Resilience at the Edge of Retirement
Professional Resilience in Changing Times
June 2025
Practical tips for older APA members facing job uncertainty—like layoffs and downsizing near retirement.
For many of us, retirement is something carefully planned in advance—not just financially, but also psychologically. But what happens when you find yourself retiring involuntarily or making late-career changes without the time to prepare? This presentation focuses on ways to cope with these unexpected shifts and steps you can take to ease the transition.
This program does not offer CE credit.
Speaker
Nadya A. Fouad, PhD
An emeritus distinguished faculty member in the counseling psychology division of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A board certified counseling psychologist, her research examines how people make work and career-related decisions, with an emphasis on understanding the work choices of women and underrepresented populations. Fouad taught foundations in career development at the master’s level and vocational psychology and professional, ethical, and legal issues in counseling psychology at the doctoral level.
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