Designing a Practice Environment for Older Adults

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Our country’s population of older adults is growing by the day, with the percentage of individuals over 65 increasing from about 18% today to about 23% over the next 20-30 years. Working with older adults can be incredibly gratifying, and, there are some nuances to specializing with this population. Dr. Seda Terzyan is my guest today, and we’re talking all about working with older adults. While we spend some of our time on the clinical aspects of this work, we dedicate most of the interview to how Seda designed her practice for this population. Here are a few topics that we cover:

• The importance of neurologists and other physicians as referral sources
• Environmental choices that benefit older adults
• Whether to take insurance or not
• Picking good clinicians to work with older adults

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• The Testing Psychologist mastermind groups and business consulting
• Seda’s email: seda@perspectivesoc.com
• Seda’s website: www.perspectivesoc.com 

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About Dr. Seda Terzyan

Dr. Seda Terzyan is a neuropsychologist and founder of Perspectives Psychological Services. She has her doctorate in clinical psychology from Loma Linda University. Her training emphasized both evidence-based treatment and differential diagnostics through neuropsychological evaluations. During residency, she worked in private practice settings across the developmental spectrum, working with children, adults and older adults. Her group clinic is currently specialized in working with geriatric populations, providing both diagnostic evaluations and treatment for medically and psychiatrically complex populations.

Get in Touch

• Website: Perspectivesoc.com
• Perspectives Office: 949-783-9590
• My Email: Seda@perspectivesoc.com
• Instagram: perspectives_psychological

About Dr. Jeremy Sharp

I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.

As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids.

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