Interactive, Live Webconference

- 4 Wednesday evenings — 7:00-8:15 PM EST — May 8-29, 2013

- $124.00

Is your relationship as joyful as you'd like it to be?

Do you find yourself stuck in the same old arguments? Would you like to be validated by your partner and learn to communicate effectively?

Has your relationship lost its passion? Would you like to feel more emotional and physical intimacy?

If you've answered yes to any of these, the Marriage Mastery Workshop would be ideal for you.

All relationships are challenging – so learning the skills to navigate them is essential.

History, Algebra, and Chemistry are all required courses in our education. Regrettably, the most important coursework was left out – Relationships and Communication – and we all struggle as a result.

Recognized as a leading thinker and innovator in the field, Mel Schwartz, a psychotherapist, marriage counselor, and the author of the widely acclaimed book The Art of Intimacy, The Pleasure of Passion, has dedicated his career to helping people overcome relationship challenges.

The Marriage Mastery Workshop enables you to not merely survive but to thrive in your relations.

The Marriage Mastery workshop, developed and facilitated by Mel, is a transformative experience, informed by years of his pioneering work as a noted marriage counselor.

Join us in an interactive, online setting with other likeminded individuals and couples as Mel shares and illuminates his unique insights and innovative techniques for enlightening your relationships.

You do not need to be married to take this course. In fact, it is recommended for anyone in or seeking a relationship.

If you’d like to make the commitment to your relationship and yourself – toward prospering in your life – then join Mel in the upcoming Marriage Mastery Workshop.

Participate in this exceptional opportunity and learn to:

Break free from the old arguments
Communicate with clarity and compassion
Achieve the skills of empathic listening
Re-create passion
Develop a shared vision
Learn how to experience genuine emotional and verbal intimacy
Become best friends and lovers

The Marriage Mastery Workshop costs $124.00 and will be held online on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:15 PM EST. It lasts from May 8th - May 29th, 2013 (four weeks).

The course fee includes live interaction with Mel and other participants over the course of four sessions, access to archived workshops, and a complimentary copy of The Art of Intimacy, The Pleasure of Passion.

The workshop is hosted by GoToMeeting.com, and registration is limited. All workshops take place online and can be accessed from the comfort and privacy of your home. If you’re unable to attend a session at the appointed time, you can access the archived video (learn more here).

To read Mel's articles on relationships, please visit his blog, A Shift of Mind, as well as "Creating Resilient Relationships" and "Why We Struggle in Our Relationships."

Watch Mel introduce the Marraige Mastery Workshop in the video below:

Please visit the Webconferences page to learn how the Marraige Mastery Workshop offer works.

Or for further information, call 203.227.5010 or email Mel at Mel@Melschwartz.com.

To securely register through paypal, click below:

Private sessions are also available.

Mel Schwartz LCSW, Mphil is a psychotherapist, marriage counselor, executive coach and seminar leader. He is the author of The Art of Intimacy, The Pleasure of Passion and the forthcoming A Shift of Mind. He earned his graduate degree from Columbia University and has been a keynote speaker at Yale University. Mel has written over 100 articles on the topics of relationships and consciousness, and he is the founder of the Emergent Thinking process — a landmark approach to personal evolution. His practice is in Westport, CT

Watch Mel discuss marriage on CBS News

Past Events Have Included:

A Shift of Mind
A 7-week course based upon the forthcoming book

Rethinking the Way We Think

Reframing the Way We Live

Re-envisioning the Way We Relate

Tuesdays, 7:30-9pm - starting April 26, 2011

Westport, CT, location TBA

Mel’s blog – A Shift of Mind – has been read by hundreds of thousands of people and has evolved into a book by the same name. This course presents an opportunity to learn the many breakthrough insights and innovative skills that Mel integrates into his therapy approach.

Mel distills many of the fascinating discoveries from the emerging worldview into practical, everyday lessons for living more mindfully, more peacefully and more joyfully.

Join us and learn to:

Develop a mastery of thinking

Communicate with clarity and confidence

Move past limiting & false beliefs

Create resilient and connected relationships

Actualize to your fullest potential

Overcome your struggles with anxiety & depression

Communicating with Confidence and Clarity A 6-week workshop

Sec. A: Thursdays, 11am-12:30pm - starting March 24th, 2011
Sec. B: Tuesdays, 7:30pm-9:00pm - starting March 22nd, 2011

Westport, CT, location TBA

Ineffective communication greatly impedes our relationships, happiness and success.

Arguments become stuck and visions go unfulfilled.

Successful communicating is an essential for a life well lived.

Take this opportunity to achieve the insights and skills necessary to live to your potential.

