Felicity Chapman

Counselling and Psychotherapy with Older People in Care

A Support Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Evidence-based practice and specific interventions are described in order to address the growing rate of mental health issues in older adults in care. This professional support guide for psychotherapists, counsellors and carers explains how to approach and work with this specific demographic along with integrated case studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 272mm x 97mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9781785923968
• ISBN-10: 178592396X
• Artikelnr.: 48740807

Autorenporträt

Felicity Chapman is an accredited mental health social worker who has extensive training and experience in psychotherapy and specializes in work with seniors both in the community and facility settings. She lives in Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction. PART I: The Context. 1.
Residential Living. 2. Barriers to Engagement. 3. Types of Distress. PART
II: Intervention. 4. The Moving Wheel of Assessment. 5. Invitations for
Engagement. 6. Types of Engagement. PART III: The Bigger Picture. 7. Caring
for You, the Psychotherapist. 8. Disempowering Attitudes. 9. Building
Senior Friendly Care Systems. Appendices 1-3. Definitions. References.
Further Reading & Resources.