The Delicate Balance Case Studies in Counseling and Care Management for Older Adults Edited by Berit Ingersoll-Dayton, Ph.D., and Ruth Campbell, M.S.W.

The Delicate Balance is a unique and insightful resource for gerontological professionals and students. Discover valuable and poignant lessons in these first-hand accounts of the diverse therapeutic relationships encountered when counseling older adults. Case studies range from traditional to in-home to facility-based settings, serving individuals, couples, groups, or whole family and community systems. Counseling services range from self-discovery courses to formal cognitive restructuring therapy to substance abuse interventions to care management.

A thorough analysis of each case reveals insights into how:

• therapists can demonstrate respect for older adult clients
  
  
• client strengths can be recognized and supported
  
  
• the therapeutic relationship can change over time
  
  
• counselor–client boundaries can become blurred
  
  
• recommendations for other practitioners can be drawn
  
  
• benefits and challenges of the therapeutic relationship can be assessed