Psychotherapy and Counseling With Older Women : Cross-Cultural, Family, and End-of-Life Issues

Trotman and Brody, along with expert contributors, view older women through a feminist lens and examine social constructs concerning aspects of aging, caregiving, elders' relationships with family, health, body image, and sexuality concerns. The authors define issues that are important to older women and their emotional health and bring into sharp relief some of the painful issues professionals must confront in counseling older women. Contents......Page 8 Contributors......Page 10 Foreword......Page 12 Preface......Page 14 Part One: Gender Issues Across Cultures......Page 18 1 Introduction: Gender Issues for Aging Women......Page 20 2 A Woman's Aging Body: Friend or Foe?......Page 34 3 Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Grandmothers......Page 58 4 Older Women and Work......Page 75 5 Old, African American, and Female: Political, Economic, and Historical Contexts......Page 87 6 Women in the Middle: Caretaking Issues in Therapy......Page 104 Part Two: Therapy Issues......Page 122 7 Mental Health and Older Women......Page 124 8 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Psychosocial Themes in the Eriksonian Alliance......Page 142 9 Feminist Psychotherapy with Older African American Women......Page 161 10 Older Lesbians' Concerns and Psychotherapy: Beyond a Footnote to the Footnote......Page 178 11 Strategies for Working with Women with Dementia......Page 192 12 Working with Women with Severe Communication Disorders: Three Cases......Page 212 Part Three: End-of-life Issues......Page 236 13 Dying and Death: Decisions at the End of Life......Page 238 14 An Existential Approach: End-of-Life Issues for Women......Page 256 Author Index......Page 268 C......Page 270 H......Page 271 M......Page 272 S......Page 273 Z......Page 274 Subject Index......Page 276 A......Page 278 C......Page 279 D......Page 280 E......Page 281 F......Page 282 L......Page 283 M......Page 284 P......Page 285 S......Page 286 W......Page 287 Part One: Gender Issues Across Cultures -- Ch. 1. Introduction: Gender Issues For Aging Women -- Ch. 2. A Woman's Aging Body: Friend Or Foe? -- Ch. 3. Cross-cultural Perspectives: Grandmothers -- Ch. 4. Older Women And Work -- Ch. 5. Old, African American, And Female: Political, Economic, And Historical Contexts -- Ch. 6. Women In The Middle: Caretaking Issues In Therapy -- Part Two: Therapy Issues -- Ch. 7. Mental Health And Older Women -- Ch. 8. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Psychosocial Themes In The Eriksonian Alliance -- Ch. 9. Feminist Psychotherapy With Older African American Women -- Ch. 10. Older Lesbians' Concerns And Psychotherapy: Beyond A Footnote To The Footnote -- Ch. 11. Strategies For Working With Women With Dementia -- Ch. 12. Working With Women With Severe Communication Disorders: Three Cases -- Part Three: End-of-life Issues -- Ch. 13. Dying And Death: Decisions At The End Of Life -- Ch. 14. An Existential Approach: End-of-life Issues For Women. Frances K. Trotman, Claire M. Brody. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. As feminist psychotherapists, we are aware of the centrality of context in the understanding of gender issues.