A Guide to Psychotherapy and Aging: Effective Clinical Interventions in a Life State Context

by Steven H. Zarit (Editor), Bob G. Knight (Editor)

A Guide to Psychotherapy and Aging dispels the common belief that older people respond poorly to psychotherapy. A comprehensive overview of clinical interventions with older adults, backed by research and illustrated with case examples, this volume explores the challenges as well as the rewards of working with the growing elderly population. Experienced clinicians describe how to adapt traditional psychotherapeutic approaches - including behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, psychoanalytic, and family therapy - and apply them to later-life problems.

294 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996