Aging & Older Adult Counseling
Psychotherapy for older adults navigating grief, retirement, health changes, changing independence, isolation, identity, family roles and later-life transitions.
Your experience does not have to fit a perfect label.
- Older adults experiencing grief, anxiety, loneliness or stress
- People adjusting to retirement or changing independence
- Adults coping with serious or chronic illness
- Older veterans navigating health and life changes
- People facing changing family roles or questions of purpose
Something feels harder to carry than it used to.
- Losses are accumulating quickly
- Health or independence changes affect confidence
- Retirement feels less satisfying than expected
- Isolation or loneliness is increasing
- Changing roles make family conversations difficult
These experiences are not a diagnosis. They are starting points for a conversation about what is happening and what kind of support may fit.
Understanding the pattern—and your options within it.
Grief, loneliness and changing relationships
Health and illness-related adjustment
Meaning, identity and retirement
Changing independence
Caregiving and changing family roles
Later-life transitions
Warm, collaborative and grounded in your goals.
Kristin’s work is shaped by respect, context and honest conversation. Counseling is not a promise that pain will disappear. It is a structured place to understand what you are experiencing and work toward changes that matter to you.
- Direct, adult-to-adult conversation
- Respect for autonomy and lived experience
- Clear privacy and coordination boundaries
- Primarily telehealth care with limited Venice appointments
Explore Family Consultation & Aging Care Planning, a separate private-pay professional consultation service. It is not psychotherapy and is not billed to insurance.
Specialized experience without losing sight of the whole person.
Kristin Jones, LCSW, QS, CAGCS has 20+ years in social work and has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2012. Her work centers on grief, caregiving, aging, serious illness, changing independence and major life transitions.
Learn more about KristinQuestions people often ask
What is Aging & Older Adult Counseling?
It is psychotherapy for an older adult’s emotional and behavioral health, including grief, adjustment, anxiety, identity, relationships and later-life changes.
How is it different from Family Consultation & Aging Care Planning?
Aging & Older Adult Counseling is psychotherapy for the older adult. Family Consultation is private-pay professional guidance for family members making practical decisions about an aging loved one.
Does AlignCare work with older adults?
Yes. AlignCare is a specialized adult and older-adult counseling practice.
Does AlignCare diagnose or medically treat dementia?
No. AlignCare may support emotional, adjustment, caregiver and family issues surrounding dementia, but does not diagnose or medically treat dementia.
Ask about current psychotherapy openings.
Availability varies by service, schedule and appointment format. An inquiry is not a promise of an opening.