Therapy Over 50 : Aging Issues in Psychotherapy and the Therapist's Life.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
Cover -- Therapy Over 50 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Part I: Aging in Personal and Professional Development -- 1. What It Means to Be Older -- 2. The Culture of Aging -- Part II: The Aging Therapist -- 3. The Senior Therapist -- 4. Aging Losses-and Gains -- 5. Tricks of the Trade: What Experience Teaches Us -- 6. On Wisdom and Creativity -- Part III: Aging Clients -- 7. Myths and Misconceptions of What It's Like to Be Old -- 8. Living in the Past -- 9. Common Issues and Challenges of the Elderly -- Part IV: Journeys of Wisdom and Redemption -- 10. Aging Is (Mostly) a State of Mind -- 11. Specialized Strategies for Working with Older Clients -- 12. Death Stalks Us All -- 13. Dreams Lost and Dreams Found -- References -- Index.
Therapy Over 50 discusses how psychotherapy is different for both the therapist and client after the age of fifty. The text deals with the inevitable and unrelenting changes that take place along with the corresponding lost dreams. It provides both hope and help for those elderly therapists and their clients.