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Book Synopsis"Rik Cheston is one of the pioneers of psychotherapy in dementia. This book integrates his clinical expertise and research, and is brought vividly to life by Rikâs personal reflections and case examples drawn from his vast experience [â] this book will be one that I keep coming back to and share."Dr Emma Wolverson, Clinical Psychologist, Senior Lecturer in Ageing and Dementia, Research Lead Dementia, UK
"This is a thoughtful and, at times, provocative book, providing knowledge and insights from theoretical and practical perspectives [â] Cheston has set out to challenge you; which he does extremely well."Professor Ian Andrew James, Innovations Team, CNTW NHS Trust and honorary professor at the University of Bradford, UK
"In this brilliant and timely book, Richard Cheston [â] draws upon [â] over 30 years of insightful clinical practice to discuss not only psychotherapy but a whole lot more. The book is lu
Table of Contents
Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Glossary of terms
Part One: Loss, Threat and Change
Chapter 1. Dementia in context
Chapter 2. Managing the terror of dementia
Chapter 3. We need to talk about dementia
Part Two: Psychotherapy in Practice
Chapter 4. Individual psychotherapy
Chapter 5. Couples and family therapy
Chapter 6. Group psychotherapy
Part Three: Becoming the Same but Different
Chapter 7. Adjustment
Chapter 8. Putting a name to dementia (without being overwhelmed)
Chapter 9. Finding distance and perspective
Chapter 10. Working through and finding partial solutions
Part Four: Complicated Psychotherapy
Chapter 11. Neurological impairment and psychotherapy
Chapter 12. Working with social and personal fragility
Chapter 13. Coda – doing psychotherapy and being psychotherapeutic
References
Author Index
Subject Index
