Your mother is becoming extremely forgetful…your husband has developed tremors…your best friend doesn’t know you any longer. We all have someone in our lives—a family member, neighbor or friend—who has been touched by Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia or Parkinson’s Disease. These individuals have first-hand knowledge of the hopelessness and despair that accompanies these disorders.

And it’s not just the loss of cognitive thought or memory, judgment, muscle control or comprehension. These diseases take away the essence of a life that has taken years to build. My name is Dr. Billi, owner of AttentionB. I’m a psychotherapist, coach and educator. I have been helping Parkinson’s, Dementia and Alzheimer’s patients and their families find light at the end of the tunnel with non-drug therapies. I can help your loved ones regain the self-respect and dignity that they have lost since the onset of their illness.

To keep your level of stress to a minimum, I can do the coaching sessions at your home or office or at my location. I bring the computer and all the other equipment with me. First, I familiarize myself with the way your loved one perceives things and the way you think. I learn how the symptoms of your loved one’s Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease or Alzheimer’s Disease play out in their day-to-day life and then I provide encouragement, recommendations, feedback, and practical techniques.

I start off by providing much needed emotional support to you and your loved one. My experience in mediation and conflict resolution, stress management and emotional intelligence and communication, gives me a unique insight into the internal and interpersonal issues with which your family is dealing.
Next, I help your loved one merge the emotional aspects of their disorders with the physical incapacitation and the therapeutic aspects. I work on their aggression and resistance, as well as memory loss (cognitive thinking) and movement issues. To accomplish this, I use various techniques from my work in:

My goal in this process is to assist your loved one in regaining their dignity. We will do this through recapturing some of their memory, sharpening their cognitive skills, reducing their combativeness and helping them become more in tune with their environment. I will come to your place and I bring all the needed software and equipment. You need only show up.

Identifying creative and innovative ways to overcome challenges and reach goals has been my primary source of motivation throughout my career. My commitment to a higher quality of life for people of all ages that experience cognitive challenges continues to grow and motivate me each day. Through my study and life work, I know that coaching, which is focused on the individual’s strengths, makes a big difference.