Description
How can we work effectively with older people?
What contribution can be made by the field of psychodynamics?
It is now recognised that older adults can benefit from psychodynamic therapy and that psychodynamic concepts can help to illuminate the thorny issues of aging and the complications of later life.
Talking Over the Years begins by examining how ideas of old age are represented by the key psychodynamic theorists of the twentieth century including Freud, Jung, Klein and Winnicott. Contributors go on to draw on their own experiences in a range of settings to demonstrate the value of psychodynamic concepts in clinical practice, covering subjects such as:
- brief and long-term work with individuals, couples and groups
- the expressive therapies: art, music, dance and movement
- ethical considerations
- training, supervision and support
- sexuality.
Illustrated by a wealth of clinical material, Talking Over the Years increases psychodynamic awareness, helping practitioners become more sensitive to their patients' needs to the benefit of both the patient and the professional.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Theoretical Frameworks. Rachael Davenhill, Old and New: Freud and Others. Noel Hess, Loneliness in Old Age: Klein and Others. Lorenzo Bacelle, On Becoming an Old Man: Jung and Others. Sandra Evans, Attachment in Old Age: Bowlby and Others. Sandra Evans, The Old Self: Kohut, Winnicott and Others. Jane Garner, Growing into Old Age: Erikson and Others. Sandra Evans, Group Psychotherapy: Foulkes, Yalom, Bion. Roger Wesby, Inpatient Dynamics: Thinking, Feeling and Understanding. Mark Ardern, Ethical Considerations. Part 2: Clinical Applications. Joan Reggiori, Long Term Analytic Treatment. Sian Critchley-Robbins, Brief Therapy. Kimberley Smith, Death or Glory: Art Therapy in Old Age. Rachel Darnley-Smith, Music Therapy. Marion Violets-Gibson, Movement and Dance Therapy. Jane Garner, Dementia. Sandra Evans, Elderly Couples and their Families. Jane Garner, Lorenzo Bacelle, Sexuality. Rosamund Oliver, Erdinch Suleiman, Bereavement Work.
