
Older people are battling despair, but Erikson offers us hope
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a mental toll on older people. The psychoanalyst Erik Erikson offers a way out of our despair
by Jane Adams
Jane Adams PhD is a writer, social psychologist, personal coach and blogger for Psychology Today. Her most recent book is Boundary Issues: Using Boundary Intelligence to Get the Intimacy You Want and the Independence You Need in Life, Love, and Work (2005). She lives in Seattle.