The Psychology of Retirement (eBook)

Coping with the Transition from Work

Derek L. Milne (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781118408711 (ISBN)

Infos

The Psychology of Retirement is the first self-help guide to retirement based on highly proven psychological coping strategies.

• Provides the most comprehensive and coherent account of the challenges of retirement and the associated aging process
• Represents the culmination of over 30 years of clinical, teaching and research involvement in the main issues discussed within this book
• Draws systematically on applied scientific theories, accepted professional circles, which are interpreted and communicated by an applied scientist
• A constructive emphasis establishes the best possible coping strategies and perspectives

Derek Milne retired as the Director of the Newcastle University Doctorate in Clinical Psychology training programme in 2012. In addition to practicing as a clinical psychologist within the National Health Service (including work with older adults) and teaching within Higher Education, he has occupied the related roles of coach, sport and exercise psychologist, trainer, researcher, mentor and organizational consultant. He is the author of Wiley’s Evidence Based Clinical Supervision (2009).

Inhalt

About this Book and Author ix

Acknowledgments xi

1. The Surprises of Retirement 1

2. Understanding Retirement 29

3. Reframing Retirement 55

4. Relating in Retirement 79

5. Supporting Retirement 99

6. Learning from Life 119

7. Learning for Life 139

8. Conclusions 159

Notes 177

Recommended Reading 187

Index 189

Rezensionen

"His rambling is marvellous, and clearly brought him
pleasure." (International
Psychogeriatrics, 1 January 2014)

"As such, the book is not a source for researchers; the
book is, however, a valuable addition to the self-help retirement
literature that is mainly focused on financial planning for
retirement." (Australasian Journal on Ageing, 17
June 2013)

"In his clearly-written and thought-provoking new book,
recently retired clinical psychologist, Derek Milne, helps to
explain the issues facing those in retirement and presents
practical solutions to deal with the sometime traumatic aspects of
having a lot more time on our hands . . . The result is a
book that is both intriguing and instructive."
(Mature Times, 25 February 2013)

"Incorporating the author's personal experience,
real-life case studies, the latest research and well-established
theories, The Psychology of Retirement provides many insights and
much food for thought concerning the nature of retirement and the
new challenges and opportunities it represents." (In
My Prime, 1 February 2013)

"This book explicitly reframes retirement not as the
retreat from the world of work but as a transition from paid
employment to a new life phase, with new challenges and
opportunities. Milne makes the point that it is important to take
the transition to retirement seriously. He estimates that
approximately one quarter of people who retire will experience it
as a stressful, complicated transition and the book is intended to
provide a 'recipe' for managing this."
(Therapy Today, June 2013)

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This is a rich, positive insider's guide to managing
retirement. The author is in his own process of retiring and he
offers an engaging, bold and accessible exploration of the everyday
psychology in making the transition from work to a new beginning in
life. The message is an inspirational one, backed up by science
expertly and ably reviewed interspersed with real case examples.
This book deserves to be the set text for anyone setting out on the
journey towards their life after work. Thoughtful, practical and
packed full of creative suggestions this book is the essential
blueprint to retiring.--Ken Laidlaw, MA (Hons), PhD,
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, School of Health in Social
Science, University of Edinburgh

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.11.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Schlagworte: aging • Aging & Adult Development • Altern, Entwicklung Erwachsener • Clinical psychology • Klinische Psychologie • life-span development • Psychologie • Psychology • Retired • Ruhestand • Work
• ISBN-13: 9781118408711 / 9781118408711