Generations Psychological & Consultation Services

11/15/2025

We’ve now been practicing longer than we were in school. Nothing we learned wins out over being able to sit with another person in their pain. We talk about things other people wouldn’t or can’t, and it’s an honor to be trusted with another person’s story.

11/10/2025

“Do you talk like that to all your clients?” A question we get occasionally from clients and even family members. Usually, this question shows up as a soft jab, an attempt to pull us in or out of our professional role. It almost always comes from folks with their own problematic ways of relating to other people.

My response to this question comes from the talented Dr. Irvin Yalom: It is a compliment that I believe in your resilience to hear what I’m saying.

09/21/2025

We hear the term ‘manipulation’ thrown around in therapy a lot. It’s a pop culture term that has lost meaning in the general public. So let’s clear it up:

When someone is manipulating, they are using fraud and deceit to get some type of personal gain. They are trying to trick a person. So, what is the alleged manipulator asking you to do?

When someone explains to you how your statements, actions, and beliefs are harmful to them, and thus, makes them not want to be around you, they are setting boundaries. Boundaries are set by a person who wants to protect their psychological integrity.

If you are dissatisfied or upset by someone’s boundaries, instead of responding with defensiveness or perpetuating a story about your own victimhood, really try to listen to the other person.

We hear these stories all the time. Initially, the person with whom the boundary is drawn claims to have “no idea” or believes the rationale is frivolous, which is why they don’t give it any legitimacy. That approach never brings people back together, and sometimes that’s for the best. Ideal repair work involves truth-telling and honest exploration. Not everyone is up to the task, and a person who decides to go in another direction isn’t manipulating the situation. They are protecting themselves.

06/27/2025

We recommend The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran often to patients. Just like Elvis, who was a big fan of the book 👑

06/01/2025

'Memory cafes' are small social gatherings for individuals with dementia — and their caregivers, too. As public health funding shrinks, memory cafes are cheap to run and can offer measurable benefits.

04/29/2025

Being honest with one’s self can be very difficult, especially when your behavior has caused pain for people in your life. However, we know on the other side of that honesty is a liberation where one can live with real love and compassion. Therapy works best when you tell on yourself.

04/22/2025

There are lots of researchers who study autism, and we know much more about it now than we ever did. Having access to grant funding for continued research and support services for autistic children and adults as well as their family are integral.

We celebrate the identities and experiences of autistic people and affirm our commitment to autism research with these words from APA CEO Dr. Arthur C. Evans Jr.

See APA's latest resources: https://at.apa.org/t9w

04/02/2025

Generations provides a welcoming space for people to share thoughts, feelings, and experiences that might be hard for others to understand. Our goal is to help people know themselves better, be honest, and own their identities with love ❤️.

03/31/2025

There are 1.3 million adults in the United States who are transgender. It's important to stay informed about the history and needs of older adults suffering worse health outcomes due to societal prejudices.

03/19/2025

Starting March 31st, Social Security beneficiaries who want to *change* their bank account or are *new enrollees* will have to verify their identity online or in-person at an SSA field office.

We know this measure will hurt our rural and disabled clients the most in addition to causing delays in Medicare enrollment for those turning 65 or have a disability. We at Generations are committed to supporting our patients through this process with no distuption to care.

In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone.

03/10/2025

Older adults are more susceptible to consuming and sharing misinformation online. Researchers believe this phenomenon is due in part to them not being "digital natives" (i.e., having less experience with current technology).

Two techniques to improve digital literacy include:
1. Lateral reading: When you're reading a post, to evaluate credibility, open a new tab and search for the website or source you are reading. Look at what other news outlets are saying about the topic. If you're sharing a post on Facebook, check out the original page the post was created on to see if the page is just spam. It's possible the post was created as part of a misinformation campaign, some of which are generated from a bot and not a real person.

2. Reverse image search: If you're not sure whether a picture is real or AI-generated, you can copy or download the picture. Go to Google Images, click on the camera icon in the search bar and upload the photo. It will tell you where that image came from.

Source: Moore, R.C., Hancock, J.T. A digital media literacy intervention for older adults improves resilience to fake news. Sci Rep 12, 6008 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08437-0

02/25/2025

"Amnesty International recognizes that the fastest way to protect the rights of all civilians in Ukraine, including older people, is for Russia to end its war of aggression."

Displaced older people with disabilities in Ukraine are physically and financially unable to access adequate housing and care amid Russia’s ongoing invasion, sometimes leaving few alternatives to being placed in residential institutions, Amnesty International said in a new report today ahead of th...