My specialty is working with trauma - either single incident or complex traumatization. My typical client may be a survivor of an auto accident or one of childhood trauma like sexual abuse. Bad dreams of night mirrors ? While long term effects of trauma may become post traumatic stress of PTSD, there are many symptoms of trauma which arise shortly after an event that may be easily recognizable or somatic like with less observable but significant in terms of interference intrusive with day to day life. Many symptoms of trauma are often diagnosed as attention deficit, hyperactivity, or manifesting in substance abuse or other personality disorders involving dissociative issues. My theoretical orientation is psychoanalytical however I am solution focused as my primary modality for treatment is using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), to process trauma and trauma related symptoms, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for working to correct negative behavioral issues.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Attachment Issues, Body Image, Caregiver Issues and Stress, Chronic Pain Illness and Disability, Co-morbidity, Commitment Issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dissociation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Emptiness, Expats, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, First Responder Issues, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and Shame, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / Loneliness, Men's Issues, Midlife Crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic Stress, Self-Harm, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexuality, Social Anxiety and Phobia, Somatization, Women's Issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
FL LMHC MH 15810
NJ LPC 37PC00837600
GA LPC LPC012362
MA LMHC 12756
OR LPC C7390
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Thank you so much for your expertise and all of your advice. You’re the first therapist I have seen that actually understood me within the first session and short timeframe that we had and you offered me extra time which made me feel like you really do understandd and desire to help me. I really appreciate you and am absolutely happy with you as my therapist. Highly recommend!
Written on Jul 13, 2022 after therapy with Reid for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, coping with life changes, and adhd
Reid has been great to work with!
Written on Apr 20, 2022 after therapy with Reid for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Reid has helped me so much in such little time.
Written on Feb 21, 2022 after therapy with Reid for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and adhd
He is a very helpful and honest resource to me. Only after one session, I'm feeling a lot more stably in myself. He sends valuable information about my problems.
Written on Feb 11, 2022 after therapy with Reid for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
Reid is great - I look forward to my second session with him.
Written on Feb 07, 2022 after therapy with Reid for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and adhd
Reid Schwabach is an understanding therapist that really listens and takes unique approaches to therapy. I highly recommend him! Thanks
Written on Nov 10, 2021 after therapy with Reid for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and trauma and abuse