Aging | Psychotherapy Networker

Cultivating Positive Age Beliefs

The Impact of Ageism on Our Bodies and Minds

Chris Lyford

Yale researcher Becca Levy discusses how our beliefs about aging affect our wellbeing, regardless of age. Read More

Debunking Myths About Aging

The Benefits of Therapy for Older Adults

Amy Schaffer

Some older people sink into states of depression, apathy, or agitated irritability, but emotional distress in this population is too often seen as part of... Read More

Editor's Note

The Therapist and The Older Client

Livia Kent

Are therapists ready to work with an older population? In this issue, we explore the changing, sometimes challenging needs that attend aging, as well as... Read More

Family Matters

Whose Mom Is It Anyway?

Learning to Love My Mother’s Caregiver

Robbie Conrad

A daughter’s resentment gives way to a lesson in unconditional love. Read More

In Consultation

Embracing a Shared Retirement Vision

Helping Older Couples Make Rewarding Choices

Stacy Cretzmeyer

Helping older couples create a shared vision for their retirement years. Read More

Clinician's Quandary

Elderly Clients, Hidden Gifts

Best Practices for Working with Older Populations

Psychotherapy Networker

I’ve been working with adults for most of my career, but I think it’s important not to neglect the mental health of our elderly population... Read More

Borrowed Tears

A Therapist Reclaims His Buried Past—and Upends His Practice

David Treadway

When a therapist finally confronts his tendency to dissociate, his work takes a life-changing turn. Read More

Erv Polster on How Aging Changes Therapy

Learning to Embrace the Flow of Relationship

Erv Polster

PSYCHOTHERAPY NETWORKER: You’re 95 now and have been retired from practice for 20 years, so you have an unusually broad perspective on how therapists experience... Read More

Aging Courageously

…And What Many People Who Struggle with Aging Have in Common

Joan Klagsbrun

PSYCHOTHERAPY NETWORKER: Do you think that your experience as a therapist has given you any special insight into the challenges of aging? KLAGSBRUN: I’m aware... Read More

Irvin Yalom on the Possibilities of Aging

The Rewards and Challenges of Being an Older Therapist

Irvin Yalom

As 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... Read More
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