Narrative Therapy and Older People: Challenging Stigma, Supporting Connection and Building Hope

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Rosslyn Offord Polly Kaiser

Narrative Therapy and Older People

Challenging Stigma, Supporting Connection and Building Hope

Rosslyn Offord, Polly Kaiser, Elizabeth Field , Rebecca Scullion

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers
21 October 2025

Psychotherapy; Therapy & therapeutics; Coping with illness

Healthcare for older people tends to focus on physical limitations and cognitive decline, and the person's own perspective and strengths are often overlooked. Narrative therapy centres a person as the expert in their own story, and is particularly effective when combined with an older person's wealth of life experience. It highlights the way their views have been shaped by their cultural and personal contexts, which allows better understanding and communication, and improves people's lives.

Written by experienced psychologists, group facilitators and service users, this guide explores how to use narrative therapy with older people, including those with dementia or age-related conditions. From Tree of Life facilitation to ways of approaching loss and trauma, each chapter offers advice and proven strategies for practice for individuals, staff teams, groups and communities. This book helps you to adopt a person-centred approach to narrative therapy that helps service users to lead the life they want to live.

Where ageism and stigma often overwhelm older people and those who work with them,

narrative therapy brings the focus back onto the person themselves, in the context of their history, their family and their community - who are they, and what do they have to say?

Contributions by: Rebecca Scullion, Sara Banks
Edited by: Rosslyn Offord, Polly Kaiser, Elizabeth Field
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781805012429
ISBN 10: 1805012428
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 21 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rosslyn Offord is an NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist based in South Wales. She has a special interest in using psychotherapy with people affected by dementia and has found narrative practice transformative. Elizabeth Field is an NHS Consultant Clinical Psychologist. She enjoys using narrative practices to help older people and those who work with them tell their stories in ways that link lives and challenge stigma. Polly Kaiser is a semi-retired old age clinical psychologist. She helps support the 'Greater Manchester Mature Minds Matter'. She has always campaigned for age equality and now has skin in the game.

Reviews for Narrative Therapy and Older People: Challenging Stigma, Supporting Connection and Building Hope

This remarkable book is full of stories, rich first-hand accounts of the healing effects of being heard and valued; inspirational and up-lifting, yet firmly grounded in the challenges associated with living into later life, or of supporting those who do so. -- Bob Woods, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology of Older People, Bangor University This page-turner of an important book works on so many levels by never losing sight of real people, either professionals or service users whose stories - if encouraged - come alive, enabling better quality of life for the individual to flourish. I know, because I have experienced narrative therapy as a recipient and as a co-facilitator in sessions, and my heartfelt wish is that through this book many others have this opportunity too. This book does exactly what it says on the title page - it DOES empathetically challenge stigma, skilfully support connection and compassionately build hope. The authors' insights resonate throughout, and people rather than their problems are their prime focus. Then by building trust and relationships through values-led practice we're taken on a positive story with both questions and possible solutions to support the reader. Here is a key book on the subject to have by your side. -- Keith Oliver, Kent and Medway NHS Dementia Envoy, author of Dear Alzheimer's