Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness
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 experi
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Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness Second Edition
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness
Tamara McClintock Greenberg
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness Second Edition
Tamara McClintock Greenberg San Francisco, CA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-24287-3 ISBN 978-3-319-24289-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24289-7
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Foreward
The second edition of Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness is a timely and superb revision which offers healthcare professionals working at the mind/body interface a paradigm shift. For far too long, the wisdom of psychoanalysis as a tool to understand the suffering inherent in aging and illness has been devalued and neglected. With this update, Dr. Greenberg incontrovertibly corrects this lapse. Her integration of current scientific research, alongside a user-friendly discussion of the theory and practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy, is an important contribution to the psychology of medicine. Several topics are elaborated: the constructs of hysteria and somatization, the biology of stress, the impact of attachment history on coping with sickness as well as the experiences of trauma and grief. As with the first edition, the idea that the patient’s experience of illness cannot be understood without including the subjectivity of the practitioner who provides care is considered and done so with more awareness of this complexity. Each chapter now contains a section on “Suggested Techniques” that succinctly presents a guideline for applying the ideas set forth. Other notable aspects of the book are its reflections on the culture of medicine and the insights about the influences of contemporary Western life on the ma
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