Resume

• 2000

  Clinical Residency

  Clinical Psychology

  Clinical residency

  Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center

• 1997

  Ph.D.

  Clinical Psychology

• 1992

  MA

  Counselling Psychology

• 1991

  Dip.Ed.

  Diploma

  Education

  Guidance Studies

• 1982

  HBBA

  Business Administration

  Marketing

  Varsity swimming/diving

  Wilfrid Laurier University

• Dr. Norm O'Rourke ‹ Wellness with Bipolar Disorder

  Norm O'Rourke

  Ph.D.

  R.Psych.

  is a professor and clinical psychologist with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Be'er Sheva

  Israel) and the Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical and Computational Sciences (IRMACS) Centre at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby

  Canada. He sat on the executive board of the American Psychological Association's Society for Clinical Geropsychology and the National Mental Health Commission of Canada.

  Norm O'Rourke

  Ph.D.

  R.Psych.

  is a clinical psychologist and associate professor with the Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical and Computational Sciences (IRMACS) Centre at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby (BC)

  Canada. He sits on the executive board of the American Psychological Association's Society for Clinical Geropsychology and the National Mental Health Commission of Canada.

  Foundation for Wellness with Bipolar Disorder

  Alzheimer's Disease

  Psychological Assessment

  Treatment

  CBT

  'Til Divorce Do Us Part: Marriage Dissolution in Later Life

  Judith Sixsmith

  Late-life divorce—commonly referred to as gray divorce—is a rising trend that parallels the growth of the older adult population. We sought to gain an in-depth understanding of the experience of marriage dissolution

  the divorce process

  and life following divorce in a sample of older adults who divorced after more than 20 years of marriage. Qualitative data were collected from 10 divorcees (7 women and 3 men; M age = 63.5) and analyzed to understand the gray divorce experience; that is

  factors that determined or delayed the decision to divorce and divorcees’ coping during and after divorce. Participants’ stories demonstrate that marriages endure despite problems because relationships are complex

  and good experiences mix with bad ones. Outcomes of late-life divorce have significant health and financial implications for both individuals and society.

  'Til Divorce Do Us Part: Marriage Dissolution in Later Life

  judith sixsmith

  Late-life divorce—commonly referred to as gray divorce—is a rising trend that parallels the growth of the older adult population. We sought to gain an in-depth understanding of the experience of marriage dissolution

  the divorce process

  and life following divorce in a sample of older adults who divorced after more than 20 years of marriage. Qualitative data were collected from 10 divorcees (7 women and 3 men; M age = 63.5) and analyzed to understand the gray divorce experience; that is

  factors that determined or delayed the decision to divorce and divorcees’ coping during and after divorce. Participants’ stories demonstrate that marriages endure despite problems because relationships are complex

  and good experiences mix with bad ones. Outcomes of late-life divorce have significant health and financial implications for both individuals and society.

  ’Till Divorce Do Us Part: Marriage Dissolution in Later Life

  Norm

  O'Rourke

  Simon Fraser University

  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

  Be'er Sheva

  Israel

  Full Professor

  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

  Burnaby (BC) Canada

  Associate Professor

  Clinical Psychologist

  Simon Fraser University

  Treasurer

  Society of Clinical Geropsychology

  American Psychological Association