Links To Understanding: A Guidebook For Intentional Professionals Working With Aging People

Links to Understanding: A Guidebook for Intentional Professionals Working with Aging People

About the Author Carol Lee Bratter's background in career development, human resources, and the multiple issues facing our aging population is extensive. Over the past several years, Carol has undergone intensive training in multiple interrelated disciplines, e.g., adult development, death and dying, lay chaplaincy for the elderly, and more. Currently, Ms. Bratter continues her successful private practice as a Life Transitions Coach ''for older professionals facing personal and/or professional life challenges.'' She belongs to several professional associations, has served on numerous boards, and was recently appointed by the Governor for a four-year term on the Minnesota Board on Aging, where she serves on the Public Policy Committee. This book presents to ''the Intentional Professional'' the realities of the workplace, integrating out theoretical understanding of gerontological issues with practical applications into the format of a handbook, or guide, to be used by those of us working as counselors, therapists, chaplains, and other human services specialists within the aging community. Review Ms. Bratter has brilliantly given professionals the helpful ...and inspiring... guide she envisions in her prologue! Her words on practitioners use of power, on case management, forgiveness, and gerotranscendence are especially powerful and useful. --Barbara Swanson Arnoldsen, M.S. (School Administration and Counseling)