While most therapists recognize that our theoretical orientation shapes our work, many of us forget a larger truth: that the kind of therapy we do is also the product of where we are in our own life cycle. Not only do we do things differently as a result of getting married, having children and grandchildren, and going through the aging process, but our clients react to us differently as the years pass. This workshop will offer you a deeper awareness of how to harvest the wisdom of your own journey through the life cycle. Together we'll explore how we present ourselves differently to clients as we mature and age and what effect that has, how our increasing store of personal life experience impacts our work, and how to best pass along the lessons we learn from our clients to others we see. We'll pay special attention to the role of storytelling in the therapeutic process, using film clips for examples.