How to Look at Old age

About the Book

Although the title suggests an exposition directed specifically toward the old age quandary, and the author begins by questioning its positive and negative aspects, the theme enlarges to include the whole meaning of life and death. The author’s career as a psychologist was an advantage in pursuing this complicated subject due to the easy access of her extensive “psych” library. These books, written by many gifted thinkers became the avenue by which such complex questions could be confronted. The author invites the reader to join in the search which takes many unexpected turns in the attempt to unravel the life-death, mind-body dilemma. Therapies abound as an inevitable accompaniment to deal with the human limitations in all of life, from birth on. It is written toward the view that the reader will find a resonance with some of the exciting ideas presented which complicate the original simple search for a “how-to-in-old-age”.

About the Author

JEANETTE G. LEVITT At the age of 94, Jeanette Levitt continues to be an inspiration to anyone who works in the area of mental health. She received her degrees in psychology at Brooklyn College in 1952 and 1956, and she became a staff psychologist at the New Hope Guild Center in 1958. In 1970, Jeanette founded and directed the New Hope Guild Center Child and Adolescent Therapy Training Program where she trained and supervised many of the faculty of NYIPT (among many others) until 1988, when she retired from the program. She has maintained a private practice as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist from 1958 through 2000. In addition, Jeanette Levitt is currently a Supervising Psychologist at the New York Institute for Psychotherapy Training in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence. Dr. Phyllis Cohen, Director