“The Courage To Survive, Facing the Loss Of Your Soul Mate” is a video describing a wall street banker’s life journey after his wife was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.The video details the personal challenges facing Robert the parent of three children and his psychotherapeutic experiences with Norman Straker MD, psychoanalyst, psychiatric consultant at Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and clinical professor psychiatry at Weill Cornell. This moving story documents the importance of an analytical informed psychotherapy in confronting terminal illness, preparing spouses and children for the death of their wife, mother and demonstrates how therapists can help their patients cope with loss, facilitate grieving, and mourning and finally promote recovery.
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