Changing a Generational Bias: Therapy in Older Adults

If you ask them, you’ll find that most seniors have never had psychotherapy or any type of mental health counseling. That could be related to a prevailing belief system shared by the older adult generation that you “pull yourself ...

 
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Tough Topics: Assisted Living & Mental Health Issues

Things are not always black and white in assisted living, nor is it all prepared meals, Bingo, and someone else doing the dishes and laundry. There are complex issues facing assisted living staff and providers every day: questions about what ...

 
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“Non-Therapy” for Seniors: Next Stop, Assisted Living?

They sit and talk about “dependence and independence,” and they range in age from 75 to 88. It’s not officially called a therapy group, but this special workshop, led by a clinical social worker/psychoanalyst named Wendy Wilson, is instead called “...

 
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