Biography

Most of my professional endeavors are geared to the senior community for whom I enjoy facilitating groups, presenting a variety of workshops, and making motivational presentations. Also, I am a volunteer community educator with regard to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Of major interest to me is being a voice for seniors insofar as encouraging all persons who have reached the age of sixty-five to never accept that life in the senior years must be lived from a circumscribed perspective, with fewer options or diminished accomplishments.

Dr. Margo Merin, DSW

Education

Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven, CT

  • Doctor of Social Work

Columbia University - School of Social Work | New York, NY

  • Master of Science - Advanced Clinical Practice

  • Licensed in both the States of New York and Connecticut

New York University | New York, NY

  • Master of Arts - Dance Movement Therapy

  • Bachelor of Science - Business Education

Certificates

Meditation and Mindfulness              

Grief and Bereavement Counseling

Columbia-Presbyterian Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 

  • PTSD Counseling

Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, New York, NY

  • One-Year Program: Advanced Group Psychotherapy

Laban Institute for Movement Studies, New York, NY

  • One-Year Program: Movement Analyst

Honors

Women & Family Life Center, Guilford, CT | 2023

  • SHEro Award for Dedication and Outstanding Professional Work

Recent Endeavors

  • Presentation: Seniors Embracing Life, Guilford Library           

    • Under auspices of Shoreline Eldercare Alliance - Guilford, CT

  • Facilitator: Life After Loss Bereavement Groups                    

    • Women & Family Life Center - Guilford, CT 

  • Instructor: Meditation Plus

    • Canoe Brook Senior Center - Branford, CT

  • Instructor: Death Café and Obituary Writing

    • Shoreline Adult Education - Branford, CT

  • Co-Leader: Coping with Issues Relevant to Senior Life

    • The Towers - New Haven, CT

  • Guest Lecturer: Death—Impact and Responses on the Living                               

    • Southern Connecticut State University - New Haven, CT

  • Community Educator: Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias                         

    • Various Locations in South/Mid CT