Nusha Askari

Dr. Askari has extensive clinical research, teaching and administrative experience in neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry, with special focus on dementia. During the past two years, she has been actively engaged in research, education, and outreach efforts with caregivers of persons with chronic depression and dementia. These include caregiving psychoeducational facilitation programs and an equine guided support program, and she volunteers as a medical qigong instructor in an adult day program for persons with dementia and Parkinson’s disease. She is well versed in traditional mindfulness, meditation and healing practices and brings an East meets West integrative perspective to helping and healing. Dr. Askari is former professor and chair, department of Clinical Psychology & Gerontology (Notre Dame de Namur University). She has served on numerous research projects and chaired thesis and dissertation committees. She speaks English, Farsi, Spanish and French.