Group Cognitive Therapy: A Treatment Approach for Depressed Older Adults.

Psychological aspects of career counseling

“…Counselors can adapt methods developed for other problems such as depression (Beck, Rush, Shaw & Emery, 1979;Yost, et al, 1986) or ones that specifically address the career counseling situation (Yost & Corbishley, 1986;Gysbers, & Moore, 1987).…”

“…mended that, even before the client makes a commitment to therapy, there be a mutual clarification of the client's and counselor's expectations regarding the process and outcome of counseling (Yost, Beutler, Corbishley & Allender, 1986). This issue of expectations becomes even more important when the type of counseling under consideration is likely to be unfamiliar or misunderstood.-Most clients who seek personal counseling have some idea of what to expect, i.e.…”

Group therapy in older adults

“…However, the group leader must be able to reorient cognitively impaired members, stimulate memory recall and verbalization, and redirect them into the group process without making them feel embarrassed or incompetent. With moderately impaired individuals, the group material may have to be presented in shorter segments with an emphasis on structure and cuing [11]. Experiences with SOP programs have found that individuals who enter the group with mild to moderate cognitive impairment often experience sharpening of memory and the ability to express themselves, especially when aspects of depression and social isolation previously made their impairment seem worse [12].…”

Memory enhancement program for community-based older adults: Development and evaluation

“…1979;Burns, 1980Burns, , 1989Ellis, 1962), and group therapy for older adults (Yost et al, 1986) was implemented in the CRG. This approach contained the following sequential exercises: ( I ) each participant identified automatic thoughts, if any, that preceded his or her anxiety and depression related to the belief that aging leads to cognitive decline; (2) each participant recorded these automatic irrational or dysfunctional thoughts, the context or situation in which these thoughts occurred, and the feelings associated in the precipitating event;…”