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In this video Dr. Slutzky describes ways in which you can improve your brain functioning through challenging mental "work-outs". It originally aired as a CBS News Health Watch story on April 6th, 2009.

This is a preliminary page that provides links to important information on some of the things you can do to improve your cognitive and emotional health. The premise of this site is that understanding appropriate stimulation and regulation of your mind can have direct positive benefits on your brain health and your quality of life as you age. The way that you use your brain has far reaching effects on your physical and mental health. Overactive and underactive brains each have dammaging consequences. It is only when one's brain is well regulated that one can feel truly satisfied in life. For an introduction to this concept, please click here

For more information on Dr. Mitchell Slutzky's work, please watch the video above. Click here for an article quoting Dr. Slutzky that was originally published in Newsweek on September 22, 2008. The article addresses some positive personality changes that can occur even after one develops dementia. Check this site later for an explanation as to why this may occur. Finally, click here for an article abstracted from a forum on psychoanalysis and neroscience. It describes scientific evidence that there is a strong connection between positive emotional regulation and beneficial changes in the brain

About Mitchell R. Slutzky, PhD.

Dr. Slutzky is a clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience, including more than 15 years assessing and treating the interplay between affect and cognition. He received his Ph.D. from California School of Professional Psychology – San Diego and received post-doctoral training at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Since then, he has worked with abused children and their families at the New York Foundling Hospital, where he also developed and led workshops in detection and treatment of trauma, incest, physical and emotional abuse and neglect. Concurrently, Dr. Slutzky conducted neuropsychological assessments of affect and cognition with brain-injured children and children born with brain anomalies at New York Foundling Hospital’s Pediatric Center. After that, he made a leap to the other end of the developmental spectrum, treading older adults who have, or are at risk for developing memory impairments. He has pioneered the use of affect-regulation to improve memory and emotional well-being.

Dr. Slutzky has made numerous presentations on the relationship between trauma, intense negative affect and their role in memory loss at several national and international conferences, including the Alzheimer’s Disease International Congress in Berlin and the International Congress for Neuropsychoanalysis in Rome. His model of affect regulation along with optimal cognitive stimulation is at the leading edge of healthcare delivery. He is currently the Associate Director of CHE Senior Services, a company dedicated to quality psychotherapy and memory training services for older adults in long term care, assisted living and in the community.

Dr. Slutzky is available for consultations at his office on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and is also available to consult online.

To contact Dr. Slutzky to see how his approach can help, or for further infirmation about his services, please email him at mslutzky@gero-psychology.com or call him at: 212-877-0914

Mitchell R. Slutzky, Ph.D.

49 W 86th Street

New York, NY 10024