Dolores Gallagher-Thompson

Dr. Gallagher Thompson specializes in the treatment of late-life depression and in working with persons with neurocognitive disorders (such dementia) and their family caregivers/ care partners. She is a board-certified specialist in Geropsychology (psychology of older adults) and is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been in practice for 25 years. She has been an NIH funded researcher for the past 25 years and is most noted for her empirical studies on the efficacy of psychoeducational interventions to reduce stress and improve the psychological status of family caregivers of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. She has culturally modified, translated, and tailored programs for Chinese-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and Farsi-speaking caregivers. In addition, she works with an international advisory group, led by the WHO, that has created an online web-based program to provide education and skills training globally to dementia family caregivers. Dr. Gallagher Thompson is a Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and a recognized Trainer/ Consultant/ Supervisor in CBT. At present she is Emerita Professor of Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, and former Director of the Outreach, Recruitment and Education Core of the Stanford Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. She is co-founder and current member of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee of the local northern CA chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. She is an associate editor of the journal Clinical Gerontologist: The Journal of Mental Health, Diversity, and Aging.