(HS Leider 150826 2026) Unlocking the Power of Purpose: Clinical Strategies for Meaning, Motivation, and Healing

Course overview

In this session, Richard Leider, internationally bestselling author of Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old? The Path of Purposeful Aging, will teach you how disruptions in purpose during later life often show up clinically as anxiety, depression, burnout, and emotional numbness--offering a clear framework for restoring meaning, vitality, and direction as we age. Drawing on decades of counseling-based training, research, and work across healthcare, government, and community systems, this session reframes purpose as a core driver of mental health, resilience, and psychological well-being. Participants will leave with: Purpose-centered practices clinicians can use to help clients reconnect with meaning and motivation Clinical strategies for supporting a "growing and giving" life intention and mindset Practical guidance for helping clients cultivate purpose across life stages and major transitions