Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness

• Main Author: Greenberg, Tamara McClintock (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psychiatry.; Aging.; Social work.; Clinical psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Social Work.

This timely update of the bedrock text reflects what we now know—and are still finding out—about the benefits of psychodynamic psychotherapy for older adults facing chronic conditions. Expanding on the original, the author balances the physical and experiential factors affecting patients’ physical i...

Table of Contents:

• When the Body Intrudes: Psychotherapy with Older and Medically Ill Adults
• Technology, Idealization, and Unconscious Dynamics in the Culture of Medicine
• The Trauma of Medical Illness
• Narcissistic Aspects of Aging and Illness
• Grey Areas: When Illness May be Particularly Impacted by Psychological Variables
• Transference and Countertransference Considerations
• Self-Destructive Behaviors and Illness
• Cognitive Changes and Implications for the Therapeutic Encounter
• What We Know and What We Don’t: The Influence of Psychological Factors and Relationships on Medical Illness
• Hope and Grief: The Introduction of an Emotional Language.