Tuesday 27 September 2016

Dr. Jay Seitz Is an Experienced Neuropsychologist in Manhattan

Dr. Jay Seitz is an experienced neuropsychologist in Manhattan specializing in clinical neuropsychology and brain-behavior based problems in children, adolescents, adults, and late age adults. He focuses on areas including diagnostic testing for brain injury, tumors, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, dementia and other neurological disorders.

Dr. Jay Seitz treats his patients with cognitive therapy and neurocognitive rehabilitation (cognitive and memory training). He has been licensed in New York for the professional practice of Psychology since 1991. He has additional training in CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy), REBT (rational-emotive behavior therapy) for those who have relationship related issues in a family with a brain-injured patient.

Dr. Jay Seitz was previously on the doctoral and graduate faculties of Adelphi University and the undergraduate and graduate faculties of New York University and City University of New York (CUNY, tenured 2001). He was the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the newly founded American Dance Museum (ADaM) and previously on the Board of Directors of the Dalcroze School of Music (now part of Lucy Moses School), both in New York City.  He also has a longstanding interest in the arts, and has studied both music (contrabass, piano) and dance (choreography). He has also written many magazine articles on the psychology, for instance: “I move…therefore I am” in 1993, which appeared in Psychology Today.

Wednesday 21 September 2016

Dr Jay Seitz Provides the Best Healthcare Services to His Patients

Dr Jay Seitz is a clinical neuropsychologist and health consultant with a significant number of years of experience. He runs his own private practice in clinical neuropsychology and has a consulting practice to various organizations/medical clinic, New York City, NY.  He treats individuals with central nervous system disorders including depression, anxiety (e.g., panic disorders), attention and memory impairment, learning disabilities, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, dementia, and other disorders that affect higher cognitive abilities (thinking, reasoning, categorizing, remembering, attending, perceiving, speaking, reading, and writing).



Dr Jay Seitz performs neuropsychological diagnosis and evaluations, neurocognitive assessments, and treats central nervous system disorders affecting higher cognitive and affective functioning. Neuropsychological assessments work to create a profile of an individual’s strengths and weaknesses by gathering various forms of information: information gathered from the assessment; spouse, parent, and teacher information; medical and psychiatric history, as well as clinical observations.

While treating his patients, he takes a holistic and multidisciplinary approach often making use of other professionals including primary care physicians for medical issues, nutritionists for dietary advice and weight loss, psychiatrists for central nervous system medications, physiatrists who specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation for pain and back disorders, physical therapists (gross-motor abilities), as well as speech-language therapists, occupational therapists (fine-motor abilities), and other health care professionals (e.g., massage, yoga, exercise trainers, and meditation). 

Dr Jay Seitz has acquired training in REBT (rational-emotive behavioral therapy), CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy), biofeedback and pain management, and neurocognitive rehabilitation for patients who have suffered damage to the brain. He previously served on the doctoral and graduate faculties of Adelphi University and the undergraduate and graduate faculties of New York University and City University of New York (CUNY, tenured 2001).

Monday 12 September 2016

Dr. Jay Seitz Has Expertise in Diverse Areas Of Neuropsychology

Dr. Jay Seitz is a highly accomplished neuropsychologist running a private practice – Midtown East Neuropsychology, PLLC. Here, he provides a wide variety of Neuropsychological Services which includes Diagnosis, Testing, Evaluation, and Treatment. He has more than two decades of experience in the field of clinical neuropsychology/psychology at over 20 hospitals, medical clinics, organizations, and institutions.

Dr Jay Seitz


In all these years of clinical experience, Dr. Jay Seitz has worked in various hospitals, clinics and private settings with children and adolescents with a wide range of psychiatric and neurological/neuropsychological disorders including autistic spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, and problems with attention and concentration. He has also worked with adults and late-age adult patients with various dementias (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Pick’s disease) and other medical and psychiatric conditions (e.g., anxiety, mood disorders). These include severe migraines, multiple sclerosis, cerebellar agenesis, and other demyelinating disorders, as well as patients with cerebral vascular disorders including stroke and ischemia, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, and brain tumors. 

