ABSTRACT
The theme of life as journey is explored by M. Shernoff, who was forced to make an emergency retirement from a full practice when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. As a developmental stage, retirement may bring significant changes in addition to the ending of a working life. As well as threats to the therapist’s own health, retirement may bring concerns for loved ones. Retirement from private practice may happen without any fanfare or celebration. Mary expressed sadness about how little recognition there is of a therapist’s work at the point of retirement from private practice. Price into professional women’s adjustment to retirement is interesting. Her qualitative study looking at professional women’s adjustment to retirement explores how gender impacts on how well retirees do in reordering their lives. In her small sample, commitment to professional identity during working years was a significant indicator of satisfaction and self-esteem in retirement.
