63rd Annual Conference

Friday, February 24

Early Bird Open Sessions

7:15 A.M. – 8:15 A.M.

Session 212

Master’s Circle - Aging Well: Challenges and Opportunities for Senior Therapists

Chair:     

Don Turner, M.D., CGP, FAGPA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University Medical School

Presenters: 

Diane Reid, R.N., Ph.D., FAGPA, Retired, Jalisco, Mexico

F. Theodore Reid, Jr., M.D., DFAGPA, Retired, Jalisco, Mexico

We get older but do we get wiser? Many senior therapists because of cultural stereotypes of older adults and their own fears of aging, fail to address the developmental tasks of older adulthood. We will explore these stereotypes and fears and highlight the challenges and opportunities of adulthood.