Clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. Julio Angulo will be the featured speaker when the Fountain Hill Parkinson Support Group resumes regularly monthly meetings on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 9:30 a.m. in the Community Center.

He will present “Mapping the Road to Wellbeing” in the form of a workshop. According to the doctor, “PD or no PD, wellbeing is within everyone’s reach. The workshop will identify the necessary elements that make wellbeing possible as well as attainable.”

Dr. Angulo has extensive experience in clinical, academic and forensic settings. Early in his career, he also taught at Kansas State University and Arizona State University. His research was published in recognized academic journals including Child Development, American Behavioral Scientist, Journal of the Community Development Society, and Non-Profit Management and Leadership.

He is a member of the board of Parkinson Network of Arizona.

His worldview changed when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease five years ago, and his practice changed as well. He realigned his priorities and moved away from assessing clients’ behavioral dysfunctions and focused, instead, on their assets and strengths.

He began concentrating on people with PD, assisting them to formulate and carry out goals to improve the quality of their lives.

Anyone who is interested in learning more about movement disorders is encouraged to attend the FHPSG meetings at from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at the Community Center. There is no charge.

For more information about the support group, go to fhparkinsonsupport.org, or you may call the John O’Flynn Senior Activity Center at 480-816-5226 or Mary Stone at 480-816-6080.