Irvin Yalom on Grief, Loss, and Growing Old

Irvin Yalom on Grief, Loss, and Growing Old

with Irvin Yalom
Join celebrated clinician and author Irvin Yalom at the existential crossroads of life and death in a riveting interview in which he offers invaluable personal and professional insights into the meaning of work, love and loss.
Confronting Death and Other Existential Issues in Psychotherapy

Confronting Death and Other Existential Issues in Psychotherapy

with Irvin Yalom
Here’s a chance to have a front row seat as Dr. Irvin Yalom talks to a packed room of therapists about a topic rarely discussed in our field: death. Sharing ideas from his most recent book, Staring at the Sun Yalom shows us how to confront death in order to invigorate and enhance our own lives and the lives of our patients.
Facing Terminal Illness: A Guide for Helping Professionals

Facing Terminal Illness: A Guide for Helping Professionals

with Satir Institute of the Southeast
Virginia Satir's model for the process of change is illustrated in this video through the story of a terminally ill patient and the hospice workers who support her through the process of dying.
Death, Dying and Grief in Psychotherapy (2-Video Series)

Death, Dying and Grief in Psychotherapy (2-Video Series)

with Milton Viederman
Watch Milton Viederman, MD, bring a psychoanalytic orientation to psychotherapy with patients struggling with grief — both in a private clinical setting and with in-hospital cancer patients—in this profound series on death and dying.
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death

Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death

with Irvin Yalom
In this exclusive excerpt from his latest book, Irvin Yalom delves into the ultimate existential concern, and how therapists can help clients in facing death anxiety. 
A Matter of Death and Life

A Matter of Death and Life

with Irvin D. Yalom, MD & Marilyn Yalom, PhD
In this excerpt from A Matter of Death and Life, Irvin Yalom speaks from the depths of pain over losing his beloved wife and co-author, Marilyn; not only to fellow therapists but to all of us who have lost loved ones. 
Psychotherapy with Older Adults: Unjustified Fears, Unrecognized Rewards

Psychotherapy with Older Adults: Unjustified Fears, Unrecognized Rewards

with George Kraus
A geriatric clinical psychologist debunks the stereotypes about working with elderly populations, and shares his discovery of the joy and gratitude that come from intimate contact with wise elders.
Motivational Interviewing in End-of-Life Care

Motivational Interviewing in End-of-Life Care

with Ellen Young
A social work intern grapples with a situation that would challenge even an experienced clinician: helping a loving wife decide whether to stop feeding her dying husband of 64 years.
Encounters with Suicide: A Psychotherapist Remembers Not to Forget

Encounters with Suicide: A Psychotherapist Remembers Not to Forget

with Catherine Ambrose
A psychotherapist treating a suicidal client struggles with memories--and forgetting--of suicide in her own family.
After the Diagnosis: Helping Patients Cope With their Emotions

After the Diagnosis: Helping Patients Cope With their Emotions

with Gary McClain
Psychotherapist Gary McClain discusses the importance of understanding clients' reactions to new diagnoses, the three main responses they have, and advocating for them with healthcare providers.
What Remains: The Aftermath of Patient Suicide

What Remains: The Aftermath of Patient Suicide

with Margaret Clausen
Psychologist Margaret Clausen shares poignantly about the loss of her client to suicide,  the steps she took to heal her grief, and the isolation and shame that many clinicians needlessly suffer in the wake of client suicide.
Kenneth Doka on Grief Counseling and Psychotherapy

Kenneth Doka on Grief Counseling and Psychotherapy

A leading expert on grief counseling and therapy, discusses how understanding individual grieving styles is essential to grief counselors and all therapists helping clients deal effectively with loss.
Robert J. Lifton on Political Violence, Activism and Life as a Psycho-Historian

Robert J. Lifton on Political Violence, Activism and Life as a Psycho-Historian

Famed psychiatrist, psycho-historian, writer and activist Robert J. Lifton talks about being a witness to an extreme century, combining scholarship with activism, the psychology of violence, and the next great threat to the planet: climate change.
Reflections of a Psychology Resident in Trauma and Acute Care

Reflections of a Psychology Resident in Trauma and Acute Care

with Nina Silander, PsyD
En route to becoming a psychologist, a resident reflects on her clinical trials by fire in a Level-1 trauma center.
My First Private Patient

My First Private Patient

with Valery Hazanov
As a young therapist, Valery Hazanov reflects on his therapeutic relationship with an elder fellow Russian, and wonders if he made a difference.
Introducing Grief: How My Clients and I Have Embraced the Exploration of Loss

Introducing Grief: How My Clients and I Have Embraced the Exploration of Loss

with Stephen Grigelevich
Tips for helping your clients embrace grief and get unstuck from loss in their lives.
An Existential-Spiritual Journey During COVID-19

An Existential-Spiritual Journey During COVID-19

with Robert Gordon
In the shadow of COVID, a therapist and his client address their own uncertainties in order to experience freedom and deeper meaning.
Dr. Shelley F. Diamond: A Psychotherapist Facing Death

Dr. Shelley F. Diamond: A Psychotherapist Facing Death

with Shelley Diamond
After being diagnosed with aggressive terminal cancer, a psychotherapist shares how she addressed grief, gratitude and loss professionally and personally.
Full Container

Full Container

with Sylvia Johnson
Couples therapy can unlock and heal the deepest of pains, those related to the loss of a child.
Healing Conversations: Giving Life to the Life of a Person Who Died by Suicide*

Healing Conversations: Giving Life to the Life of a Person Who Died by Suicide*

with Linda Moxley-Haegert
A compassionate therapist gently and skillfully guides suffering parents through the shadow of their son’s suicide.
Krista Tippett on the Immensity of Our Lives

Krista Tippett on the Immensity of Our Lives

Departing from tradition, our Editor, Lawrence Rubin, turns the microphone on Peabody Award-winning journalist Krista Tippett to explore questions around what it means to be truly human 
How to Help Clients Change the Narrative of Aging

How to Help Clients Change the Narrative of Aging

with Bill Randall
By viewing aging as an adventure, gerontologist William Randall offers alternative narratives to counselors and clinicians working with older adults.
Katja-Writing: Being Author and Audience to Fictionalized Stories of Trauma- Part II

Katja-Writing: Being Author and Audience to Fictionalized Stories of Trauma- Part II

with Christoffer Haugaard, Irene and David Epston
Join Christoffer Haugaard and David Epston as they deepen and conclude their powerful work with Irene to build stories through which she heals from brutal childhood trauma.
Narrative Therapy in a Cross-Cultural Conversation with Someone Approaching Death

Narrative Therapy in a Cross-Cultural Conversation with Someone Approaching Death

with Sasha McAllum Pilkington
Bridging the distance between herself, a Pakeha" New Zealander, and her client, a Maori" New Zealander, Sasha McAllum Pilkington shows how relationships can mean the difference between life and death.