Psychotherapy with senior citizens: summary of a podium discussion

Authors

  • Renata Jenny

Abstract

The discussion showed the importance of the interdisciplinary alliance between psychology and medicine. In psychotherapy with seniors both the unconscious and spiritual processes are deeply meaningful and important aspects of the work. Resource-oriented models of the therapeutic work stand far more in the foreground than treatment methods based on pathological concepts of aging. There was a controversial discussion regarding questions of affect and models of life during the aging process. Overall, it appears important that there is a place in the society where emotion could be allowed, articulated and accepted. Another central concern lay in finding a mode of life in which individual life choices and optimum mobility for seniors are possible. In general, one of the most important factors of the lively community between people is that social interaction helps to carry the burdens and losses that are a part of aging. It should be a task of the therapy to discover, discuss and promote such resources with the client.

Keywords Interdisciplinarity between psychology and medicine; Resource-oriented treatment methods; Lifestyles; Emotions; Individual life choices; Social interaction; Mobility.

Author Biography

Renata Jenny

Renata Jenny, Psychotherapeutin für Erwachsene, Kinder und Jugendliche,

Diplom C. G. Jung Institut Zürich. Eigene Praxis in Bern und Zürich. Mitglied der Fortbildungskommission der Schweizer Charta für Psychotherapie und Mitarbeit in der Organisation des Kongresses „Psychotherapie im Alter“.

Korrespondenz: R. Jenny, Wylerstrasse 34, 3014 Bern, Schweiz

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Published

2006-01-01

How to Cite

Jenny, R. (2006). Psychotherapy with senior citizens: summary of a podium discussion. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (1), 23–26. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/338

Issue

No. 1 (2006): Psychotherapie Forum 14/1 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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Special Issue

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