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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813084903321

Autore

Knight Bob

Titolo

Psychotherapy with older adults / / Bob G. Knight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage, c2004

ISBN

1-4522-3818-9

1-322-28305-2

0-7619-2373-X

1-4522-2231-2

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 289 p.) : ill

Disciplina

618.9768914

Soggetti

Older people - Mental health

Psychotherapy for older people

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-276) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 - Gerontology for Psychotherapists: The Contextual, Cohort-Based, Maturity, Specific-Challenge Model; 2 - Adaptations of Psychotherapy for Older Adults; 3 - Building Rapport With the Older Client; 4 - Transference and Countertransference With Older Clients; 5 - Guidelines for Assessment in the Context of the Practice of Psychotherapy; 6 - Grief Work With Older Adults; 7 - Chronic Illness in Later Life; 8 - Psychotherapy and the Person With Dementia; 9 - Psychotherapy With Family Caregivers of Frail Older Adults; 10 - Life Review in Psychotherapy With Older Adults

11 - Ethical Issues and Concluding Thoughts on Psychotherapy With Older AdultsReferences; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This third edition of a practical guide for experienced therapists and students in clinical training brings together current gerontological theory, research and clinical experience with the elderly.