FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (August 2007)
Contact: Kelsey Johnson, Communications Specialist, 979-862-4990 or kelsey_johnson@tamu.edu
Caregiving DVD Featuring A&M Professor Reviewed by American Psychological Association
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – Dr. Tim Elliott, an affiliated faculty member with the Center on Disability and Development and professor of counseling psychology at Texas A&M, was selected as the expert psychologist for Caregiving, one of 22 DVDs in the APA Psychotherapy Videotape Relationships Series.
Caregiving, recently reviewed by the American Psychological Association's PsycCRITIQUES®, has been called "engaging" and "a useful foundation for those therapists and other health care providers who work with persons living with chronic conditions and their caregivers." Read the full review.
In Caregiving, Elliott demonstrates his approach to counseling caregivers by working with a 32-year-old single mother of four whose eldest son Joseph has cerebral palsy. Joseph has severe mobility problems, retardation, and is visually impaired and unable to swallow. He is on several medications and a series of physical activities. His mother describes some of her struggles as caregiver. Elliott counsels her on self-care and ways to find balance in her life.
For more information, contact Dr. Tim Elliott, Affiliated Professor in the Center on Disability and Development, 979-862-3095 or telliott@tamu.edu.
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