Friday, 29 March 2024

Community seniors have a new peer counseling program director

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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Konocti Senior Support Inc. announced it has found a real local talent in the hiring of Erin Dailey, PsyD to head one of the most outstanding services for seniors in Lake County – Senior Peer Counseling, a free service for seniors who are seeking help in solving their own problems through life to life dialogue with senior-aged peer counselors.

Dailey received her doctorate in clinical psychology, and has more than 10 years' experience doing bilingual psychotherapy in Spanish and English with individuals of all ages and backgrounds.

She is an advocate for the physically and learning disabled community. Dailey also teaches yoga, meditation and Latin dance in Lakeport that is appropriate for folks in need of stress reduction and cardiovascular health.

Dailey's strength lies in her psycho-social-bio-spiritual approach as she strives to treat the individual as a whole keeping them grounded in their environment.

She recently finished an internship in Lower Lake where she treated adults with depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorders, substance abuse problems and relationship issues.

She is dedicated to the nonprofit world and has been a mentor to foster youth. Her dissertation had an emphasis on students with disabilities and their need for accommodations in higher education as well as examining the development of minority rights since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Dailey leads a weekly peer counseling consultation group with Senior Peer volunteers, Wednesday’s from 10 to 11 a.m. followed by a training on issues relevant to senior peer counselors open to the public from 11 a.m. to noon each Wednesday.

Upcoming trainings touch on issues such as:

– How to identify and handle maltreatment of seniors.
– Stress reduction and changing thought patterns causing depression and anxiety.
– Handling issues of drug and alcohol abuse with seniors.
– Navigating local financial, social, emotional, medical and spiritual resources helpful to seniors.
– Appropriate boundaries in peer counseling.
– Skillful communication.
– Living in the moment with spiritual ease and positive psychology.

Generally meetings are held at 845 Bevins St. in Lakeport, with the lecture topic presented at 11 a.m.

Call Dailey at 510-306-6410 in order to confirm senior center location.

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