Time & Other Thieves
Time & Other Thieves
Sarah B.
My Therapist Died: A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Axelbank
52 minutes Posted Sep 11, 2025 at 5:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share parts of a conversation I recently had with psychotherapist and organizational consultant Dr. Jeffrey Axelbank. In July of 2025, Jeff was featured in a New York Times article by Ellen Berry titled "The Ghost in the Therapy Room," about therapists who die unexpectedly—or at least their patients don't expect it. These patients are deprived of saying goodbye and otherwise preparing themselves for a profound loss that tends to go unrecognized by soci...