The Penn Memory Center (PMC) is thrilled to announce that former social work intern, Rachel Marx, has accepted a position as the PMC’s very first Social Work Fellow.
Marx will be training under PMC’s director of social work, Alison Lynn, MSW, LCSW, to gain advanced and specialized skills in providing brief treatment psychotherapy (6-8 weeks in duration) to people living with dementia and their family caregivers.
Rachel Marx
Marx’s services will be provided free of charge to PMC patients and their family members in order to ensure that anyone who needs supportive therapy can access it regardless of financial means or insurance coverage.
To read more about what psychotherapy looks like in the context of dementia, click here: Demystifying psychotherapy: How therapy can help you.
Marx will start working with patients both in-person and via telemedicine in early June. In the meantime, if you or a family member are interested in seeing her, please contact Alison Lynn at alison.lynn@pennmedicine.upenn.edu or 267-239-1968 to join the waiting list.