Generation, Culture, and Clinical Practice
- Defining culture, generation, and age cohorts
- How historical events, social norms, and power structures impact individuals
- Overview of major age cohorts represented in older adult clinical work
- The risks of stereotyping
- Cultural humility and curiosity across generations
Clinical Implications: Case Conceptualization
- The influence of historical context on values, communication styles, and help-seeking
- How generational and cultural context shape symptom presentation and meaning-making
- Older adults’ relationships to authority, diagnosis, and mental health treatment
- Intersection of generation with race, gender, class, sexuality, disability, and immigration status
- Culturally responsive case conceptualization
Intervention Strategies and Generational Solidarity
- Practical strategies for improving generational attunement and therapeutic alliance
- Adapt communication and intervention approaches across generational and cultural differences
- Address internalized ageism in clients and clinicians
- Techniques to foster mutual understanding and collaboration across generations
- Ethical considerations
- Limitations of current research and potential risks


