Summary
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Going beyond simple procedural modifications, this is the first book to address how the application of gerontology to CBT practice can augment CBT's effectiveness and appropriateness with older people. Taking you step-by-step through the CBT process and supported by clinical case examples, therapeutic dialogue, points for reflection and hints and tips, the book examines: - basic theoretical models in CBT and how to relate them to work with older people; - main behavioural interventions and their practical application; - social context and relevant theories of aging; - implications of assessment, diagnosis and treatment; - issues of anxiety, worry and depression, and more specialist applications of CBT for chronic illnesses; - latest developments, thinking and empirical evidence.
This is an invaluable companion for any clinical psychology, counselling, CBT/IAPT, and social care trainee or professional new to working with older people, especially those who are keen to understand how the application of CBT may be different.
Professor Ken Laidlaw is Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of East Anglia.
The Therapeutic Relationship in CBT with Older People
The Therapeutic Relationship in CBT with Older People
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter you will:
- Learn how working with older people may have unique features and unique challenges
- Become familiar with the concept of cohort factors in therapy and understand how to become insightful about generational differences
- Understand the importance of common and non-common factors in psychotherapy
- Identify the key components of a good working alliance
- Apprehend and apply pro-social behaviours in therapy, which promote a collaborative and trusting working alliance that empowers clients and facilitates clinical change
Introduction: Working with Older People in Therapy
Chronological age provides limited data by itself, so therapists working with older people need to spend time understanding the appropriate developmental context in which a person may experience ...
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