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Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Older Adults Older adults are the fastest-growing segment of society and are entering therapy at an unprecedented rate. Editor Michael Duffy has brought together leading experts in geropsychology and older adult counseling to discuss and offer practice strategies appropriate for this diverse population. The Handbook covers new research findings for clinical treatment, coverage of multiple treatment modalities, and clinical problems confronting older clients, including: * Adjusting to role loss, leisure in late life, and retirement * Developmental issues in psychotherapy with older men * Existential issues of hope and meaning in late life therapy * Developing and enhancing the therapeutic alliance with older clients * The impact of cultural differences in psychotherapy with older clients * Using reminiscence and life review as natural therapeutic strategies in groups * Integrated group approaches with early stage Alzheimer's and their families * Family disruption after nursing home placement of onset of dementia patients: systemic dynamics and treatment * Realizing power in intergenerational family hierarchies: when older adults decline

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A discussion of the key leadership qualities which underpinned Britain's naval victories in the eighteenth century. Unlike other books on eighteenth-century British admirals, which tell and re-tell the history of admirals' successful exploits, this book investigates what exactly were the qualities which made for successful naval leadership in this period. It identifies twelve key qualities, and discusses how far each of the many leading admirals of the period possessed these qualities. It argues that Hawke and Nelson were the outstanding naval leaders of the eighteenthcentury, outlining their respective careers and showing how both of them possessed, more than the other admirals, the key qualities of leadership. Moreover, it argues that British fleet tactics and blockade strategy reached a newhigh level in the middle of the eighteenth century; that Hawke played the leading operational role in achieving this; and that Hawke has been undervalued both in the history of the British navy and in public estimation of Britain's great military and naval leaders. Overall, the book provides a refreshing reappraisal of British naval warfare in the eighteenth century, enabling readers to relive key battles and other encounters, and appreciate how crucial, alongside other key factors which are also discussed, the leadership qualities of the admirals were in bringing about success, or, in some cases, failure. Ruddock Mackay has published extensively on maritime history and taught at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth and the University of St Andrews. Michael Duffy, who was Director of the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies at the University of Exeter 1991-2007, has also published extensively on maritime history.

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