Barry D. Schwartz, Ph.D. completed his undergraduate work at the University of Massachusetts (B.S. -- psychology, 1971). He received his master's degree in Psychology from the University of Nebraska in 1974. His doctoral work in Psychology was completed in 1978 at Tulane University.
Dr. Schwartz, Professor Emeritus, was on faculty at Tulane University School of Medicine as a tenured Professor of Psychology from1979 through 2005. He has been an active researcher and clinician throughout his years at Tulane. Dr. Schwartz served as Director of the Headache Center/Psychology section and Director of the Biofeedback -- Stress Management and Wellness Clinic.
Presently, Dr. Schwartz is involved in the treatment of various conditions that include: anxiety disorders, depression, headaches, hypertension, insomnia, seizure, stress, PTSD, pain syndromes and somatic disorders.
Dr. Schwartz offers a holistic, mind/body approach to treatment that integrates traditional and contemporary psychotherapy models with leading edge psychophysiologic and neurologic models.
Dr. Schwartz provides peak performance training for individuals who want to perform optimally in the personal and/or professional arena.
Dr. Schwartz developed a Neurofeedback/Neurotherapy clinic for the treatment of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD), PTSD, Pain, and Seizure disorder.
Also, Dr. Schwartz provides clinical services for cardiac rehabilitation with an emphasis on cardiac psychology and mind body integration.
Dr. Schwartz has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He was an editorial consultant to the Journal Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Schizophrenia Research, the Journal Neural Psychology and the American Journal of Psychiatry. He is a member of several professional organizations of which a sample is: The American Psychological Association, Scientific Research Society of North America, Society of Biological Psychiatry, American Association for the Study of Headache, Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, and International Society of Neuronal regulation.