Associates In Behavioral Counseling

Meet our staff:

Dr. Traci Joy Seidman is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Medical Psychologist, AASECT Certified S*x Therapist and Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist practicing at Associates in Behavioral Counseling since 1986. She utilizes a holistic and mindfulness approach, combining hypnosis and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in treating many different types of psychological and adjustment problems. Dr. Seidman works with individuals and couples in order to establish the new insights, mind sets and behavioral patterns required to help her patients achieve effective life changing results. Dr. Seidman specializes with s*xual disorders and s*xual lifestyles, as well as anxiety disorders, depression, chronic pain and chronic illness. Dr. Seidman encourages her patients’ awareness of the mind-body-emotion connection, and she is sensitive to their individual spiritual needs.

Dr. Seidman focuses on helping people develop insight and awareness to achieve positive solutions and adaptations to fit their lives and individual needs. Her unpretentious, warm and caring approach, combined with a professional, but relaxed, office atmosphere make for an easy and comfortable experience. Dr. Seidman has enjoyed a great variety of training, expertise and interest in her 29+ years of experience. She has worked closely with children in many capacities including psycho-educational assessment for Gifted, LD and ADHD evaluations. She is National Board Certified in Clinical Hypnotherapy and an AASECT Certified S*x Therapist. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher, RYT, and Meditation Instructor. Dr. Seidman was a member of the Board of Directors of the MS Foundation for over 10 years and an on-line doctor on their website. She has written articles in their magazine, MSFocus, which is published quarterly. You can learn more about the MS Foundation and see Dr. Seidman’s interview on coping with a new diagnosis of MS at www.msfocus.org

Why See A S*x Therapist?

It’s not easy to talk about s*x. Many people suffer from varying s*xual dysfunctions due to medical conditions or side effects from medications, yet they do not discuss their symptoms with their doctors! Some of the more common reasons couples seek counseling from a s*x therapist include inhibited s*xual desire, lack of arousal, painful in*******se, erectile dysfunction, inability to or**sm or premature ej*******on. Sometimes there are simple, quick solutions to problems, but oftentimes people discover that their intimacy issues involve much more than just s*x. Intimacy includes major aspects of relationship and communication. These can be the more fulfilling and lasting elements of expressing one’s sensuality, and over time seem to increase in importance as we mature. S*x therapy can be done with individuals, but it tends to work best when a couple enters into treatment together (so you have someone to practice with). Dr. Seidman’s goal is to help you obtain a deeper level of love and intimacy, perhaps, than you have ever experienced before! More recently, people have been seeking certified s*x therapists to discuss issues they are having that relate to living alternative s*xual lifestyles. Dr. Seidman is one of the few practitioners who identifies herself as a Kink Aware Professional (KAP).

Hypnosis

Dr. Traci Seidman has been practicing Clinical Hypnotherapy for over ten years. In addition to simply being a useful adjunct to psychotherapy and a wonderfully relaxing experience, it has been extremely effective on a wide variety of problems. She has had remarkable success is helping people quit smoking. Hypnosis is also useful in treating panic attacks, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobias, and low self esteem. There are many medical applications, too, like lowering blood pressure, preparing for and recovering from surgery, preparing for dental procedures, childbirth, infertility, coping with cancer and chemotherapy, memory disorders, and more. The list is truly endless and almost any problem can be adapted to be treated with hypnotherapy. Feel free to call Dr. Seidman today with your questions about how hypnosis can help you! Read Articles from MS Focus Magazine, a quarterly publication of the MS Foundation:

Improving Body Image

Disclosing MS in Romantic Relationships

The Boiling Point

Member of the following fine organizations:

National Register Of Health Service Providers

Florida Society Of Clinical Hypnosis

American Psychological Association

American Association of S*xuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)

Prescribing Psychologists’ Register

Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy

Meet our staff:

Diplomate-Fellow in Medical Psychology – Owner/Founder Associates in Behavioral Counseling

Dr. Stanley Seidman is the founder of the family practice of Associates in Behavioral Therapy and has been in practice since 1974. He has had an office in Plantation and then in Sunrise for over 34 years. His wife, Carol, and his daughter, Traci, are also in the practice. and follows Dr. Skinner’s behavioral techniques of operant conditioning and positive reinforcement to change unwanted behavioral practices. He enjoys working with a variety of problems including personal growth, difficulties in marital and family relationships, life cycle transitions, occupational stress, trauma, depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders. Dr. Stan Seidman is a warm, caring, empathic, but direct therapist. Helping others is a primary goal and he goes above and beyond to reach out and help people make changes in their lives.

Meet our staff:

Diplomate-Fellow in Medical Psychology – Owner/Founder Associates in Behavioral Counseling

Dr. Carol Seidman is a Licensed Psychologist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has practiced in the Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, and Sunrise, area for over 35 years. She enjoys treating Adults, Couples and Families in a warm, family oriented, clinical setting. Anxiety, Phobias, Panic Attacks, Depression, Bariatric, Substance Abuse and Behavioral Issues are just a few of her areas of expertise. She is warm, down to earth, and empathetic. She enjoys helping her clients solve their problems with many techniques including Cognitive Behavioral Counseling, Rational Emotive Counseling, Behavior Therapy, and Life Coaching. On a personal side, she and her psychologist husband, have parented five children and have 8 grandchildren.

Meet our staff:

Francine Marks-Weinstein obtained her Master's Degree in General Clinical Psychology at the University of Houston in 1992. She has been in private practice since licensure, of which twenty years have been at Associates in Behavioral Counseling. Francine specializes in working with children, young adults, individual adults, couples and seniors.

Why I Became a Psychotherapist…
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“When I was in my first year of college, my brother was diagnosed with HIV. Dealing with issues like these are not easy, to say the least. The emotional toll was great. Though life presents us with these circumstances, it does not give us an instruction manual on how to deal with them. Even though my brother passed away and unfortunately, my father, too, passed away within one year of each other, their deaths have given me an unexpected gift; a relentless passion to help others overcome their emotional difficulties and gain strength from them as well.

As our emotions can often appear so complicated, I knew there had to be an easier way to understand and deal effectively with them. Over the past 20 years, I have worked to develop a unique, realistic and guided approach to positive psychological health that empowers you to overcome your present troubles, but future ones as well. All it takes is your commitment to improve. I truly love what I do and the satisfaction it brings to myself and the people I treat. Most people cannot say they found their ideal job, but I can.