My approach to therapy is non-traditional in that I am proactive and focus more on change and transformation and less on reductive analysis and diagnosis.
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, solution-oriented approach to relationship challenges.
Theoretical Framework
Traditional psychotherapy is proficient at looking backward in an 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 rooted in diagnosis and the myth of objectivity. This perspective is not only outmoded, it removes the therapist from their participatory therapeutic role.
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.
Systems thinking, Jungian thought, psychodynamics, emerging sciences and complexity theory, among other fields of thought, have informed my therapeutic approaches and intellectual framework.
My practice expertise is focused in the following areas:
• Relationships
• Divorce
• Anxiety and Depression
• Self-esteem
• Career transitions
• Personal Growth
I work with individuals, couples and adolescents in Westport, C.T., NYC. I also work with clients both nationally and internationally by phone or Skype. I can be reached at 203.227.5010 or Mel@melschwartz.com
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