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Separation-individuation conflict as a model for understanding distressed caregivers: psychodynamic and cognitive
1Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CA.
The Gerontologist
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
Caring for a frail relative can be a stressful undertaking. Caregivers are faced with a series of losses, and old interpersonal wounds are often reopened. Project Assist was designed to study the efficacy of time-limited psychodynamic and cognitive/behavioral therapies for experienced and recent caregivers. It offers psychotherapy that can assist caregivers in separating their own emotions, identity, and well-being from those of the care receiver. This process appears necessary for the individuation and mental health of caregivers.