Starting Over at Fifty-Six: What Reinvention Really Requires in Systems That Don’t See You
I began my training as a therapist as “the old guy” at fifty-six, when I entered NYU’s Silver School of Social Work. Reinvention at this age starts with resilience. Not the flowery kind, but the kind you earn after life has already tested you. In an earlier post, I wrote about looking in the mirror […]
When Therapy Swings: From Classical to Jazz
Many people approach therapy the way they approach work, with a bullet-point list. Issues to fix. There’s often quiet anxiety about not having enough to talk about this week, or pressure for the session to feel productive. And yes, sometimes life demands solutions. But real growth in therapy doesn’t unfold on a timetable. It begins […]
