CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Learn about the health effects of art and creativity at the next Senior Peer Counseling Public Seminar to be held from 11:15 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Jan. 29, at St. John’s Lutheran Church conference center on Memory Lane in Clearlake.

This seminar is part of Senior Peer Counseling’s Public Seminars on Aging series, designed to explore the gifts and challenges of older age.

The monthly seminars will cover topics such as how to talk to an elder who drinks; the gifts of conscious aging; increasing peace of mind through meditation, and many more.

The seminar is presented by Program Director, Kim Baughan Young, MFT, psychotherapist; and funded by the Department of Mental Health.

All trainings and services offered are free of charge. Konocti Senior Support Inc.’s Senior Peer Counseling program provides seniors 55+ who need emotional support with home visits by trained volunteers.

Please call 707-995-1417 for more information or to become a volunteer. Memory Lane is a right turn from Olympic Drive, two blocks east of the police station and next to the yogurt shop.