Resilient Together for Dementia (RT-D)

Inclusion Criteria:

* Recent (\~3 month) chart documented ADRD diagnosis,
* ADRD symptom onset after age 65
* Cognitive assessment scores and symptoms consistent with early stage dementia, as determined by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale scores of .5 or 1.0
* Cognitive awareness of their problems (as determined by the treating neurologist), and ability to understand study and research protocol, as determined by a standardized teach-back method assessment

Additional inclusion criteria for dyads are:

* English speaking adults (18 years or older)
* Dyad lives together
* At least one partner endorses clinically significant emotional distress during screening (\>7 on Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale subscales or \<5 on the Geriatric Depression Scale)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient is deemed inappropriate by the neurology team
* Either partner has a co-occurring terminal illness
* Patient was diagnosed with forms of dementia with clinical profiles that would preclude participation (e.g., Frontotemporal Dementia- behavioral variant), as determined by treatment team.