About Lisa Schwarz, M.Ed.
The Creator &Developer of CRM®
Meet Lisa Schwarz, M.Ed.
Lisa Schwarz, M.Ed., is a licensed psychologist, clinical consultant, international educator, and the developer of the Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM)®. She also serves as Founder and Executive Director of the CRM® Foundation and is the primary author of The Comprehensive Resource Model®: Effective Therapeutic Techniques for the Healing of Complex Trauma. Since 2009, she has presented at numerous international professional conferences.
For the past 40 years, Lisa has pioneered innovative treatment methods for working with severe dissociative disorders, attachment disorders, in‑utero and ancestral trauma. She is also the originator of the Sports Dissociation Model (2008) for sports performance and has developed specialized approaches for Military PTSD. Her work bridges neuroscience, spirituality, and consciousness through a blend of traditional psychotherapy, somatic therapy, and indigenous healing practices.
Since 2014, CRM® has expanded globally and is now offered in 14 countries. Lisa maintains a private practice in Pittsburgh, PA, and West Middletown, PA, with opportunities for equine‑assisted participation.
WORK with LISA
Clinical Consultation
Offering group and individual consultation for CRM and non-CRM trained clinicians and clinics. Specializing in Complex PTSD, Attachment Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Performance Enhancement & Military PTSD.
CRM® Trainings
Offering foundational, advanced and specialized trainings and education in CRM®. Explore our new webinars that are available to all clinicians–no prior CRM® training required.
CRM® Intensives
For individual, couples/families, groups, and corporate leadership. Retreat-style intensives available in Pittsburgh, PA , Cape May Point, NJ, and coming soon West Middletown, PA (with or without equine partners).
Performance Enhancement
Identify and transform performance blocks that have kept you from embodying and operationalizing your full potential, whether you are an executive, athlete or artist.
CRM® Equus
Transform trauma alongside the healing presence of horses. Our equine-assisted work is truly freedom-based, honoring the choice of both horses and clients. Emphasis on healing across equine and human lineages.
Corporate Coaching
For executives looking to optimize individual, team and company performance. Focus on facilitating healthy group cohesion, working through individual and group obstacles to productivity, and increasing morale.
“Lisa is a prolific and intuitive thinker whose work is both confronting and deeply inspiring. Her unique perspective has not only transformed my clinical practice but has also created breakthroughs in my own healing that I didn’t think were possible. My clients are experiencing shifts that go far beyond what I could previously facilitate.”
— Tara McGee, MSW, RSW, DipTIRP, Collingwood Psychotherapy & Yoga Centre, Canada
40 Years of Expertise in the Field of Healing
Lisa is a certified practitioner of Colin Ross’s Trauma Model and Robert Schrei’s Source Point therapy. She is trained in Usui Reiki, transpersonal psychology, and has studied the breathwork and somatic concepts of Richard Brown, MD, Jeremy Youst, and Barbara Barnett. Lisa is also a certified TRH® Practitioner through The Reflective Horse® (TRH) Mastery Program developed by Cassandra Ogier.
Lisa is dedicated to ongoing learning, education, creation and both professional and personal development. She is currently enrolled in an international equine training program, the TRT Method, created by Tristan Tucker. She is also developing a freedom-based partnership/training protocol specifically for Off-Track-Thoroughbred rescues with Billie Lindquist of Arrowhead Equestrian and Shawnee Dougherty of Manchester Farms. Lisa's work is rooted in connection: to self, to nature, and to the deeper intelligence that moves through all life.