Amy Schaffer

Blooming in December: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy With Older Adults

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Older Adults

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book covers the essentials of psychotherapeutic work with older adults, discussing how contemporary psychodynamic thought can be applied clinically to engage the older patient in psychotherapeutic work of depth and meaning, work which not only relieves suffering but also promotes growth.

Produktdetails

• Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 234mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9780367756444
• ISBN-10: 0367756447
• Artikelnr.: 60798847

Autorenporträt

Amy Schaffer, PhD, is a faculty member and supervisor at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center. A psychologist/psychoanalyst in private practice, she also has a background in psychological research and psychodrama in mental health settings. She has worked with older adults in her practice for 40 years.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Developmental Tasks of Later Life and the Resurrection
of "Ghosts" 3. Trauma and Trauma Redux 4. Transference, Countertransference
and the Therapist's Personal Equation 5. The Narration of Life Stories and
the Self 6. Existential Anxieties 7. Endings