Description

As the population ages, therapists and community educators will work with more older adults than ever before. Yet, mental health concerns in this group—such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance use disorders—often go unrecognized, leading to worsening health, increased dementia risk, and unnecessary suffering.  This engaging 90-minute webinar equips you with four essential skills to confidently assess, treat, and support older adults while challenging ageism in mental health care. You’ll gain practical strategies to:

• address ageism in mental health care;

• identify and treat common mental health conditions in older adults;

• recognize the link between mental health and dementia disorders; and

• address social isolation and loneliness to improve outcomes.

Time Frame

Webinar aired on 11/05/2025. The webinar recording will remain online indefinitely for participants to review and for everyone else to access and learn from. Continuing Education (CE) hours are not available for this recording.

Continuing Education Hours

This webinar recording is not accredited for Continuing Education (CE) hours. 

Target Audience

Open to all. Of special interest to mental health, addiction, and problem gambling treatment providers. 

Presenter

Instructor Regina Koepp

Dr. Regina Koepp is a Stanford-trained, board-certified clinical psychologist, gero-psychologist, and founder and CEO of the Center for Mental Health & Aging. Dr. Koepp is a sought-after speaker and educator and provides staff training and continuing education courses to professionals on topics surrounding mental health and aging. She was formerly a lead psychologist at University of Vermont Medical Center, Assistant Professor at Emory University Department of Psychiatry, and psychologist at the Atlanta VA Health Care System, where she provided direct patient care and consultation on the Geropsychiatry Outpatient Mental Health team for more than a decade. During this time, Dr. Koepp also served on the VA Central Office’s Geriatric Mental Health Field Advisory Committee. Dr. Koepp is formerly Vice Chair of the Georgia Psychological Association Ethics Committee, and she served on the Atlanta VA Medical Center’s Ethics Committee, the Clinical Advisory Workgroup, and as chair of the Psychology Professional Standards Board for several years. Dr. Koepp has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Next Avenue, AARP, and other national media outlets. She is a contributing writer at Psychology Today and Psychotherapy Networker, where she discusses mental health and aging. Dr. Koepp earned her doctorate at the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Emory University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, where she won the Richard W. Morrell Community Commitment Award.
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