Poetics of growing old: Narrative gerontology and its application in psychotherapy of older adults
Vol.10,No.1(2016)
Narrative gerontology is young discipline that studies how older people create stories to understand their lives; what are the main influences on the stories and on process of their creation; what is the „poetics“ of old age. Narrative care is the application of narrative approach in psychotherapy of older people. Reminiscence therapy and life review therapy are the most frequently used structured types of narrative care. Significance of narrative care is related mainly to prevention and treatment of depression in older age.
Eva Dubovská, Prague College of Psychosocial Studies, Prague, Czech Republic e-mail: eva.dubovska@centrum.czVladimír Chrz, The Institute of Psychology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech RepublicPetr Tavel, Social Health Institute, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
life review therapy; Narrative approach; narrative gerontology; older adults; reminiscence therapy
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