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Choices in Life: A Clinical Tool for Facilitating Midlife Review

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A critical developmental task of midlife involves reviewing one's past as well as preparing for one's future. The ability to identify past choices, task responsibility for them, and utilize developing patterns in future decision making is seen as a critical component of continued adult development. The Choicemap offers a structured clinical tool to guide such a midlife review. Engaging in this process assists adults in developing choicemaking skills, and provides a powerful clinical intervention.

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  1. Kennebunk, Maine

    Shari Lewchanin (Psychologist (private practice)

  2. Saco and Portland, Maine

    Louise A. Zubrod (Psychologist (private practice)

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Lewchanin, S., Zubrod, L.A. Choices in Life: A Clinical Tool for Facilitating Midlife Review. Journal of Adult Development 8, 193–196 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009598425503

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