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Seeing older age as a time of loss and helplessness too often prevents therapists from providing treatments that can be of enormous benefit to older people. Ken Laidlaw, Larry Thompson, Leah Dick-Siskin and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson draw upon their collective wealth of clinical experience to provide a comprehensive and practical guide to the applications of CBT to older adults.
Content: About the Authors. Preface. Foreword by Aaron T. Beck. Section One: Working Effectively with Older People: Knowledge and Skills. Chapter 1: Basic Gerontology for Cognitive Therapists. Chapter 2: Psychotherapy with Older People. Chapter 3: Cognitive-Behavioural Model for Older People. Section Two: Cognitive Therapy for Late-Life Depression. Chapter 4: CBT for Late-Life Depressive Disorders. Chapter 5: Behavioural Techniques. Chapter 6: Dealing with Negative Thoughts. Chapter 7: Changing Core Beliefs and Assumptions. Section Three: Cognitive Therapy with Special Issues. Chapter 8: Anxiety, Worry, Panic Disorder and Older People. Chapter 9: Insomnia and Sleep Disorders. Chapter 10: Physical Illness, Disability and Depression. Chapter 11: Post-Stroke Depression. Chapter 12: Depression in Dementia and Family Caregiving. Section Four: Final Thoughts. Chapter 13: What to Do When your Patient Says... Chapter 14: Future Directions and Innovations in Practice. Appendix 1: Blank Forms. Appendix 2: Useful Reference Material. Appendix 3: Useful Websites. References. Author Index. Subject Index.
Cognitive therapy;Psychotherapy for older people;TheΜrapie cognitive;Personnes aΜgeΜes;PsychotheΜrapie;Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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