Meet LifeSpeak’s caregiving expert Tamara Statz

Tamara L. Statz is a passionate advocate for older adults and their families. In her work as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice, she sees adult individuals, couples, families, and groups who are facing chronic or terminal illness, death and dying, grief and loss, dementia, caregiving, and more. Her work focuses on maintaining quality of life in the face of health challenges, well-being while caregiving, and support throughout grief and loss. She founded Vibrant Living Senior Services, LLC in 2013 to address the unmet mental health needs of older adults, their families, and caregivers in Minnesota. She also holds a Fellow in Thanatology from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, which signifies the highest expertise in Death, Dying, and Bereavement.
In addition to her clinical work, Tamara conducts research, is an educator, and is a board-approved clinical supervisor.

She engages in collaborative research on topics related to aging, grief, illness, caregiving, and dementia with collaborators at researchers around the United States; is an adjunct professor at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota in the Counseling and Psychological Services Program; and is a board-approved supervisor for clinicians seeking mental health professional licensure in Minnesota. Tamara envisions a world where older adults are valued and honored (as we are all aging!), caregivers are supported, families are able to have hard conversations, and aging is seen as a time of opportunity and purpose - and she is honored to do everything within her power to make it so.

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