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  • Sexual Addiction: Understanding Dissociation as a New Approach to Treatment
    Friday, November 15th, 2024

    Sexual Addiction: Understanding Dissociation as a New Approach to Treatment

    Sexual Addiction: An Alternative Approach to Treatment by Mark Schwartz, Sc.D. Many years ago, following my work on an inpatient program that specialized in trauma and dissociation disorder, I...
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  • Bipolar Disorder – Things to Know
    Sunday, April 7th, 2024

    Bipolar Disorder – Things to Know

    Important Things to Know About Biolar Disorder by Dr. Mark Schwartz D.Sc. Bipolar disorder (formerly called manic-depressive illness or manic depression) is a mental disorder that causes unusual changes...
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  • Lovemaps and Learning to Love: Treatment of Disorders of Intimacy
    Friday, October 27th, 2023

    Lovemaps and Learning to Love: Treatment of Disorders of Intimacy

    Learning to Love: Treatment of Disorders of Intimacy by Mark Schwartz, D.Sc. REGISTER TODAY for our LIVECAST WEBINAR with Dr. Mark Schwartz >> FRI NOV 17, 2023 | 9:00...
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  • Intimacy and Intimacy Disorders | The Cornerstone of Recovery from Mental Illness and Addiction
    Sunday, March 19th, 2023

    Intimacy and Intimacy Disorders | The Cornerstone of Recovery from Mental Illness and Addiction

    by Mark Schwartz, Sc.D. and Lori Galperin, LCSW We are bonding creatures. As we age, our capacity to form deeper connections with others generally increases. In other words, the...
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  • IFS and Masters and Johnson | Sex Therapy Treatment Model
    Saturday, October 29th, 2022

    IFS and Masters and Johnson | Sex Therapy Treatment Model

    An Internal Family Systems Approach to Sex Therapy Adopted from the Original Masters and Johnson Model Abstract             Masters and Johnson created sensate focus to remediate the blocks that...
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  • TRAUMA
    Tuesday, July 5th, 2022

    TRAUMA

    Trauma and the Evolution of Trauma Recovery Treatment By Dr. Mark Schwartz Contemporary trauma therapists have evolved significantly over the past 30 years. Most clinicians have moved from the...
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  • The Real “Masters of Sex”
    Monday, March 7th, 2022

    The Real “Masters of Sex”

    The “Real Masters of Sex,” My Many Years Working with Masters and Johnson and the Company Culture That Made It Work by Dr. Mark Schwartz REGISTER TODAY for our...
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  • Attachment is Related to Chemical Dependency? Oh Yes…
    Saturday, May 15th, 2021

    Attachment is Related to Chemical Dependency? Oh Yes…

    Attachment Difficulties at the Center of Chemical Dependency by Dr. Mark Schwartz and Suzanne Dion Whenever an individual experiences a disruption early on in their attachment system — that...
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  • 7 New Advances in the Treatment of Depression
    Monday, January 25th, 2021

    7 New Advances in the Treatment of Depression

    Depression Afflicts 350 Million People Worldwide Harmony Place Monterey specializes in treatment of recalcitrant (prior treatment failure) depression. With a treatment model that includes therapy as well as may...
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  • Leading Causes of Relapse: 4 Steps to Real Recovery
    Tuesday, December 8th, 2020

    Leading Causes of Relapse: 4 Steps to Real Recovery

    Leading Causes of Relapse: Four Steps to Real and Lasting Recovery  Why do people relapse? First, it’s important to realize that relapse is not uncommon. Many people who are...
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  • 12 Similarities Between Sex Addiction & Eating Disorders
    Tuesday, December 1st, 2020

    12 Similarities Between Sex Addiction & Eating Disorders

    At Harmony Place Monterey we treat both Eating Disorders and Sexual Addiction in two separate tracks. This is how they are similar, but different: Overcontrol of a natural function...
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  • Creating Intimacy with Self: A New Approach to Relational-Marital Therapies
    Thursday, January 9th, 2020

    Creating Intimacy with Self: A New Approach to Relational-Marital Therapies

    When I was trained as a marital-relational therapist, the focus was on the interpersonal relationship, that is, the interaction between two individuals. This included enhancing communication and the quality...
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  • What Is OCD?
    Thursday, March 1st, 2018

    What Is OCD?

    What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD?) Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is the preoccupation with distressing, intrusive. thoughts or urges and the acting out of repetitive, compulsive acts through excessive avoidance or...
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  • Sexual Trauma In Context With Inescapable Stressors
    Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

    Sexual Trauma In Context With Inescapable Stressors

    Sexual Trauma Within the Context of Traumatic and Inescapable Stress, Neglect, and Poisonous Pedagogy by Mark F. Schwartz, Lori D. Galperin, and William H. Masters Post-traumatic Stress The Diagnostic...
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  • Sexual Compulsivity/Addiction
    Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

    Sexual Compulsivity/Addiction

    What Causes Sexual Compulsion? In our decades of experience, we have found that any type of addictive behavior is an indication that one’s life is out of balance. There...
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  • What Is Depression?
    Thursday, February 1st, 2018

    What Is Depression?

    Depression is a chronic feeling of sadness that is both physiological and cognitive. Suffering in the Buddhist tradition is universal and acceptance of life’s trials and tribulations. Without feeling...
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