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Counseling Older Adults

Counseling Older Adults. Stereotypes of Older Adults Life Span Development Erikson Generativity vs. stagnation Integrity vs. despair Developmental Characteristics Physical and Cognitive Characteristics Psychological Development. Optimal Aging. Self Acceptance

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Counseling Older Adults

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  1. Counseling Older Adults

  2. Stereotypes of Older Adults • Life Span Development • Erikson • Generativityvs. stagnation • Integrity vs. despair • Developmental Characteristics • Physical and Cognitive Characteristics • Psychological Development

  3. Optimal Aging • Self Acceptance • Positive Relations with Others • Autonomy • Environmental Mastery • Purpose in life • Personal growth OR • A low risk of disease and disease-related disability • High mental and physical functioning • Active engagement in life

  4. Characteristics of older adult clients • Unaware of potentialitiesto learn new skills, grow personally, adapt to many transition. • Complex and varied experiences in relationships, transitions, and losses • Deeper insight and more thoughtful • Longer time span of past experiences to process and reflect. • More judicious in selecting methods to resolve their problems.

  5. Counseling Needs of Older Adults • Coping with changes in Spousal Relationship • Changing Intergenerational Relationships • New Roles in Grandparenting • Changing Perspectives Toward Siblings • Coping with physical disabilities • Coping with diminishing Financial Resources

  6. The Counseling Process • Counseling Goals • Transference and counter-transference • Encouraging Client Action • Terminating • Life Review

  7. Special Problems • Depression • Suicide • Elder Abuse and Neglect • Loss: Death and Dying

  8. Counseling needs of Caregiver • On going Stress • Feeling of resentment and entrapment

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