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About
As your therapist, I will treat you with respect and empathy. I am active, supportive and nonjudgmental. People experience me as warm, easy to talk to, and responsive with a good sense of humor. I treat individuals and couples especially those seeking help with overcoming childhood trauma, ACOA, depression, anxiety, low elf esteem, problems related to aging and LGBTQ issues. I enjoy being part of a relationship in which there is growth and healing. I have grown a lot both as patient and therapist. I have also taught at several institutes and offer supervision in relational psychodynamic psychotherapy.
My primary training is in relational self psychology which taught me the importance of creating a reliable and understanding relational home for the person to bring their hopes and their hurts. I enjoy working with dreams and other creative outlets. I am a member of the LGBTQ community and was clinical director of SAGE.
Having studied many modalities, I am able to tailor interventions to needs of the client. I began my career with psychodrama and Gestalt working in private practice and in-patient psychiatric. I then studied psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy. Recently, I have focused on trauma and included body centered modalities: Somatic Experiencing and SensoriMotor psychotherapy.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Michele Schwartz now - (646) 845-0949
Finances
Pay By:
Cash, Check
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Medicare
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- License: New York / PR025351-1
- School: SensoriMotor Psychotherapy Institute
- Year Graduated: 2014
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: New York State Dept. of Education / Lic. Clinical Social Worker
- Certificate Date: 1994
- Certificate: Training and Research Institute for Self Psycholog / Psychoanalysis
- Certificate Date: 1998
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Specialties
Issues
- Adoption
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorder
- Career Counseling
- Codependency
- Depression
- Emotional Disturbance
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Trauma and PTSD
Mental Health
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Elderly Persons Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
I also speak:
Yiddish
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
Communities
- Gay Allied
- Lesbian Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Narrative
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Sensori Motor Psychotherapy
- Somatic
- Somatic Experiencing
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Group
Last Modified: 7 Jul 2020
(646) 845-0949