- About Treatments ThatWork™
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Master List of Learn Pages and Practice Forms in Treating Later-Life Depression Workbook
- Chapter 1 How to Use This Treatment Approach
- Chapter 2 Depression and Age-Related Issues
- Chapter 3 Assessment with Aging Individuals
- Chapter 4 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies 101
- Chapter 5 Psychotherapy Modifications with Aging Clients
- Chapter 6 Module 1: Skills for Getting Started: Planning Your Treatment
- Chapter 7 Module 2: Skills for Feeling: Recognizing and Managing Strong Emotions
- Chapter 8 Module 3: Skills for Doing: Values-Based Living and Solving Problems
- Chapter 9 Module 4: Skills for Thinking: Self-Compassion and Helpful Thoughts
- Chapter 10 Module 11: Skills for Wrapping Up: Finishing Treatment
- Chapter 11 Module 5: Skills for Brain Health: Healthy Cognitive Aging
- Chapter 12 Module 6: Skills for Managing Chronic Pain: Improving Daily Life
- Chapter 13 Module 7: Skills for Healthy Sleep: Resting Better and Longer
- Chapter 14 Module 8: Skills for Caregiving: Reducing Stress While Helping Others
- Chapter 15 Module 9: Skills for Living with Loss: Bereavement and Grief
- Chapter 16 Module 10: Skills for Relating: Getting Along and Communicating Your Needs
- Afterword: Professional Development
- Appendix A Professional Development Resources
- Appendix B Recommendations for Group Treatments
- Appendix C California Older Person’s Positive Experiences Schedule-Revised (COPPES-R)
- Appendix D Clinical Tools and Measures
- Forms and Worksheets
- About the Authors
- References
(p. 75) Psychotherapy Modifications with Aging Clients
- Chapter:
- (p. 75) Psychotherapy Modifications with Aging Clients
- Author(s):
Ann M. Steffen
, Larry W. Thompson
, and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med-psych/9780190068431.003.0005
Age-related adaptations to individual and group psychotherapy, as well as within integrated primary care practice, generally involve contextual modifications—in other words, the “how” of implementing specific change strategies. This chapter provides tips and strategies for providers conducting therapy sessions with depressed clients across the second half of life (i.e., individuals in their 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). Specific challenges that arise in working with some aging clients are discussed, followed by potential remedies, including within the context of telehealth. Practitioners are encouraged to apply recommended strategies that are responsive to the needs of culturally diverse aging clients.
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- About Treatments ThatWork™
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Master List of Learn Pages and Practice Forms in Treating Later-Life Depression Workbook
- Chapter 1 How to Use This Treatment Approach
- Chapter 2 Depression and Age-Related Issues
- Chapter 3 Assessment with Aging Individuals
- Chapter 4 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies 101
- Chapter 5 Psychotherapy Modifications with Aging Clients
- Chapter 6 Module 1: Skills for Getting Started: Planning Your Treatment
- Chapter 7 Module 2: Skills for Feeling: Recognizing and Managing Strong Emotions
- Chapter 8 Module 3: Skills for Doing: Values-Based Living and Solving Problems
- Chapter 9 Module 4: Skills for Thinking: Self-Compassion and Helpful Thoughts
- Chapter 10 Module 11: Skills for Wrapping Up: Finishing Treatment
- Chapter 11 Module 5: Skills for Brain Health: Healthy Cognitive Aging
- Chapter 12 Module 6: Skills for Managing Chronic Pain: Improving Daily Life
- Chapter 13 Module 7: Skills for Healthy Sleep: Resting Better and Longer
- Chapter 14 Module 8: Skills for Caregiving: Reducing Stress While Helping Others
- Chapter 15 Module 9: Skills for Living with Loss: Bereavement and Grief
- Chapter 16 Module 10: Skills for Relating: Getting Along and Communicating Your Needs
- Afterword: Professional Development
- Appendix A Professional Development Resources
- Appendix B Recommendations for Group Treatments
- Appendix C California Older Person’s Positive Experiences Schedule-Revised (COPPES-R)
- Appendix D Clinical Tools and Measures
- Forms and Worksheets
- About the Authors
- References