The Twelve Steps to More Graceful Aging with Susan Pitzele, MS and Peter Pitzele, PhD
We are living longer than any generation before us, and many of us now find ourselves navigating a “fifth quarter” of life for which there are few road maps, role models, stories, or shared traditions.
Susan and Peter Pitzele, familiar with the 12 Step fellowship that are the basis of AA, Alanon, and other programs, were inspired to asked the question: could the 12 Steps methods provide a deeper insight into the process of aging and dying, finding meaning and purpose, enduring loss, and the discovery of opportunities of later life?
We invite you to join us as Susan and Peter guide us through the steps, exploring the potential for self-realization as we age. With warmth and compassion, their guidance will be descriptive rather than proscriptive and encourage feedback and participation.
Who may benefit:
- Adults interested in exploring aging as a developmental, emotional, spiritual, and social journey
- Individuals approaching retirement or navigating later-life transitions.
- Older adults seeking meaning, purpose, and connection.
- Caregivers, helping professionals, educators, clergy, and community leaders interested in aging issues.
- Anyone curious about participating in a pioneering exploration of the Twelve Steps as a framework for aging.
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About the Presenters
Susan Pitzele, MS has an advanced degree in counseling and has spent many years as a psychotherapist. She co-created Bibliodrama with Peter, and is a veteran of 12 Step work.
Peter Pitzele, PhD studied literature, and after leaving his teaching life was trained in psychodrama,. He became the Director of Psychodrama Services at Four Winds Hospital from 1982-1995. While working with patients with dual diagnosis, one of them being addiction, he became acquainted with the 12 Step Programs. Later, he joined a 12 Step Alanon group to deal with his own issues of co-dependency. Now 85, he is a member of a local Alanon group where he is working the Steps as they apply to his fifth/quarter.
Susan and Peter’s presentation will be their first public presentation on the topic, and will help them shape a new program that they are developing: a virtual, 13-session pilot program via the International Tele’drama platform. All are encouraged to learn more and register for their program at: https://www.teledrama.org/en/events/2/172
Contact information:
Peter Pitzele
516-375-5164