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Ben Schwarcz, MA, ACAP-EFT 
Background and Experience

Areas of Expertise:

• Helping Entrepreneurs overcome anxiety, stress and burn out.
• Trauma (Emotional Traumas of every kind), PTSD, Phobias
• Creativity Blocks, Musicians, Writers, Artists
• Emotional Barriers to Success (fear of success, fear of failure, etc)
• Performance Anxiety
• Attracting Your Soul Mate
• Relationship Problems, Conflicts, Intimacy Fears, Communication Skills.
• Procrastination and Self-Sabotage
• Clarifying your Vision and Purpose
• Anxiety, Stress and Low Motivation
• Integrating Spirituality and Mindfulness Principles into Daily Life and Work.
• Infertility Issues (Clearing emotional blocks to fertility and conception)

Background, education and experience:

• Master's Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, John F. Kennedy University, 1995.
• CA Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1999 (lic#35606)
• Clinical Member of ACEP (Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology)
• ACEP Certified Advanced Practitioner of Gold Standard EFT (ACAP-EFT).
• Clinical Supervisor and EFT Trainer for the ACEP EFT Certification Program for Licensed Mental Health Professionals.
• Private Psychotherapy and Coaching Practice since 2000.
• Twenty-three years experience counseling clients of all ages and backgrounds.
• Five years as a senior staff member at Alta Bates Medical Center's Psychiatric Department in Berkeley, CA. Mental Health Specialist for the adult, geriatric, dual diagnosis, and adolescent psych units from 1993-1999.
• Music Therapy/Drumming Therapy with individuals and groups of all ages; Therapeutic drum circles for at-risk youth, emotionally disturbed children, adult cancer patients, community and team building for adults, since 1995.
• Marin Suicide Prevention, Hotline Counselor, and Grief Counselor, 1996-1997.
• Clinical Supervisor and Therapist for children with severe emotional and attachment disorders at Sunny Hills Children's Garden in Marin County, 1999-2000.
• Completed extensive training and led desert trips as a wilderness vision quest guide with Rites of Passage, Inc. (Sonoma County, CA), from 1993-1998
• Clinician on the in-patient psychiatric unit of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, 2002-2007.
• Clinician on the Psychiatric Assessment Team of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital 2002-2007.
• Stress Management Coaching - Hero Talk Pathways to Thrive Certified Trainer for first responders, military and emergency service professionals.
• Hypnotherapy for infertility - training with James Schwartz, Board Certified Hypnotherapist, (author of The Mind-Body Fertility Connection).
• Conducted more than 10,000 EFT Tapping sessions with therapy and coaching clients since 2007.
• Practitioner of Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP).