Laurie Schwartz, MS, LMHC

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Profession(s): Psychology, Social Work, Social Work
License Status:  I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:  Mental Health Counselor
License Number:  3884

My Approach to Helping

I am a body-centered creative arts somatic psychotherapist. I synthesize the Hakomi Method of body-centered therapy with my other training in Somatic Experiencing, Family Constellations, Modern Analytic Group Work, Rubenfeld Synergy, Jungian Dream analysis, JIn Shin Jyutsu and Mindfulness Meditation. It is my intention to provide a safe place for another human being to fully experience and pass through the memories, feelings and sensations which are limiting the awareness and experience of peace, freedom and creative Self expression. I utilize myself, my sensitivity and awareness and all of my trainings to facilitate and guide another into their experience. It is through this process that I foster the experience and integration of insight, understanding, ans compassion for self. I support my clients throughout their process of evolution and healing. I foster the unification of body, mind, soul and spirit. Through the process of reestablishing biological creative self-regulation and emotional resilience my clients develop the ability to reestablish the flow of sensation which opens up the pathway into self love, self acceptance and the reestablishment of healthy boundaries with self and other. (internal and external boundaries). I maintain a private practice in New York City and I am involved in training and supervising therapists. I support people in the restoration of being with breath within the boundaries of the body in order to reestablish a felt sense of blood and bones within journey of returning to a place of bonding and belionging to SELF aware of the balance and beauty that is present when the return to BEING is established through the integration of breath with BODY. I have a passion for the return of the mystical and creative aspects of life through the knowledge and study of astrology and mysticism. I do believe that we are in the process of evolving as a species and the restoration of the integration between thought, feeling, sensation, impulse and relationships with others in a grounded, contactful communication is new to our species. We have not lived successfully with internal and external intimacy. I facilitate and promote intimacy with self and other. I love to be a witness and a midwife for the return of SOUL to BODY.
 

Services I Provide

  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
  • Family Therapy
  • Group Therapy
  • Mediation
  • Coaching
  • Consultation
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Distance or Phone Therapy
 

Ages I Work With

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders
 

Languages I Speak

  • English
 
 

Therapy Approaches I Use

  • Art Therapy
  • Authentic Movement
  • Body Psychotherapy
  • Body-Mind Psychotherapy
  • Contemplative Psychotherapy
  • Continuum
  • Core Energetics
  • Creative Art Therapy
  • Dance / Movement Therapy
  • Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
  • Dreamwork & Dream Analysis
  • Emotional Transformation Therapy
  • Existential Psychotherapy
  • Family Constellations
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Feldenkrais Method
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Hakomi
  • Healing Touch
  • Imago Relationship Therapy
  • Integration of different therapy models
  • Jungian Psychotherapy
  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Music Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Object Relations
  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
  • Poetry Therapy
  • Psychodrama
  • Psychodynamic
  • Psychomotor
  • Rubenfeld Synergy Method
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
  • Somatic Experiencing
  • Somatic Psychotherapy
  • Yoga Therapy
 
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Locations & Maps
Office 1: 
20 West 64th Street Suite 21A
New York, NY 10023 United States
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Office 2: 
1 LIncoln Plaza Suite 21J
New York, NY 10023 United States
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Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Abandonment
  • Attachment Issues
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • Emptiness
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Family Problems
  • Forgiveness
  • Grief, Loss, & Bereavement
  • Habits
  • Identity Issues
  • Inadequacy
  • Isolation
  • Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
  • Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
  • Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
  • Multicultural Concerns
  • Panic
  • Parenting
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Religious Issues
  • Self-Confidence
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Love
  • Sensitivity to Criticism
  • Shame
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Values Clarification
  • Women's Issues
  • Worry