The Aging Well Workbook

Julie Erickson, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and adjunct faculty member in the department of applied psychology and human development at the University of Toronto. Erickson's research interests focus on understanding the epidemiology of mental disorders in late life, reducing barriers to treatment seeking, and optimizing evidence-based psychological treatment for older adults. She offers workshops, seminars, and clinical supervision on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with older adults. She maintains an active clinical practice focusing on the treatment of middle-aged and older adults. Erickson's research has been published in journals such as Aging & Mental Health, Depression & Anxiety, Clinical Psychology Review, and Cognitive and Behavioural Practice. Neil A. Rector, PhD, is research scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI), director of the Mood and Anxiety Research and Treatment Program, director of research in the department of psychiatry at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and an affiliate clinical scientist in the Mood and Anxiety Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Rector was a former staff psychologist and director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at CAMH. Rector's research interests focus on the study of cognitive and behavioural mechanisms of vulnerability in the development and persistence of anxiety and mood disorders and their treatment with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). In addition to having an active CBT practice, Rector trains and supervises psychology and psychiatry students, runs workshops nationally and internationally, and is codirector of the University of Toronto's Continuing Medical Education Intermediate and Advanced CBT courses. He has published more than one hundred scientific publications and book chapters, and is author of seven books.