The Center for Successful Aging

Center for Successful Aging

524 Chapala Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Phone: (805) 899-2915
Fax: (805) 957-9230
Email: info@csasb.org
Web: www.csasb.org

 

The Center for Successful Aging (CSA) offers a variety of services to our senior population and families of all ages.

"Within this century, we will have unprecedented numbers of people living longer than ever before. How do we make these years satisfying, given early retirement, increasing life spans, and more mobile and spread-out family units?" ask Dr. Beverly Schydlowsky, Director of CSA States. "Our counselors have themselves adressed these issues and are prepared to help."

This community-based non-sectarian program will deliver peer support to individuals and groups in their homes, facilities and professional offices. The program is staffed by highly trained, supervised and experienced volunteers, age 50 and over, who have undergone an intensive 60-hour training.  In addition to individual counseling, CSA offers support groups that provide contact with other seniors who are experiencing similar life situations.

CSA Video

LifeChronicles has made a wonderful video about the Center for Successful Aging (CSA).  The video features our Director, Beverly Schydlowsky, PhD., who will tell you about CSA’s broad range of services, and our peer counselors and clients who will share their experiences.

To view click the appropriate link:

Dr. Evelyn Freeman, innovator of the nationally acclaimed Senior Peer Counseling Training Center in Santa Monica, California, has expressed her support and enthusiasm for CSA, saying, “Through the inspired dedication of peer counselors within this newly launched program, everyone can benefit—the client, the counselor, the agency that offers this service, and the entire community.”

CSA is fortunate to operate under the supervision of Dr. Beverly Schydlowsky, who has a doctorate in psychology and is a licensed clinical social worker. Dr. Schydlowsky brings an extensive background and expertise in gerontology.

Dr. Schydlowsky commented on the dedication of the volunteer counselors, “Their passion comes out of their experiences and learning new ways to think about their own lives and aging process. Because of this, they are excited to help others open new doors and discover creative and proactive approaches to the process of growing older.”

The program helps seniors who are facing the issues and challenges of aging. When loved ones are lost and friends move away, it’s easy to feel isolated, frightened and depressed. The Center for Successful Aging provides assurance that our community does care and that people don't have to go it alone. With trained volunteer counselors available to help deal with every day problems, seniors of all backgrounds can stay connected to their community and continue to live independent and emotionally rewarding lives.
Center for Successful Aging Program (CSA) senior peer counselors will provide peer support individually and in small groups for emotional, psychological and spiritual needs for issues related to the challenges of aging.

For more info, contact Center for Successful Aging
at (805) 899-2915, info@csasb.org

Staff:
Dr. Beverly Schydlowsky, PhD., LCSW, Director
Deborah Dunn, MA, MFT, Clinical Coordinator
Anna Vinnikova, Administrative Asst

Advisory Board:
Robert Kroes, Chair
Ralph F. Baxter, Vice-Chair

CSA is co-sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara and Catholic Charities of The Santa Barbara Region with support from the the Balin Trust, the City of Santa Barbara, the Mary Oakley Foundation, the Santa Barbara Foundation, James S. Bower Foundation and generous donors.