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Roberta Satow Ph.D.

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Roberta Satow, Ph.D. is a New York based psychoanalyst, speaker and author of Doing the Right Thing: Taking Care of Your Elderly Parents Even if They Didn’t Take Care of You, Gender and Social Life and the novel:Two Sisters of Coyoacán. She is a frequent contributor to the website ThirdAge.com and is a professor emerita of the department of sociology at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, Dr. Satow speaks and writes about issues of aging, gender, and mental health. She has been quoted in The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, on ABC News and other national media platforms. She has appeared on The Diane Rehm Show, AARP, Prime Time Radio and several other NPR programs. Excerpts of the book appeared in Today’s Caregiver and Caregiver.Com. She was featured in articles in Newsweek’s Web edition, The Washington Post, Charlotte Observer, Tampa Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Dallas Morning News, and Seattle Times.

Dr. Satow gave the keynote addresses at the EAP Symposium on Diversity and Well-being for the National Defence Department of Canada, Ottawa, and the New York City Dept. of Aging White House Conference on Aging. She has also spoken at the National Caregivers Conference, the Annual Mayoral Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, the National Conference on Family Relations Annual Conference, the Joint Conference of The National Council on the Aging and the American Society on Aging, the American Sociological Association and the Eastern Sociological Association.

Books by Roberta Satow Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Psychotherapy by Phone
Speaking on the phone can make it easier to talk about difficult subjects and may feel more intimate than even in-person treatment. But there are drawbacks.
Overcoming Irrational Guilt
The movie "One Life" is about irrational guilt and the difficulty of forgiving oneself for something one has no control over.
Are Adult Temper Tantrums Dangerous?

Adult temper tantrums are not necessarily physical, but they can still turn into abuse.

Adult temper tantrums are not necessarily physical, but they can still turn into abuse.

The Portrayal of Mourning and Melancholia in “Drive My Car"

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s film “Drive My Car” teases out the implications of how Yusuke and Misaki have coped with tragedy.

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s film “Drive My Car” teases out the implications of how Yusuke and Misaki have coped with tragedy.

"The Menu" and the Narcissism of High-End Dining

As brutally demonstrated in "The Menu," high-end chefs often become dissociated from the pleasure of eating.

As brutally demonstrated in "The Menu," high-end chefs often become dissociated from the pleasure of eating.

Do You Avoid Learning New Things?

A Personal Perspective: For some people, the novice period is intolerable because they experience it as a hit to their egos. It destabilizes their sense of self.

A Personal Perspective: For some people, the novice period is intolerable because they experience it as a hit to their egos. It destabilizes their sense of self.