Julia L. Mayer, PsyD is a clinical psychologist, and has been doing individual and couples therapy for more than a quarter century. She has a busy full-time private practice in Media, Pennsylvania, where she specialises in women's issues, including relationship concerns, sexual abuse, eating disorders, care-giving, and ageing. She has done readings and given talks at libraries, art galleries, clinical supervision groups, retirement communities, and graduate programs in clinical psychology. She also previously published an article in the APA journal, Family, Systems and Health.Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD is a clinical psychologist, family therapist, and long-time journalist and writer. He works as the Director of Behavioural Sciences for the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Springfield, Pennsylvania, and has had adjunct faculty positions with the Temple University School of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and the Department of Psychology of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and his Doctor of Psychology degree from the Hahnemann/Widener Universities.
"A beautifully written guide for couples who want inspiration, a
refresher, or a reboot after the kids are gone."--William J.
Doherty, Ph.D., Professor of Family Social Science, University of
Minnesota, and author of Take Back Your Marriage
"A must-read for anyone over 50 who is married or wants to be. I
wish my parents had read this book when they were in their 50s!
It's a practical, hopeful guide to renegotiating and reinvigorating
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really help you and your spouse talk to each other."--Stephen
Fried, New York Times bestselling author of Husbandry: Sex, Love
and Dirty Laundry: Inside the Minds of Married Men and Rush:
Revolution, Madness & the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding
Father
"Drs. Mayer and Jacobs use their clinical wisdom and story-telling
abilities to bring to life the challenges for couples 50-plus.
Their advice will help strengthen long-term relationships to combat
the rising trend of Gray Divorce."--Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD,
author of After the Affair and Life with Pop
"Julia Mayer and Barry Jacobs have given us an eminently practical
guide to maintaining connection and re-establishing intimacy for
couples over 50. They provide engaging descriptions and clear
step-by-step guidance to help couples forge deeper meaning and
greater closeness. As the percentage of Americans over 65 continues
to grow, this will become an increasingly important and relevant
book for an ever-larger segment of our population."--Dr. Patricia
Papernow, author of Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily
Relationships: What Works and What Doesn't, and, with Karen
Bonnell, The Stepfamily Handbook: From Dating, to Getting Serious
to Forming a "Blended Family"
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