In this article, attention is first directed to milieu therapy as it may be elaborated upon in working with people of old age in a psychiatric hospital. Based on the work of Marlis Pörtner (1998; 2008), this contribution centers on a description of how a person-centered approach might be applied within this milieu therapeutic framework. This description is guided by the familiar therapeutic relational core conditions from the client-centered approach. Finally, Pre-Therapy contact work (Prouty, Van Werde, & Pörtner, 2001; Sanders, 2007) and its application in this setting are considered.
person-centered work, therapy and care, with and for the elderly, Pre-Therapy, (Pre-Therapy) contact work, gerontopsychiatry/geriatric psychiatry; milieu therapy
The tPeP (Journal Person-centered experiential Psychotherapy) is the scientific journal for Dutch and Flemish psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, that work from, or are interested in a client-centered perspective.
