Don’t miss this life-changing talk! Presented by Mel Schwartz, psychotherapist and founder of the Emergent Thinking® process as seen on CBS and NBC.
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.
Tuesday, June 9th, 7:30pm
NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South,
Rosenthal Pavilion, 10th floor
Pre-register: $25, Door $30
NYU students: $15, Door: $20
This talk will help you to begin 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
Limited seating—to reserve a seat
The Emergent Thinking process has literally transformed my thinking and my life!
–Stan Crouch, Investment BankerMel is a brilliant thinker and teacher. His work with me has sparked insights and changes that I never would have imagined possible.
–Patty Bernhard, TeacherMel Schwartz' Emergent Thinking Process galvanized profound changes in my life.
–Helen Smith, Educator and Trainer
Tips for overcoming anxiety and depression:
- Notice your thoughts—what are they telling you? Don't confuse your thoughts with being the truth. Our thouhgts and feelings tend to construct our reality. Learn to appreciate the difference.
- Upon witnessing your thought say to yourself—It's just a thought. Reframe your experience by saying—I'm having a thought which is telling me....
- Do your thoughts tend to measure and analyze? If so, witness the process but don't become the thoughts.
- Analyzing is a skill that is well utilized—but we must be master of it not servant to it.
- If you are judging yourself, are you speaking in the second person (starting your thoughts with the word, you)? If so, whose voice is speaking?
- Do you feel separated and isolated from others? If so, remember that the universe is inseparable. Choose to participate in that unfolding flow.
- Coming out of our comfort zone provokes disquiet. We must change our relationship with this anxiety. Make the disquiet your ally, treating is as a signal that you're breaking free from the familiar. Don't use discomfort as your justification for remaining stuck in the comfort zone.
To read Mel's articles on Anxiety and Depression
Change and Beyond. Click Here to meet Mel.
Mel Schwartz LCSW, M.Phil is a pioneering psychotherapist, visionary thinker and author. He is the founder of the Emergent Thinking® process, a landmark approach in personal transformation. Mel earned his graduate degree from Columbia University and has been a keynote speaker at Yale. Mel is the author of The Art of Intimacy, The Pleasure of Passion and is currently writing A Shift of Mind. He has authored more than 70 articles and writes a blog for Psychology Today. Mel has been interviewed by and quoted in The New York Times, Crains NY, The Economist.com, USA Today, The Daily News, Best Life Magazine and Men’s Health. He is in private practice in NYC and Westport, CT.
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