Volume 22 (2025), Edition 4

Although younger psychotherapists increasingly work with older patients, there is little research on their experiences within this age-discrepant therapeutic dyad. This study explores how younger psychodynamic psychotherapists experience...

The question of whether younger psychotherapists can effectively treat older patients – and which factors contribute to the success of this therapeutic relationship – is of central importance to patients, therapists, and their environment alike....

Systemic Therapy (ST) was approved as an evidence-based psychotherapy approach for adults in Germany in 2020, making it eligible for reimbursement through statutory health insurance. ST focuses on the interaction between an index patient’s...

Psychodynamic psychotherapy between young therapists and older patients is often shaped by intergenerational tensions, projections, and mutual resonance. Based on the case of a 75-year-old woman following a car accident, this article explores core...

The article investigates relational dynamics within age-discrepant therapeutic dyads involving older patients and significantly younger therapists. Drawing on three clinical vignettes, it delineates specific transference and countertransference...