NOTE: The start date and times will be determined once we have at least 10 members.
Who is the group for?
This group was created for those wanting to Live Life Well with mild to moderate memory impairment.
It is designed for anyone wanting to
Feel more connected with others in similar situations.
Live more fully, with a deeper sense of purpose and meaning, while co-existing with memory issues.
And learn how to better deal with the resulting depression, anxiety, and/or frustration associated with this new reality.
This group will resonate well with people who were previously very much in command of their life, but now require the assistance of others.
What will this program offer?
Each group will create its own healthy and interactive group, to include
A supportive community with others who are also struggling to remember, but still wanting to be thoughtfully engaged in life.
A stimulating, patient environment. Each session will offer a topic of conversation decided by the group. This topic will be presented using different modalities (seminar, videos, music, expert presentations, hands-on, etc.) delivered in an easily accessible manner.
Opportunities to discover new ways to access and engage in a vibrant, meaningful life.
Help in better understanding, adapting, and overcoming the many emotional and behavioral struggles associated with memory impairment.
Help for family members to learn better ways to understand and adapt, so they can be more helpful and healthier in dealing with this new reality.
A personalized project based on your strengths, interests, and values.
This project will help you remember who you are—but occasionally forget—or whom others may have dismissed “as being lost.” You are still there!
I will tap you on the shoulder, help you remember, and show you how to experience the essence of your true self again.
Optional Support
For an extra fee—if you are physically able to engage—there is the possibility of working with a caring, intelligent individual who will assist you in engaging safely back into the community and “normal life” activities. This person would offer stimulating company in the afternoons—or on days we are not meeting—arranged according to your own desires and needs.
You would spend time together doing such activities as: shopping for groceries, clothes, or household items; running other errands; visiting friends; going to talks; enjoying musical and/or theater performances; exploring museums; sharing lunch; and/or spending afternoons in the gardens or at the movies.
Sessions
This intensive program will meet for a six (6) week period:
Three (3) times per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) for three hours each day.
One (1) hour of weekly individual therapy.
With optional weekly family group meetings (Wednesday, 6:00pm-7:30pm).
This group will be limited to fifteen (15) people. Each participant will have sixty (60) hours of group and individual therapy and families will be offered nine (9) additional hours (1 1/2 hours per week).
What will the treatment approach be and who will be the group leader?
Our group will be based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI), and led primarily by Julie Seel, Ph.D., an experienced, successful clinician and specialist in both modalities of treatment. We will also have co-therapist to help lead small groups.
If this group sounds interesting for you, or a loved one,
Please email, Julie@livelifewellnc.com, or call (919) 908-6465.
Cost, $2,800 per person.
A limited number of partial scholarships available for those in need—in honor of a very special person who is no longer here in body. She and I dreamed up this idea together—one of her many strengths was seeing needs and then creatively delivering solutions. She taught me that CBT and MI can work exceptionally well for those with memory impairment.