Dr. Seitz has taught over 25 different courses at the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels including courses in neuroscience and neuropsychology, neuropsychological and psychological assessment, cognitive psychology, psychopathology, learning disabilities, psychoneuroendocrinology, theories of intelligence, embodied cognition, consciousness, psychology of the arts, personality, as well as statistical and experimental methods.  He was previously on the doctoral and graduate faculties of Adelphi University and the undergraduate and graduate faculties of New York University and City University of New York (CUNY, tenured 2001).
Besides this, Dr.Jay Seitz has a longstanding and strong interest in the arts.  He was vice president of the Board of Directors of the newly founded American Dance Museum (ADaM) and previously on the Board of Directors of the Dalcroze School of Music (now part of Lucy Moses School), both in New York City.  He has formerly studied both music (contrabass, piano) and dance (choreography). He also has a deep interest in the uses and abuses of power and has written on the uses and misuses of government propaganda during wartime.

When he is not busy with treating patients, he likes to spend his leisure time cycling, mountain biking, hiking in the desert and mountains in the Southwest (US), fitness (working out at the gym, running, yoga), and writing.

Monday 5 September 2016

Dr Jay Seitz Provides a Wide Range Of Services at his Private Practice

Dr Jay Seitz is an experienced neuropsychologist in Manhattan specializing in clinical neuropsychology. He owns a private practice in clinical neuropsychology and clinical psychology and a consulting practice to various organizations/medical clinics in New York City, NY. He provides a wide range of services which includes-

  • Learning and intellectual disabilities (LD, ID)
  • Language disorders (aphasias)
  • Developmental delays (DD)
  • Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD)
  • Obsessive-compulsive behaviors (OCD spectrum disorders)
  • Anxiety spectrum disorders (anxiety, panic disorder, phobias, and depression)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
  • Inattention and hyperactivity (ADHD)
  • Cognitive processing disorders (problems in thinking, reasoning or problem-solving)
  • Dementia (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia) and mild cognitive impairment
  • Sleep/wake cycles (problems in initiating or maintaining restful sleep)
  • Psychosomatic disorders (e.g., back and neck pain aggravated by anxiety and depression)
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Movement disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease) & Cerebral Palsy (CP)
  • Brain tumors, stroke
  • Frontal lobe disorders & executive control dysfunctions
  • Epilepsy & seizure disorders
  • Genetic and chromosomal syndromes (e.g., Fragile-X, Down's Syndrome)
  • Environmental toxins & toxic exposure in utero
  • CNS infections such as menigitis & encephalitis

Currently, Dr Jay Seitz is writing a book the evolution of intelligence in hominins (H. sapiens) as it pertains to the relationship between thought and movement from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience.  In the past, he has been on the doctoral and graduate faculties of Adelphi University and the undergraduate and graduate faculties of New York University and City University of New York (CUNY, tenured 2001).  

Tuesday 30 August 2016

Dr Jay Seitz Treats Neurological Related Problems for Children and Adults

Dr Jay Seitz is a well-known neuropsychologist based in Manhattan specializing in clinical neuropsychology and clinical psychology. He runs his own private practice in clinical neuropsychology and clinical psychology; consulting practice to various organizations/medical clinics, New York City, NY. The neuropsychology practice involves diagnostic consultation, neuropsychological assessment, and a thorough evaluation of brain-behavior based problems in children, adolescents, adults, and late-age adults. He treats patients with cognitive therapy and neurocognitive rehabilitation (intellective and memory training) and he also works with couples and families on relationship issues.
 

At his practice, Dr Jay Seitz New York provides services for children and for adults. For children, he specializes in the use of the ADOS (autistic spectrum disorders); NEPSY-II (pediatric neuropsychological evaluations); WPPSI-III, WISC-III, K-ABC, and Stanford-Binet (5th) (psychometric intelligence); VMI (visuospatial and visuomotor abilities); and WRAT-3, Woodcock-Johnson III, and Dyslexia Early Screening Test (DEST) (psychoeducational evaluation).

