Erv Polster on How Aging Changes Therapy
Learning to Embrace the Flow of RelationshipPSYCHOTHERAPY NETWORKER: You’re 95 now and have been retired from practice for 20 years, so you have an unusually broad perspective on how therapists... Read more
Aging Courageously
…And What Many People Who Struggle with Aging Have in CommonPSYCHOTHERAPY NETWORKER: Do you think that your experience as a therapist has given you any special insight into the challenges of... Read more
Irvin Yalom on the Possibilities of Aging
The Rewards and Challenges of Being an Older TherapistAs each of us grows older, we can try to embrace the full possibilities of aging, even alongside its challenges. That’s a genuine gift for our clients as... Read more
The Breaking Point
Supporting Fragile and Separating CouplesAs clinicians, we need to keep alert to the struggles couples have had during the pandemic and find ways to support those who couldn’t hold together. Read more
The Pager Incident
From Therapeutic Stagnation to GrowthA decades-long therapeutic relationship shares some of the same elements as a marriage of similar length: the commitment to stay, the ups and downs, the... Read more
Strengthening Personal Boundaries
The Bioenergetic ApproachAsserting boundaries sometimes means confronting painful loss, but in these cases, helping them reinforce their boundaries has led to greater satisfaction. Read more
Navigating the Rift
A Therapeutic Rupture and the Art of RepairAfter being insulted by a difficult client, this therapist doesn't know how to proceed. Here, seven clinicians weigh in. Read more