Andrew Balfour

Life and Death

Our Relationship with Ageing, Dementia, and Other Fates of Time

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Produktbeschreibung

Life and Death considers ageing and mortality from a psychoanalytic perspective and from the point of view of the individual, the couple, and the family. The book grounds a psychoanalytic approach to understanding later life as a key point of developmental challenge for us all.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032636481
• ISBN-10: 1032636483
• Artikelnr.: 71684551

Autorenporträt

Andrew Balfour trained as a clinical psychologist at University College London and then as an adult psychotherapist at the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust. He subsequently trained as a couple psychotherapist at Tavistock Relationships, where for more than 10 years he was Clinical Director before becoming Chief Executive in 2016.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1
Ageing in Body and Mind: The Challenges of Living a Long Life
Chapter 2
Intimacy and Sexuality in Later Life
Chapter 3
Another Country? Migration, Displacement, and Internal Dislocation in Old
Age
Chapter 4
How to Think about the Experience of Dementia? The Importance of the
Unconscious Mind
Chapter 5
The Fragile Thread of Connection: Living as a Couple with Dementia
Chapter 6
Working Psychotherapeutically with Couples who are Living with Dementia
Chapter 7
At Home in a Home? Institutional Care and the 'Unheimlich'
Chapter 8
Dying and Assisted Death