Narrative Therapy with Older Clients The Use of a "Meaning-Making" Approach

Self narratives of older adults often include themes of loss and devaluation. These negative perceptions arise from personal experiences, such as widowhood or health impairments, and also the socially constructed images of older adults as dependent and unproductive. Narrative therapy provides a mean...

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Published inClinical gerontologist Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 3 - 16
Main Authors Kropf, Nancy P., Tandy, Cindy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Binghamton, NY Taylor & Francis Group 1998
Haworth Press
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Depression (Psychology)
Elderly
Elderly people
Females
Individual psychotherapy
Meaning
Medical sciences
Narrative therapy
Narratives
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Self Concept
Treatment
Treatments
Human
Mood disorder
Case study
Treatment
Narrative
Psychotherapy
Depression
Female
Elderly
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Summary:Self narratives of older adults often include themes of loss and devaluation. These negative perceptions arise from personal experiences, such as widowhood or health impairments, and also the socially constructed images of older adults as dependent and unproductive. Narrative therapy provides a meaning-making strategy that can be used to assist older clients in altering their life stories. Within narrative therapy, older adults collaborate with the therapist to deconstruct their current narrative and construct an alternate one that has greater meaning for the client. This approach is applied with the case situation of an 80 year-old woman who was experiencing depression and health declines.
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ISSN:0731-7115
1545-2301
DOI:10.1300/J018v18n04_02