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Psychotherapy with the Elderly
George Bouklas
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Description for Psychotherapy with the Elderly
Hardback. Methuselah is the elderly patient and Echo is the admiring soul, the therapist, who gives Methuselah back to himself by joining, mirroring, and reflecting in the course of creating a treatment alliance. The author brings transpersonal, psychodynamic, and behavioral approaches to bear on the existential problems of old and late old age. Num Pages: 364 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: JKSG; MJX; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
Methuselah is the elderly patient and Echo is the admiring soul, the therapist, who gives Methuselah back to himself by joining, mirroring, and reflecting in the course of creating a treatment alliance. Dr. Bouklas brings transpersonal, psychodynamic, and behavioral approaches to bear on the existential problems of old and late old age, promoting a vision of healthy narcissism in the frail and ill elderly, of regression in the service of transcendence. He demonstrates how to implement and integrate these approaches in the spirit of increasing patient self-awareness, and his vivid examples reveal the inspiration and wisdom to be gained by ... Read more
Methuselah is the elderly patient and Echo is the admiring soul, the therapist, who gives Methuselah back to himself by joining, mirroring, and reflecting in the course of creating a treatment alliance. Dr. Bouklas brings transpersonal, psychodynamic, and behavioral approaches to bear on the existential problems of old and late old age, promoting a vision of healthy narcissism in the frail and ill elderly, of regression in the service of transcendence. He demonstrates how to implement and integrate these approaches in the spirit of increasing patient self-awareness, and his vivid examples reveal the inspiration and wisdom to be gained by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Northvale NJ, United States
ISBN
9780765700513
SKU
V9780765700513
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Reviews for Psychotherapy with the Elderly
George Bouklas has written a powerful and provocative book on treating elderly people, weaving together psychodynamic, behavioral, and systemic thinking with a healthy measure of ethereal philosophy and mythology.
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