Is Age Just a Number: Treating Trauma in the Older Generation Versus the Younger Generation

Dr. De Lima is the Executive Clinical Director at Hanley Center at Origins where she works to ensure that Hanley Center provides the highest level of care to patients in all its programs. Dr. De Lima is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida as well as a National Certified Counselor (NCC). Dr. De Lima is also trained in EMDR. Her area of expertise is trauma and trauma treatment for special populations. Her dissertation work emphasized the factors that promote growth from trauma and the development of greater resilience in first responders. As a clinician, Dr. De Lima utilizes a variety of evidenced based protocols in the treatment of mental health disorders, SUDs, and trauma. As the Executive Clinical Director at Hanley Center at Origins, she oversees one of the few older adult specific treatment programs in the country. This role has also allowed her to see firsthand the unique needs of the older adult population and how trauma presents differently in the older adult population when compared with younger populations. Dr. De Lima has also presented extensively on trauma from a variety of perspectives, and specific to different populations, at national conferences. She has also provided trainings for many disciplines and agencies.