Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness

by Tamara McClintock Greenberg (Author)
Each chapter includes a separate section on psychodynamic techniques
Expanded information on conceptualization of patients and the integration of relational and psychoanalytic theories
Discusses research demonstrating the support of psychodynamic therapy

From the Back Cover
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 illnesses and related emotional distress while situating core psychodynamic constructs in the context of illness and aging. Special attention is paid to technique, giving therapists practical guidance on dealing with transference and countertransference issues, working with patients in cognitive decline, and navigating complexities of age, class, and culture. The book also reviews the current evidence on how and why psychodynamic therapy helps medical patients with coping, adapting, and healing.

Included in the coverage:

Technology, idealization, and unconscious dynamics in the culture of medicine.
Narcissistic aspects of aging and illness.
Grey areas: when illness may be particularly impacted by psychological variables.
Cognitive changes and implications for the therapeutic encounter.
The influence of psychological factors and relationships on medical illness.
Hope and grief: the introduction of an emotional language.
The Second Edition of Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness skillfully follows its predecessor as a powerful, plain-spoken mentor to therapists working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and outpatient practice.

About the Author
Tamara McClintock Greenberg, PsyD, MS is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, where she supervises psychiatry residents. She has worked with medical and aging patients for the last twenty years in hospitals, long-term care facilities and in her outpatient practice. Dr. Greenberg is the author of four books and a number of contributed chapters, which have encompassed both academic and popular press writing. She has written for Psychology Today online, Psych Central and The Huffington Post. She has been a speaker to audiences and the media on topics such as aging, illness, the stresses associated with caretaking, grief, the trauma of illness, coping with aging, women’s issues and the application of psychodynamic ideas for people struggling with health problems and those that try to help them. A major focus of her writing has been on how loved ones and patients can deal with doctors and the medical system in a more empowered way, while being mindful of the difficult and unique stressors physicians and medical staff face in this ever-complicated medical landscape. Dr. Greenberg lives with her husband and two pugs in San Francisco.

Topics
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry
Aging
Social Work

More info and Hardcover at Springer

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