Mindful Aging: Tools for Supporting Seniors in Counseling

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Building Resilience: Experiential Tools for Inner Strength and Well-Being (3HR)

$45.00

Course Description

This strengths-based training invites mental health professionals to explore mindful and compassionate approaches to working with older adults. Rooted in mindfulness, resilience research, and culturally responsive care, the course offers practical strategies to support seniors in cultivating presence, embracing life transitions, and finding purpose in later life. Participants will examine developmental, psychosocial, and cultural factors shaping the aging process, address challenges such as loneliness, role shifts, grief, and cognitive changes, and learn to adapt interventions for varied abilities and contexts. The training blends experiential practices, reflective exercises, and case-based discussion, equipping clinicians to foster dignity, agency, and connection in older adulthood.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

Identify key developmental, cultural, and psychosocial factors influencing the aging process and their relevance to clinical work with seniors.
Apply mindfulness-based tools to enhance emotional regulation, resilience, and meaning-making in older adults.
Integrate strengths-based and culturally responsive strategies into treatment planning for clients navigating later-life challenges.
Evaluate and adapt interventions to address the diverse needs, abilities, and goals of aging clients while fostering autonomy and engagement.

Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical asynchronous continuing education credits.

For other board approvals, this course qualifies for 3 Clinical continuing education training.

Course Instructor: Kristin Whiting-Davis, LCSW-C

Recording Date: 09/13/2025

Course Format

NBCC ACEP # 7091, CE Training Workshops has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #7091. Programs that do not qualify are clearly identified. CE Training Workshops is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CE Training Workshops designates this continuing education activity for 3 continuing education hours.

CE Training Workshops, LLC, #1770, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/02/2025 to 08/02/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical continuing education credits.

Meet Your Facilitator

Kristin Whiting-Davis, LCSW-C is a licensed clinical social worker and a dedicated behavioral health leader with over 20 years of experience. As the owner of KWD Wellness, she offers individual and group therapy specializing in trauma, grief, and mindfulness, while providing clinical supervision across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. At Kaiser Permanente, Kristin manages multiple outpatient behavioral health centers, spearheading mental health initiatives, including digital innovation and quality improvement programs.

With a broad range of experience spanning child welfare, schools, hospital emergency departments, and psychiatric day programs, Kristin brings deep expertise in supporting individuals through diverse challenges.

Syllabus

Introduction
• Overview of course purpose and structure
• Framing mindfulness and aging within clinical practice

Objective 1: Identify key developmental, cultural, and psychosocial factors influencing the aging process and their relevance to clinical work with seniors
• Review lifespan development theory and psychosocial tasks in older adulthood
• Explore the impact of ageism, cultural narratives, and intersectionality
• Reflect on personal and professional beliefs about aging

Objective 2: Apply mindfulness-based tools to enhance emotional regulation, resilience, and meaning-making in older adults
• Adapt mindfulness practices for varying cognitive, sensory, and mobility capacities
• Introduce breath-, body-, and sensory-based grounding exercises
• Incorporate gratitude, reminiscence, and meaning-making practices
• Practice teaching a brief mindfulness exercise designed for older adults

Objective 3: Integrate strengths-based and culturally responsive strategies into treatment planning for later-life challenges
• Identify and amplify client strengths, wisdom, and resilience
• Incorporate cultural, spiritual, and community supports
• Address grief, loss, and life transitions with compassion and agency
• Apply strategies to diverse clinical case examples

Objective 4: Evaluate and adapt interventions to meet the diverse needs, abilities, and goals of aging clients
• Tailor interventions to individual goals, contexts, and functional capacities
• Review ethical and professional considerations in work with older adults
• Discuss application in supervision and ongoing clinical practice

Summary / Q&A
• Review of key concepts and clinical takeaways
• Participant questions and discussion