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Disclosing the challenges of older clients in person-centered therapy : The client’s perspective
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Dramatic increases in life expectancy within the older population have revealed
challenges specific to older adults, yet these are rarely addressed in the personcentered
literature. In this paper, we offer the perspective of adults experiencing old
age, using the case of a 74-year-old older client as well as research that supports
the various challenges expressed by the client. We explore several psycho-emotional
challenges experienced by older adults – cognitive capacity, time perspective,
autonomy, loss and reminiscing, and the aging body, in order to facilitate understanding
of their specific needs. We argue that, for older adults, an empathic
approach is key to creating relational depth within a therapeutic relationship so
that the older client can deepen his or her personhood and his or her sense of
agency. Finally, we assert that a genuine and authentic encounter between an older
client and her or his therapist is the key to facilitating growth and development for
the older client.
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Older client perspectives Empathic approach Person-centered therapy Psycho-emotional challenges Therapeutic relationship
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 14(3), 248-261. doi: 10.1080/14779757.2015.1058290
Editora
Taylor & Francis