by drmikol | May 29, 2013 | aging, aging parents, anxiety, caregivers, cargiving, children, counseling, death, dying, family, family conflict, Marin County, San Franciso, san rafael, seniors, therapy
On Death and Dying: My Personal Story Something that people don’t want to deal with is confronting the fact that their parents are going to eventually die. In our culture we don’t encourage people to talk about death because we honor youth and vitality,...
by drmikol | May 27, 2013 | aging, aging parents, anxiety, cargiving, seniors
I’ve just been talking to colleagues here in Marin County about helping to educate our community about anxiety, a problem that affects so many. Here is some information we’ve gathered to put on our local Psychological Association site to help everyone...
by drmikol | May 19, 2013 | aging, aging parents, clinical depression, counseling, depression, elders, family, seniors, therapy
Is Dad OK? What is clinical depression? Clinical depression is the most common of mental conditions, which can be treated, but among elderly aging parents, it is one of the most overlooked. Sometimes, it’s because physicians don’t recognize the signs and symptoms....