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CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF

MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS 

CENTRAL COAST CHAPTER

Central Coast Therapists

To strengthen the Marriage & Family therapy
profession & better serve 
our Central Coast community.


Joel Schwartz

 

Member profile details

First name
Joel
Last name
Schwartz
Organization
Total Spectrum Counseling
Member Picture
Office Phone
4242658185
Website
totalspectrumcounseling.com
 

License & Education

License Type
  • Psychologist
Degree(s)
  • M.A.
  • PsyD.
 

Office Location(s)

City(s) office located
  • San Luis Obispo
 

Description

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Our company, Total Spectrum Counseling, specializes in misunderstood folks from the neurodiversity perspective.
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Dr. Joel Schwartz is a licensed clinical psychologist who co-runs a private practice in San Luis Obispo called Total Spectrum Counseling. He specializes in therapy and testing for the misunderstood, particularly autistic people from a neurodiversity perspective. As a therapist, he is warm, compassionate, and strongly humanistic, allowing for all the oddities and unexplored aspects of his clients to emerge and be validated. As a testing psychologist, Dr. Schwartz specializes in difficult and complex cases.

Dr. Schwartz grew up in Southern California. He developed an early interest in psychology, strangely enough, from a childhood filled with science fiction stories. These stories often provided fascinating looks into human psychology and the human spirit. Dr. Schwartz attended UCLA as an undergrad where he conducted research in the field of neurolinguistics. From there, he attended Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf School of Clinical Psychology for his Master’s and Doctorate degree. He has worked in various settings including colleges, clinics, a federal prison, and residential treatment centers. Through his experience with a vast array of individuals he has stuck with one important lesson among many; as the psychoanalyst Harry Stack Sullivan said, “We are all more human than otherwise.”
 

Fees

Sliding Scale
Yes
Fee (range)
$50-225
Credit Cards Accepted
Yes
 

Areas of Emphasis

Emphasis
  • ADD-ADHD
  • Abuse - Survivors
  • Adolescents
  • Coaching
  • Communication Skills
  • Cross-Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • Developmental Disability
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Life Cycle Transition
  • Midlife Issues
  • Multi-Cultural
  • Post-Traumatic Stress
  • Sexual Abuse
Other Emphasis
Autism
 

Insurance Accepted

Insurance
  • - Will provide superbill for PPO insurance
 

Client Types

Clients
  • Individual Adults
  • Adolescents
  • Groups
 

Clinical Orientation

Orientation
  • Client Centered
  • Existential
  • Humanistic
  • Psychodynamic
 

Supervision (for Therapists)

Supervision
  • Individual Supervision
 

Non-Clinical Services Offered

Non Clinical Services
  • - Other Non-Clinical Service
Other Non-Clinical Service
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