Article Category: Counselling/Psychotherapy

Adapting the counselling role for dementia care

Mike Bender discusses the wider issues raised by long-term supportive counselling for people with dementia, in the second part of his article about the Companions Club, a peer supervision group set up with Gert Landers, Judith Horrocks and Margaret Jones. Author/s: Mike Bender For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the...

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Pathways through pain – a cautionary tale

Writer John Killick had to seek help in coming to terms with his experiences after five years of working closely with people with dementia. He now cautions himself, and others, to build in safeguards. Author/s: John Killick For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is...

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Support for all involved in the Companion’s Club

In the first of two articles, Mike Bender describes a peer supervision group for staff engaged in long-term supportive counselling with people who have dementia. Author/s: Mike Bender For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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Structuring groups to make psychotherapy possible

In the second of their reports, Marion Moyes and Hector Christie describe how changing to a new structure of group work brought the benefits of more psychotherapeutic intervention to clients in most need of this approach. Author/s: Marion Moyes, Hector Christie For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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Counselling services for people with dementia

In the light of increasing acceptance of the benefits of counselling for people with dementia, Danuta Whitsed-Lipinska describes a new pilot project initiated by Alzheimer’s Concern, Ealing. Author/s: Danuta Whitsed-Lipinska For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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French connection

Tom Kitwood reports, from a major conference in France, on the growing body of experience and research on psychotherapy in dementia care. Author/s: Tom Kitwood For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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Focus on each individual’s experience and emotions

In the first instalment of a two-part article, Marion Moyes and Hector Christie describe how they achieved an even better service within existing resources when they focused attention on the subjective experience of people with dementia. Author/s: Marion Moyes, Hector Christie For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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Robbed of their future

When dementia strikes at a younger age there are special problems for both sufferer and carer. Jill Walton and Penelope Roques describe the role of the nurse at a specialist clinic for people with pre-senile dementia. Author/s: Jill Walton, Penelope Roques For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The...

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Misunderstandings about Validation

In the face of criticism from some professionals, and a tendency, she feels, to over-simplify the theory and practice of Validation, Vicki de Klerk-Rubin sets the record straight. Author/s: Vicki de Klerk-Rubin For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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Links in the chain

Sue Benson meets a research team at the forefront of exciting discoveries about dementia, who nonetheless feel that their counselling role is at least as important as the research itself. Author/s: Sue Benson For the full article please see the PDF download linked to the right. The full JDC archive is available if you subscribe....

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