Master Series in Clinical Practice

Jointly sponsored by The Continuing Education Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Major Teaching Hospital of Harvard Medical School; Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute; and William James College.

The Master Series affords the chance to spend a complete day with leaders in our field to consider the unique perspective each speaker brings to the challenging dilemmas in both theory and practice. We hope that you will consider joining us for the entire series at a reduced tuition or choose the programs most relevant to your own practice.

David Treadway, Ph.D., instructor

Despite our dreams of achieving maturity and wisdom as we grow older, many of us find it hard to come to terms with what aging is really like. What a shock to find ourselves feeling no wiser than we did when we were younger and starting to fall apart at the seams to boot. So, how do we help ourselves---and our aging clients---deal with these new realities?  In this workshop, we’ll examine the developmental issues of growing older, such as finding meaning and purpose, accepting the present, and coming to terms with the past. We’ll discuss how and why aging can complicate our work with our clients, as well as our own lives and relationships. We’ll consider how our own therapeutic approaches evolved through different development stages in our careers, and how we plan to deal with the stages to come, including retirement, going part-time, or consulting, in the coming years.

Specific learning objectives:

1. Review a developmental perspective on aging issues.

2. Discuss an enhanced understanding of how best to confront the impact of aging in your own lives and your work with your own clients.

3. List and demonstrate a repertoire of new tools to utilize in your own effective self-care.

Program Code: MS82

6 CE/CME Credits

Location: William James College, Newton

David Treadway, Ph.D., is the Director of the Treadway Training Institute and the author of Home Before Dark: First Year with Cancer and Intimacy, Change, and Other Therapeutic Mysteries.

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