The New 60: Outliving Yourself and Reinventing a Future Paperback - 2012

Robert Levithan was born in 1951 on the island of Manhattan. He is a committed New Yorker although time spent in Italy, Venezuela, Brazil and Santa Fe have contributed to his well being. Presently a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City, he also facilitates groups at Friends In Deed-The Crisis Center for Life Threatening Illness-where he was Co-Chair of the Board for seven years. He also leads the Mastery Workshop. He is a columnist for The Good Men Project Magazine and a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post. His rather varied past experiences include dancing for Twyla Tharp, performing with Robert Wilson and under the direction of Roman Polanski and driving a NYC Taxi. He co-produced the first productions of The Vagina Monologues, One Man Band and Word of Mouth, the source of Trevor, the Academy award winning film that led to the creation of the Trevor Project-the suicide hotline for LGBT teens. He has written columns for OPRAH at HOME as The Design Shrink and for OUT.com and ADVOCATE.com. As an expert on living with illness, he has appeared on CHARLIE ROSE and FRESH AIR and is cited in numerous books and articles. He currently lives in SoHo with his muse, Sophie, a former seeing-eye dog. He is working on a memoir.