You will learn how to:

Express yourself authentically — without fear

Get past the argument and be heard

Speak without concern of judgment

Suspend your reactions and learn to listen

Achieve a mastery of your thinking process

Articulate with clarity and confidence

With a Shift of Mind…
Your Life Emerges

The Emergent Thinking Course

Tuesdays: 7:30-9:00pm - starting January 26th, 2010 (6 weeks)
Westport Location, TBA

The Emergent Thinking course is a dynamic learning experience, in which psychotherapist and author, Mel Schwartz shares his breakthrough approach to personal evolution.

He integrates many of the remarkable discoveries from the emerging sciences into a practical everyday approach for becoming unstuck and living to your fullest potential.

This promises to be a life-altering experience!

Join us and learn to:

Develop powerful mastery of thought and communication skills
Transcend issues of anxiety, depression, fear and existential struggle
Attain new levels of confidence and learn to release fearful thinking
Break free from the habitual replay of old thoughts, feelings and habits
Enhance your intellectual intuition and learn to utilize synchronicity
Liberate your relationships from old patterns

In traditional psychotherapy we may spend many years exploring the causes of our struggles, looking backward in a reductive way. Yet, we still struggle to change, if not transform our lives. We long to get unstuck from our habitual patterns.

Mainstream therapy is stuck as well, in a paradigm of outmoded science based upon objectivity and causality. This worldview encumbers our lives, demoralizes our souls and creates disempowerment and fear.

The problem is not what we think, but how we think. If we long for change, and better still, transformation, we need to learn to think in an emergent manner. Emergent Thinking enables us the mastery to live more joyfully and creatively.

For fees, registration and additional info contact Mel at Mel@Melschwartz.com or 203.227.5010.

Lecture: The Power of Mind,
An Introduction to Emergent Thinking
October 2, 2009 • 8:00 pm • $15.00
Temenos Institute Westport CT

This evening Mel Schwartz, a visionary thinker, psychotherapist and author will share his groundbreaking new work about transforming the mind. He distills many of the remarkable discoveries from the emerging sciences and integrates them into a simple, practical model for personal evolution.

Mel will reveal his singular approach to:

Overcome anxiety, distress and fear
Enliven your relationships
Liberate yourself from the groove of old thinking
Live a masterful life
Turn your mind into your ally

For additional info please call 203.227.5010 or email Mel@ melschwartz.com.

Unleash the Power of your Mind
The Emergent Thinking® Class
Tuesdays, 7:30-9pm • Starting Sep. 22nd (8 weeks)
Westport CT

The Emergent Thinking class is a dynamic learning experience, in which Mel Schwartz shares his breakthrough approach to personal transformation. He integrates many of the remarkable discoveries from the emerging sciences into a practical everyday approach for harnessing change and living mindfully.

This class promises to be a life-altering experience!

Join us and learn to:

Develop a powerful mastery of thought and communication skills
Transcend issues of anxiety, depression, fear and existential struggle
Attain new levels of confidence and learn to release fearful thinking
Break free from habitual replay of old thoughts, feelings and habits
Enhance your intellectual intuition and learn to utilize synchronicity
Liberate your relationships from old patterns

The Emergent Thinking process has literally transformed my thinking and my life!
–Stan Crouch, Investment Banker

Mel is a brilliant thinker and teacher. His work with me has sparked insights and changes that I never would have imagined possible.
–Patty Bernhard, Teacher

Mel Schwartz' Emergent Thinking Process galvanized profound changes in my life.
–Helen Smith, Educator and Trainer

In traditional psychotherapy we may spend many years exploring the causes of our struggles, looking backward in a reductive way. Yet, we still struggle to change, if not transform our lives. We long to get unstuck from our habitual patterns. Mainstream therapy is stuck as well, in a paradigm of outmoded science based upon objectivity and causality. This worldview encumbers our lives, demoralizes our souls and creates disempowerment and fear. The problem is not what we think, but how we think. If we long for change, and better still, transformation, we need to learn to think in an emergent manner. Emergent Thinking enables us the mastery to live more joyfully and creatively.

For fees, registration and additional info please call 203.227.5010
or email Mel@ melschwartz.com. Limited Seating.

Overcoming Anxiety and Depression A Six Week Class
Group meets Monday nights, starting May 11th, 7:30-9:00pm
Westport CT

Depression and anxiety have reached epidemic proportions in our culture. Untold millions of people search for help; in traditional psychotherapy and/or drugs. Yet, most of them still struggle. There is a misinformed belief among many professionals that the best you can do with anxiety and depression is to manage it.

