Psychotherapy and Mental Handicap

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8039-8373-1
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 350 g

This thought-provoking book shows how psychotherapy can be an important and empowering resource for a client group that has frequently been denied such services - mentally handicapped people.

The contributors discuss a range of therapeutic approaches, including group analytic therapy and transactional analysis, within this context. They also examine specific issues such as countertransference with mentally handicapped clients, understanding secondary mental handicap as a defence against trauma, group work around the stigmatized identity of being a handicapped person, reminiscence as a way of helping clients address the personal implications of moving from an institutional setting `into the community' and work with families with mentally handicapped children.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Waitman, Alexis

Conboy-Hill, Suzanne

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie Psychologische Diagnostik, Testpsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Innere Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Chris Cullen
Introduction - Suzanne Conboy-Hill and Alexis Waitman
The Birth of a Child with a Mental Handicap - Hedy Ditchfield
Coping with Loss
Psychotherapy with the Siblings of Mentally Handicapped Children - Robert Wilkins
Secondary Mental Handicap as a Defence - Jon Stokes and Valerie Sinason
Coming to Terms with Learning Difficulties - Sue Szivos and Eileen Griffiths
The Effects of Groupwork and Group Processes on Stigmatised Identity
Psychotherapy with People with Learning Difficulties - Rosalind Bates
Transactional Analysis as a Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour and a Psychotherapeutic Model - Joanna Beazley-Richards
The Deviancy Career and People with a Mental Handicap - Joan Bicknell and Suzanne Conboy-Hill
Countertransference with Mentally Handicapped Clients - Neville Symington
Group Analytic Therapy for People with a Mental Handicap - Sheila Hollins
Grief, Loss and People with Learning Disabilities - Suzanne Conboy-Hill
Sharing Memories - Helen Fensome
The Role of Reminiscence in Managing Transition
Working with Staff around Sexuality and Power - Hilary Brown
Demystifying Traditional Approaches to Counselling and Psychotherapy - Alexis Waitman (with Fran[cd]cois Reynolds)