AARP Meditations for Caregivers: Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family

About Barry J. JacobsBarry JacobsJulia L. MayerJulia Mayer

Barry J. Jacobs Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist family therapist and the author of the book The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers: Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent. Dr. Jacobs has given more than 400 local regional and national presentations on family caregiving for family caregivers and community groups mental health/social service professionals and physicians/nurses. Since 2008 Dr. Jacobs has been the national spokesperson on family caregiving for the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. He is on the expert panel for the Caregiver Crisis Great Challenge for TEDMED.com an honourary board member of the Well Spouse Association and a past board member of the Collabourative Family Healthcare Association. He is on the expert panel for the AARP Advisory Panel and writes a monthly caregiving column for AARP.org. As a clinician Dr. Jacobs specializes in helping individuals and families cope with serious and chronic medical illnesses. As an educator he works as the Director of behavioural Sciences for the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Springfield Pennsylvania and has had adjunct faculty positions with the Temple University School of Medicine the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Department of Psychology of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.Julie L. Mayer Psy.D. a clinical psychologist has been doing individual and couples therapy for almost 25 years. She is the author of the novel A Fleeting State of Mind. Dr. Mayer has a private practice is in Media Pennsylvania where she specializes in women's issues including caregiving and other relationship concerns. She has held adjunct teaching positions at the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology of Widener University and in Widener University's undergraduate programs. She was also an Instructor for the Master's Program in Creative Arts Therapy at Hahnemann University for eight years teaching courses on human development and psychoanalytic theory.Dr. Jacobs and Dr. Mayer who are married previously wrote online columns of psychological advice for WebMD and HealthCentral.com. They live in Swarthmore Pennsylvania.