This belief is limiting, self-fulfilling and damaging. Groundbreaking psychotherapist, Mel Schwartz lays this myth to rest as he shares his unique approach to overcoming anxiety and depression. He is the founder of the Emergent Thinking^® process, as seen on NBC and to be featured in Business Week.

This group will help you to:

See how your operating beliefs limit your life experience
Break free from the groove of old thought and emotions
Experience the unlimited potentiality of your life
End the relentless measuring of your thoughts
Turn your mind into your ally
Live a fully participatory and creative life, without fear

For further details, dates and fees please call 203.227.5010
or email Mel@ melschwartz.com

The Power of Mind: Overcoming the
Epidemic of Anxiety and Depression
Tuesday, June 9th, 7:30pm
NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South,
Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th floor
Limited seating. Pre-register: $25, Door $30

Depression and anxiety have reached epidemic proportions, only made worse by the financial meltdown. Tens of millions of people search for help; with traditional psychotherapy and/or drugs. Yet, most of us still struggle. Many professionals incorrectly believe that the best you can do with anxiety and depression is to manage it.

This belief is limiting, self-fulfilling and damaging. Groundbreaking psychotherapist, Mel Schwartz lays this myth to rest as he shares his unique method in overcoming anxiety and depression.

View The Power of Mind web page.

For further information and to register email Mel@melschwartz.com.

Is your relationship as joyful as you'd like it to be?

Do you find yourself stuck in the same old arguments? Would you like to be validated by your partner and learn to communicate effectively?

Has your relationship lost its passion? Would you like to feel more emotional and physical intimacy?

If you've answered yes to any of these, the Marriage Mastery Workshop would be ideal for you.

All relationships are challenging – so learning the skills to navigate them is essential.

History, Algebra, and Chemistry are all required courses in our education. Regrettably, the most important coursework was left out – Relationships and Communication – and we all struggle as a result.

Recognized as a leading thinker and innovator in the field, Mel Schwartz, a psychotherapist, marriage counselor, and the author of the widely acclaimed book The Art of Intimacy, The Pleasure of Passion, has dedicated his career to helping people overcome relationship challenges.

The Marriage Mastery Workshop enables you to not merely survive but to thrive in your relations.

The Marriage Mastery workshop, developed and facilitated by Mel, is a transformative experience, informed by years of his pioneering work as a noted marriage counselor.

Join us in an interactive, online setting with other likeminded individuals and couples as Mel shares and illuminates his unique insights and innovative techniques for enlightening your relationships.

You do not need to be married to take this course. In fact, it is recommended for anyone in or seeking a relationship.

If you’d like to make the commitment to your relationship and yourself – toward prospering in your life – then join Mel in the upcoming Marriage Mastery Workshop.

Participate in this exceptional opportunity and learn to:

Break free from the old arguments

Communicate with clarity and compassion

Achieve the skills of empathic listening

Re-create passion

Develop a shared vision

Learn how to experience genuine emotional and verbal intimacy

Become best friends and lovers

The Marriage Mastery Workshop costs $124.00 and will be held online on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:15 PM EST. It lasts from May 8th - May 29th, 2013 (four weeks).

The course fee includes live interaction with Mel and other participants over the course of four sessions, access to archived workshops, and a complimentary copy of The Art of Intimacy, The Pleasure of Passion.

The workshop is hosted by GoToMeeting.com, and registration is limited. All workshops take place online and can be accessed from the comfort and privacy of your home. If you’re unable to attend a session at the appointed time, you can access the archived video (learn more here).

To read Mel's articles on relationships, please visit his blog, A Shift of Mind, as well as "Creating Resilient Relationships" and "Why We Struggle in Our Relationships."

Watch Mel introduce the Marraige Mastery Workshop in the video below:

Please visit the Webconferences page to learn how the Marraige Mastery Workshop offer works. Or for further information, call 203.227.5010 or email Mel at Mel@Melschwartz.com. To securely register through paypal, click below:

Private sessions are also available.

Watch Mel discuss marriage on CBS News

Past Events Have Included:

A Shift of Mind A 7-week course based upon the forthcoming book Rethinking the Way We Think Reframing the Way We Live Re-envisioning the Way We Relate Tuesdays, 7:30-9pm - starting April 26, 2011 Westport, CT, location TBA

Mel’s blog – A Shift of Mind – has been read by hundreds of thousands of people and has evolved into a book by the same name. This course presents an opportunity to learn the many breakthrough insights and innovative skills that Mel integrates into his therapy approach.

Mel distills many of the fascinating discoveries from the emerging worldview into practical, everyday lessons for living more mindfully, more peacefully and more joyfully.

