Adapting to changes across the lifespan can be challenging, especially with unanticipated events. This can lead to feelings of stress, disappointment, guilt, and grief, and when extreme, can overwhelm and cause difficulty coping. Increased age can bring about increased responsibility, physical changes, and often loss. Even positive changes can impact lives in ways that are unexpected.    

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An especially challenging time is during mid-life when there is a need to balance time and energy between work, children, and aging parents. Mid-life divorce is also common, as are physical changes that further impact coping abilities. Caring for an older adult who has cognitive decline or dementia can disrupt family relations and lead to exhaustion, depression, anxiety, and health problems. Helping families understand the behaviors seen with cognitive impairment can aid communication between family members and the impaired elder.   

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In my practice I provide individual psychotherapy for adults of all ages, family therapy for families involved in the care of an older adult, and neuropsychological assessment, including assessment of diminished capacity.