<EM>Cognitive Analytic Therapy and Later Life </EM>highlights that any attempt to work psychotherapeutically with older people must take into account the effects of working within a context of institutional ageism. It explores the specialist skills required when working with older people, covering:<BR><BR>* the delayed effects of early trauma<BR>* narcissism and the re-emergence of borderline traits and dissociative states<BR>* the emergence of treatment resistant depression and anxiety<BR>* the use of the cognitive analytic therapy model to challenge the child centred paradigm of psychoanalytic theory.<BR><BR>Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists alike will find this an illuminating and thought provoking book.