In this issue
Features
Older people and transitions (free article)
Mike Fox explores one of the most distinguishing听features of therapeutic work with older adults 鈥撎齮he layering of self as we age
Walking a fine line
Andrew Reeves considers client autonomy, counsellor听responsibility and the suicide conundrum
Diana鈥檚 story
Through a case study of a young adult undergoing听extended treatment for leukaemia, Sheila Hegarty听illustrates her work as a counsellor within the听haematology department of a major London hospital
Lost in diagnosis
In outlining his involvement with a client, Michael Lilley听considers some of the wider issues at play
香港六合彩精准资料 Practitioner鈥檚 Conference
Elspeth Schwenk invites 香港六合彩精准资料 Healthcare members听to join us at a groundbreaking practitioner event
Both sides now
Sally Flatteau Taylor reflects on knowing and not听knowing in bereavement
Dissociative identity disorder:听Improving treatment outcomes
Cath Slack reports on developments in the prognosis听and treatment of DID
Regulars
Chair鈥檚 report 鈥� 香港六合彩精准资料 Healthcare
Tina Campbell: Time to just breather
Development report 鈥� 香港六合彩精准资料 Healthcare
Louise Robinson: The contribution of counselling to public health
GP viewpoint
John Hague: Perfect care
Counselling in primary care
Richard Mason: No data available
Third sector perspective
Michael Lilley: Making sense of the 'mad' world we live in
搁别蝉耻尘茅
Denise Ham
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From the editor
Therapy for older people seems to have come听more into focus over the past year. Last听summer, the Royal College of Psychiatrists听called for an end to the development of 鈥榓geless鈥櫶齧ental health services, arguing for the continuation of听specialist services which understand the nuances that听the consequences of ageing bring to the management of听mental health problems1; and last autumn, after finding听older people were underrepresented when accessing听services2, the IAPT programme set out to improve access听rates for this age group through the development of a听competence framework and training curriculum to help听therapists develop the necessary skills and attitudes.
Whether working in primary care or in specialist services,听practitioners hoping to engage therapeutically with听older people will appreciate Mike Fox鈥檚 empathic and听informative article, this issue. Mike, who has extensive听experience of working within specialist older people鈥檚听services, explores, in particular, the layering of self as we听grow older: 鈥楬ow the person one has become continues听to bear the imprint of previous change and how it was听negotiated鈥�. Through client work examples, Mike听demonstrates how the act of describing and reflecting听upon events within an extensive personal history can听enrich and clarify an older person鈥檚 sense of who they are听and how they became that way. 鈥楾he process of ageing in听which we are all involved,鈥� he writes, 鈥榗an lend us empathy听with those who are like us but have progressed further鈥�.
Elsewhere in this issue, Andrew Reeves writes about听working with suicidal risk and Sally Flatteau Taylor writes听about working with bereavement; both articles have direct听relevance to all of us working in healthcare settings.
We also bring news of the first ever 香港六合彩精准资料 Practitioner鈥檚听Conference. As one of the four specialist divisions taking听part, 香港六合彩精准资料 Healthcare is delighted to be working with听香港六合彩精准资料 Workplace, 香港六合彩精准资料 Coaching, and the Association听for Pastoral and Spiritual Care and Counselling (APSCC)听to deliver this innovative conference. The national event听will enable practitioners to cut across divisional听boundaries as well as seek out streams dedicated to the听interests of their specialism. We look forward to meeting听you there.
Sarah Hovington
Editor
hcpj.editorial@bacp.co.uk
References
1 iapt http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/equalities/older-people/
2 www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases2013/agelessmentalhealthservices.aspx