“More Life, Not Less”: Using Narrative Therapy With Older Adults With Bipolar Disorder

Abstract

Counselors who work with older adults with bipolar disorder are in a unique position to help them navigate their challenges. Older adults with bipolar disorder have lived decades with mental illness and also face the regular aging process. Narrative therapy provides counselors with a framework to deal with these issues.

Model narrative therapy berbasis nilai-nilai bundo kanduang untuk meningkatkan kepuasan pernikahan pasangan usia dini

“…Terapi naratif adalah bentuk psikoterapi yang didirikan oleh Michael White dan David Epstonpada 1980-an untuk membantu individu melampirkan makna dan pengalaman hidup (Burgin and Gibbons 2016). Terapi naratif ini yaitu pendekatan yang berfokus pada penulisan ulang atau menceritakan kembali cerita menggunakan teknik eksternalisasi, mencari hasil unik dan mengeksplorasi cerita yang disampai klien kearah perubahan yang lebih baik dengan menggunakan metode kreatif (Sharf 2012).…”

A Life Span Developmental Perspective on Psychosocial Development in Midlife

“…Individuals are naturally driven to create, retrieve, and tell self-narratives, stories of their past, present, and future (Burgin & Gibbons, 2016). Individuals are naturally driven to create, retrieve, and tell self-narratives, stories of their past, present, and future (Burgin & Gibbons, 2016).…”

“…Counselors can apply narrative approaches to support midlife adults in finding meaning, revising identity, and fostering generativity. Individuals are naturally driven to create, retrieve, and tell self‐narratives, stories of their past, present, and future (Burgin & Gibbons, ). The life stories constructed in early adulthood shift with experiences, including adversity, milestone events, and the biological and psychosocial changes associated with aging.…”