Join us and learn to: Develop a mastery of thinking Communicate with clarity and confidence Move past limiting & false beliefs Create resilient and connected relationships Actualize to your fullest potential Overcome your struggles with anxiety & depression

Communicating with Confidence and Clarity A 6-week workshop Sec. A: Thursdays, 11am-12:30pm - starting March 24th, 2011 Sec. B: Tuesdays, 7:30pm-9:00pm - starting March 22nd, 2011 Westport, CT, location TBA

Ineffective communication greatly impedes our relationships, happiness and success.

Arguments become stuck and visions go unfulfilled.

Successful communicating is an essential for a life well lived.

Take this opportunity to achieve the insights and skills necessary to live to your potential.

You will learn how to: Express yourself authentically — without fear Get past the argument and be heard Speak without concern of judgment Suspend your reactions and learn to listen Achieve a mastery of your thinking process Articulate with clarity and confidence

The Emergent Thinking course is a dynamic learning experience, in which psychotherapist and author, Mel Schwartz shares his breakthrough approach to personal evolution.

He integrates many of the remarkable discoveries from the emerging sciences into a practical everyday approach for becoming unstuck and living to your fullest potential.

This promises to be a life-altering experience!

Join us and learn to:

In traditional psychotherapy we may spend many years exploring the causes of our struggles, looking backward in a reductive way. Yet, we still struggle to change, if not transform our lives. We long to get unstuck from our habitual patterns.

Mainstream therapy is stuck as well, in a paradigm of outmoded science based upon objectivity and causality. This worldview encumbers our lives, demoralizes our souls and creates disempowerment and fear.

The problem is not what we think, but how we think. If we long for change, and better still, transformation, we need to learn to think in an emergent manner. Emergent Thinking enables us the mastery to live more joyfully and creatively.

This evening Mel Schwartz, a visionary thinker, psychotherapist and author will share his groundbreaking new work about transforming the mind. He distills many of the remarkable discoveries from the emerging sciences and integrates them into a simple, practical model for personal evolution.

Mel will reveal his singular approach to:

The Emergent Thinking class is a dynamic learning experience, in which Mel Schwartz shares his breakthrough approach to personal transformation. He integrates many of the remarkable discoveries from the emerging sciences into a practical everyday approach for harnessing change and living mindfully.

This class promises to be a life-altering experience!

Join us and learn to:

The Emergent Thinking process has literally transformed my thinking and my life! –Stan Crouch, Investment Banker

Mel is a brilliant thinker and teacher. His work with me has sparked insights and changes that I never would have imagined possible. –Patty Bernhard, Teacher

Mel Schwartz' Emergent Thinking Process galvanized profound changes in my life. –Helen Smith, Educator and Trainer

This belief is limiting, self-fulfilling and damaging. Groundbreaking psychotherapist, Mel Schwartz lays this myth to rest as he shares his unique approach to overcoming anxiety and depression. He is the founder of the Emergent Thinking® process, as seen on NBC and to be featured in Business Week.

This group will help you to:

This belief is limiting, self-fulfilling and damaging. Groundbreaking psychotherapist, Mel Schwartz lays this myth to rest as he shares his unique method in overcoming anxiety and depression.

View The Power of Mind web page.

For further information and to register email Mel@melschwartz.com.

Please visit the Webconferences page to learn how the Marraige Mastery Workshop offer works.

Or for further information, call 203.227.5010 or email Mel at Mel@Melschwartz.com.

To securely register through paypal, click below:

A Shift of Mind
A 7-week course based upon the forthcoming book

Rethinking the Way We Think

Reframing the Way We Live

Re-envisioning the Way We Relate

Tuesdays, 7:30-9pm - starting April 26, 2011

Westport, CT, location TBA

Join us and learn to:

Develop a mastery of thinking

Communicate with clarity and confidence

Move past limiting & false beliefs

Create resilient and connected relationships

Actualize to your fullest potential

Overcome your struggles with anxiety & depression

Communicating with Confidence and Clarity A 6-week workshop

Sec. A: Thursdays, 11am-12:30pm - starting March 24th, 2011
Sec. B: Tuesdays, 7:30pm-9:00pm - starting March 22nd, 2011

Westport, CT, location TBA

You will learn how to:

Express yourself authentically — without fear

Get past the argument and be heard

Speak without concern of judgment

Suspend your reactions and learn to listen

Achieve a mastery of your thinking process

Articulate with clarity and confidence

The Emergent Thinking process has literally transformed my thinking and my life!
–Stan Crouch, Investment Banker

Mel is a brilliant thinker and teacher. His work with me has sparked insights and changes that I never would have imagined possible.
–Patty Bernhard, Teacher

Mel Schwartz' Emergent Thinking Process galvanized profound changes in my life.
–Helen Smith, Educator and Trainer