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KEEPING CONCEPTUALIZATIONS SIMPLE: EXAMPLES WITH FAMILY CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2004

Georgina M. Charlesworth  and
F. Katharina Reichelt
Georgina M. Charlesworth
Affiliation:
University College London, UK Reprint requests to Georgina Charlesworth, Lecturer in Clinical & Health Psychology of Old Age, Centre for Behavioural and Social Sciences in Medicine, University College London, Wolfson Building, 48 Riding House Street, London W1W 7EY, UK. E-mail: g.charlesworth@ucl.ac.uk
F. Katharina Reichelt
Affiliation:
Bolton, Salford & Trafford Mental Health Trust, UK
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Abstract

This paper forms the second in a series of three articles on conceptualizations of older people's distress. The focus is on simple and concrete “mini-formulations” that keep the amount of information in them to a minimum, yet retain explanatory and predictive power. Such formulations can be used as the basis for action plans for intervention, while avoiding overburdening the cognitive capacity of the client or therapist. Simple linear and cyclical models are described, as are cognitive triad and dyad models. The uses of “mini-formulations” for group and individual settings are illustrated in a case example of a lady caring for her husband who has dementia.

Keywords

Conceptualizationformulationcomplexityolder adultscaregivingdementia
Type
Review Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 401 - 409
Copyright
2004 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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