seniors aging gracefully

I knew in my teens that I was destined to be a psychologist, and began reading Freud. In college I recall a professor telling the class that the chances of them becoming a psychologist were slim but I was a stellar student and knew I would get into a grad school. While working on my PhD I become exposed to the area of neuropsychology and was hooked. It was in its inception at that time which was cool as there was an opportunity to make a real impact. After completing my degree I considered doing a postdoc and went out to UCLA to interview. While there I met postdocs and they said something to the effect that if you have a job now, you really don’t need to do a postdoc. Besides that the guy that I was to work under mainly wanted to hit on me. So I returned to my state and did neuropsychological evaluations at the mental hospital where I worked. Eventually I established a private practice. I mainly saw kids with ADD but tried to expand my practice and reached out to attorneys informing them that my evaluations could help in cases of brain impairment. Eventually when insurance companies declined claims saying my evaluations were not covered by their insurance, I switched to being a forensic psychologist as there are tons of mentally ill people in jails and prisons. After having encounters with criminals where I would be locked in an interview room and faced with a psychotic, threatening person, I decided to retire.

My passion in life is helping others. I know now that there are many ways to help people, which is why I write this blog