Group Work with Elderly Visually Impaired Persons.

Harshbarger, Cynthia

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ERIC Number: EJ234222

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1980-Jun

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Group Work with Elderly Visually Impaired Persons.

Harshbarger, Cynthia

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, v74 n6 p221-24 Jun 1980

The uses and effects of group therapy with elderly blind people are discussed and some ideas are offered for overcoming clients' resistance to mental health services and for facilitating their emotional adjustment to visual loss by using nontraditional group therapy techniques. (Author/DLS)

Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Group Therapy, Older Adults, Psychotherapy, Visual Impairments

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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