Title: Psychotherapy with older adults /
Authors: Knight, Bob.
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Aged; Psychotherapy; Geriatric Psychiatry; Psychotherapy for older people.; Older people Mental health.
Abstract: "Updated to offer professionals and students an even more thorough account of therapy with older adults, the second edition of Bob G. Knight's best-selling book now expands on important issues while presenting his maturity-specific model as a conceptual framework. Sensitively linking both research and experience, Psychotherapy With Older Adults provides a practical account of the knowledge, technique, and skills necessary to work with older adults in a therapeutic relationship. This volume considers the essentials of gerontology as well as the nature of therapy in greater depth, including special content areas and common themes. Also a major addition is a comprehensive discussion of assessment and options for intervention. Numerous case examples illustrate the dynamics of the therapeutic task and issues covered in therapy and stress the human element in working with older adults. A new concluding chapter considers ethical questions and the future of psychotherapy with older adults."--Jacket.
Contents: Gerontology for psychotherapists : the contextual, cohort-based, maturity, specific-challenge model -- Adaptations of psychotherapy for older adults -- Building rapport with the older client -- Transference and countertransference with older clients -- Guidelines for assessment in the context of the practice of psychotherapy -- Grief work with older adults -- Chronic illness in later life -- Life review in psychotherapy with older adults -- Concluding thoughts on psychotherapy with older adults.