ABSTRACT
Until 1980, little behavioral or therapeutic research was devoted to the study of the elderly. In fact, Wisocki and Mosher (1982) noted that of the journals surveyed, only .6% of the articles published used elderly as subjects. While in recent years this trend appears to be reversing, one area of need that remains is psychotherapy for elderly patients. According to Wisocki and Mosher’s (1982) review of behavioral gerontology journals, only 5.6% of the articles published dealt with issues of psychotherapy. Thus, the therapist must search for therapeutic ways to deal with an ever-increasing number of unique problems that are presented by the elderly patient.
