Living Well and Dying Well: Tales of Counselling Older People (PDF)

By: Helen Kewell

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Synopsis: Older people rarely feature in counselling literature, and the very old barely at all. Helen Kewell seeks to address this often overlooked topic with a vibrant collection of resonant case studies describing her encounters with some of the old and very old clients with whom she has worked as a counsellor. Woven into these accounts are her personal reflections on how working with these clients has changed her and contributed to her own growth as a counsellor and as a human being. She also describes the theoretical and philosophical works that have influenced her practice looking to humanistic, existentialist and person-centred approaches to guide her in this largely uncharted territory.