Counseling Older People: Opportunities and Challenges
presented by Charlene Kampfe, fl. 1985 (Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association, 2015, originally published 2015), 372 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- This book provides insight into the primary issues faced by older adults; the services and benefits available to them; and the knowledge base, techniques, and skills necessary to work effectively in a therapeutic relationship. Dr. Kampfe offers empirically and anecdotally based strategies and interventions for dealing with clients’ personal concerns and describes ways counselors can advocate for older people on a systemic level. Individual and group exercises are incorporated throughout the book to enhance its practicality.Topics covered include an overview of population demographics and characteristics; counseling considerations and empowering older clients; successful aging; mental health and wellness; common medical conditions; multiple losses and transitions; financial concerns; elder abuse; veterans’ issues; sensory loss; changing family dynamics; managing Social Security and Medicare; working after retirement age; retirement transitions, losses, and gains; residential options; and death and dying.
- Field of Interest
- Counseling & Therapy
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2015 by the American Counseling Association
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2015
- Page Count
- 372
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Place Published / Released
- Alexandria, VA
- Subject
- Counseling & Therapy, Psychology & Counseling, Health Sciences, Theoretical Approaches to Counseling, Age & aging, Teoria do Aconselhamento, Teorías del Asesoramiento, Counseling psychology, Older people
- Clinician
- Charlene Kampfe, fl. 1985
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Teoria do Aconselhamento, Teorías del Asesoramiento