Deborah M. Robitaille, LICSW, is an independent clinical social worker and has been practicing since 2002. She received her master’s degree in social work from Boston College. She has experience in community mental health and in inpatient psychiatry, but found her calling in geriatrics when she was an independent contractor providing counseling to nursing home residents. She has worked at The Miriam Hospital outpatient geriatric psychiatry since 2013 and provides individual and family therapy to patients with mood disorders who are adjusting to illness or coping with dementia.