For adults, he specializes in the use of the BDAE (aphasias); MMPI-2-RF and PAI (personality); WMS-IV and RBMT (semantic and episodic/narrative memory); BVMT-R and RCFT (visual memory); HLVT-2 (verbal recall); WAIS-IV, NNAT, WASI (psychometric intelligence); WCST and D-KEFS (executive function); FrSBe (frontal lobe function); BAI, BDI-II, and Geriatric Depression Scale (anxiety & depression) Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS); Vineland ABS (ADL skills); DRS-2 (dementia); MicroCog (cognition); Brief Pain Inventory (BPI); MMSE (mental status); and Clock Drawing Test (visuospatial and visuomotor abilities). He also provides neurocognitive evaluations: Cognistat, RBANS, Name-Face Association Test, and CVLT-II.

Dr Jay Seitz New Manhattan has been licensed in New York for the professional practice of psychology since 1991.  He has additional training in REBT (rational-emotive behavioral therapy), the Gottman method (couples therapy), CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy), psychoanalytic therapy (Washington Square Institute), biofeedback and pain management, and neurocognitive rehabilitation for patients who have suffered damage to the brain.

Monday 22 August 2016

Dr. Jay Seitz Is a Trusted Neuropsychologist in New Manhattan

Dr. Jay Seitz is a well-known neuropsychologist in Manhattan specializing in clinical neuropsychology with children, adolescents, adults, & late-age adults. He has been successfully running his neuropsychology practice, Midtown East Neuropsychology, PLLC, for many years. He treats patients with cognitive therapy and neurocognitive rehabilitation (cognitive and memory training) & also assists couples and families in resolving their relationship issues.

His main areas of focus include:
  • Language disorders (aphasias)
  • Learning and intellectual disabilities (LD, ID)
  • Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD)
  • Developmental delays (DD)
  • Obsessive-compulsive behaviors (OCD spectrum disorders)
  • Inattention and hyperactivity (ADHD)
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
  • Movement disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease) & Cerebral Palsy (CP)
  • Frontal lobe disorders & executive control dysfunctions
  • Epilepsy & seizure disorders and more.

Dr. Jay Seitz was previously on the doctoral and graduate faculties at Adelphi University, & the undergraduate and graduate faculties of New York University & City University of New York (CUNY, tenured 2001).  He also has an extensive academic background in research with children & adults (i.e., grant procurement, publications, paper presentations, student research, student mentoring, supervising, & sitting on dissertation committees).

Wednesday 10 August 2016

Dr Jay Seitz is a highly accomplished neuropsychologist based in Manhattan, NY.

Dr Jay Seitz is a Manhattan based, highly accomplished neuropsychologist with over 15 years of experience. He owns a private practice in clinical neuropsychology and is a consulting neuropsychologist to various organizations and medical clinics. Since 2000, he has been performing neuropsychological diagnoses, neuropsychological evaluation and assessment, neurocognitive assessment, and neurocognitive rehabilitation of children, adolescents, adults, and late-age adults with neurological diseases and disorders as well as developmental disabilities.

Dr Jay Seitz


Dr Jay Seitz treats individuals with central nervous system disorders including attentional issues, memory impairment, cognitive processing and language disorders, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCD), autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), intellectual disability (ID) and learning disorders (LD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), multiple sclerosis (MS), epilepsy and seizure disorders, dementia and mild cognitive impairment (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Pick’s disease), frontal lobe disorders and executive control dysfunctions, genetic and chromosomal syndromes (e.g., Fragile-X, Down's Syndrome), CNS infections, as well as exposure to environmental toxins in utero.

In addition, he also diagnoses difficult diseases and provides treatment for medically unexplained psychosomatic disorders (stress-related diseases), management of pain and post-traumatic stress disorders, as well as associated career and relationship issues using some of the latest techniques including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).



Dr Jay Seitz New York

Dr Jay Seitz is also a former Professor of Psychology at City University of New York (CUNY, tenured, 2001) and a published author and has sat on numerous art boards. Currently, he is writing a book on the evolution of intelligence in hominins from the perspective of cognitive neuroscience.