Issues

Old Age

Aging implies, on the one hand, a loss pf physical strength, and on the other hand an increase of personal freeedom. We no longer need to prove anything to ourselves or to others. Long-established personality structures may soften and mellow. We can just be who we are. Possible relevant issues:

Acceptance of, and reconciliation with, the life one has led
Which situations and memories keep reemerging and may still need to be understood?
Which wounds remain unhealed?
Autonomy and responsibility
Becoming more aware of one`s physical self in the body
Dealing with loss or the challenge of loneliness
Intergenerational problems
Questions concerning the meaning of life in this particular phase
Fear of death and dying
Counselling and support for relatives of Alzheimer's patients