Author(s): Ann Orbach

Counselling

This is a warm, compassionate, wise book, the crystallization of Anne Orbach's many years experience of psychotherapy and counselling with the elderly people. It opens up many vistas, questions and creative possibilities for work in this field' - "British Journal of Psychotherapy The book explores the difficulties which people commonly experience as they get older and through examples, shows how client's can be helped in areas such as: } adjusting to retirement } the loss of a partner } coming to terms with ageing. Examining different methods of working with older clients, including briefand open-ended contracts and the use of stories to facilitate the therapeutic process, Counselling Older Clients is invaluable reading for counsellors and other professionals working with older people.