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That’s why Gordon chose
to offer both telehealth and
onsite mental health care
services to make care more
accessible. “I started to
realize the value of people
who wanted to come to
an office to talk and have
that privacy,” she says
of deciding to operate a
physical location.
SUPPORTING THE
AGING JOURNEY
Gordon, a parent of four,
works with all aspects of
the aging journey.
People come to her for
support with retirement,
a diagnosis of a family
member or to be a mediator
for what can often be
difficult family discussions
about older adult care
needs.
“Retirement is no
small deal,” she says as
an example. “I get people
who call me saying, ‘This
isn’t what I expected, and
my life doesn’t look like
I thought it was going to
look.’
“Someone might call who
has been diagnosed with
dementia or some other
disease that is going to be
chronic and progressive
and affect their life in ways
that are yet unknown,”
Gordon adds.
The COVID-19
pandemic may be on its
way out, but mental health
care needs for older adults
only continue to grow.
Gordon hopes her business
can support the local
community with all of their
aging needs both now and
into the future.
Adding the adjacent
space of Elements, named
after “approaching all
elements of life every single
day,” was also critical to the
business plan.
“I want the space to
become a community,”
Gordon says of Karen Faith
LLC and Elements. “We all
have our own journey, and
this space is meant to be a
container for that.”
As for what drives her,
the purpose is simple.
“I’m about wellbeing,”
Gordon explains. “I’m
about people maximizing
and capitalizing on all
the goodness in their life,
and when goodness is less
accessible because there are
challenges going on, I want
to be a safe space for people
to show up.”
Karen Faith Gordon cut the ribbon on her West Bloomfield
business June 21.
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