The Psychotherapy Of The Elderly SelfPeople grow old. We are terrified by the fact. And this fear has translated into a pervasive neglect of the elderly across all spheres of living. Now Dr. Hyman Muslin steps forward to challenge the mental health field to reevaluate its perspective on this powerful human resource. The book is written in the effort to dispel some of the myths of aging; to highlight old age as a natural developmental phase and to delineate an effective model of observation, diagnosis and therapy for working with the elderly. Ultimately, Dr. Muslin's message is one of hope - for older individuals currently in need of psychological help and for the elderly self who awaits us all. |
Contents
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Psychopathology and Psychotherapy in | 33 |
Diag | 55 |
The Supportive Psychotherapies | 81 |
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy | 105 |
Ms A | 136 |
Psychoanalysis in the Elderly | 143 |
The Inner World of the Therapist of the Elderly | 163 |
Epilogue | 197 |
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Common terms and phrases
able activities adult aging person alter analysis anxiety archaic self/selfobject aware become behaviors calming capacity caretaker childhood chotherapy cohesive confrontations continued countertransference culture daugh death defense transference deficit depression diminished disorders effect elderly patient elderly person empathic diagnosis ence enfeebled evoked experience experienced fear feel fixation fragmentation Freud Gerontophobia guess hypochondriasis ideals important initial instances intensive psychotherapy interpretations interviews intrapsychic King Lear Kohut live loss magna mater major mental mentation mirroring modal mother Muslin narcissistic personality narcissistic personality disorder neurosis never oedipal one's painful phase pist pole of ambitions pole of values psychic psycho psychoanalysis psychoanalytic psychotherapy psychological relationship resistance responses result retirement revealed rience self-as-a-whole self-observing self-worth self/selfobject bond selfobject functions sessions shame supportive psychotherapy supportive therapy symptoms syndrome tell termination ther thera therapeutic bond therapeutic diagnosis therapist therapist's transferences tient tion told transference reactions uncon verbal behavior wife wish Yiddish