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Not Too Late
Old age is a stage of human development which has largely been neglected in the field of psychotherapy. Not Too Late is a lively challenge to the view that for the old, only short-term therapy or counselling is suitable. Drawing upon her own experience of ageing and her work with older patients, Ann Orbach demonstrates that people can benefit from long-term psychotherapy at any age, provided they have the motivation and the right attitude. She explores the older person's sense of selfhood, in contrast to stereotypes and prejudices, and considers key issues which older people face such as ageism, bereavement, physical change, sexuality, regression and fear of death. She also questions why therapists tend to avoid working with older age groups and how therapists can help both their patients and themselves face the usual fears and issues of old age. Not Too Late shows that psychotherapy is not just for the young. Orbach's insights will be of great value to anyone who works with older people including psychotherapists, counsellors and social workers.
Life, Psychotherapy, and Death
In this rich and humane book Ann Orbach explores, from the point of view of a psychotherapist, the subject of death in all its manifestations. Her intention is to look at death and what it means to us, as a means of coming to terms with the inevitable, and helping others to do so. She discusses not only existential questions such as fear of death (as a state of non-being) and fear of dying, but cultural attitudes and religious beliefs, dreams and near death experiences, and the consequences of the manner of death. She looks at death in war, suicide, euthanasia, terminal illness, accident and murder, as well as the death of children and the consequent needs of parents and siblings. She discusses the way in which a therapist can help the dying and their families. Welcoming the lessening of taboos surrounding the subject of death, Ann Orbach urges that all aspects of death should be approached with honesty and openness, with children just as much as with adults. She leaves us with the question of what dies with the body: is there anything left of our humanity that does not die?
Counselling Older Clients
`This is a warm, compassionate, wise book, the crystallization of Anne Orbach′s many years experience of psychotherapy and counselling with the elderly people. It opens up many vistas, questions and creative possibilities for work in this field′ - British Journal of Psychotherapy `Counselling Older Clients is a handbook for practitioners, trainers and student counsellors who are interested in the experience of ageing and old age. The book offers a good beginning and a functional training tool for practitioners new to the field′ - Ageing and Society `This book is wise for its years! Offers so much to all of us - not just those of us working with the `elderly′ There is something to del...
Anti-discriminatory Counselling Practice
The aim of compiling this book is to increase awareness of the origins of discrimination, oppression and disadvantage and how these elements impinge on therapeutic relationships in counselling settings.
Psychotherapy and Counseling With Older Women
Trotman and Brody, along with expert contributors, view older women through a feminist lens and examine social constructs concerning aspects of aging, caregiving, elders' relationships with family, health, body image, and sexuality concerns. The authors define issues that are important to older women and their emotional health and bring into sharp relief some of the painful issues professionals must confront in counseling older women.
Entering the New Theological Space
This book presents theological reflections on the changing nature of church mission and Christian identity within a theology of 'blurred encounter' - a physical, social, political and spiritual space where once solid hierarchies and patterns are giving way to more fluid and in many ways unsettling exchanges. The issues raised and dynamics explored apply to all socially-produced space, thus tending to 'blur' that most fundamental of theological categories - namely urban vs. rural theology. Engaging in a sharper way with some of the helpful but inevitably broad-brush conclusions raised by recent church-based reports (Mission-shaped Church, Faithful Cities), the authors examine some of the prac...
A Study of Pastoral Care of the Elderly in Africa
In this book, Rev. Dr. Samuel Ayete-Nyampong has revealed his passion for the good quality of life for the ageing population in Africa and the development of Pastoral Gerontology courses in Theological Institutions across Africa. This book is a resource material for building the capacity of church leaders in the provision of care and support for the ageing population in Africa. All who read this book will find it inspiring, full of deep thoughts, and a challenge to the church and state, thereby provoking sensitivity to the needs of the ageing population in Africa. This book is highly recommended for church leaders, theological students, students of Gerontology and to all who have a passion to promote the quality of life of the ageing population.
Healing Through Meeting
Healing Through Meeting explains Martin Buber's ideas in simple terms and shows how they can offer a philosophical framework within which to hold a therapeutic conversation. John Gunzburg shares his skills in composing therapeutic stories and encourages therapists to formulate their own stories out of their and their clients' experiences.
Cultures of Optimism
What are the functions of optimism in modern societies? How is hope culturally transmitted? What values and attitudes does it reflect? This book explores how and why powerful institutions propagate 'cultures of optimism' in different domains, such as politics, work, the family, religion and psychotherapy.
