ABSTRACT
This article discusses structured life review activity with psychotherapy students at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Overseas research is cited indicating that structured life review group activity may prevent or ameliorate depression in older people, which is under-diagnosed in Aotearoa New Zealand. The article suggests undertaking New Zealand research to support seeking funding to initiate life review group work with older people in the community.
Notes on contributor
Paul Solomon is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. He teaches in the psychotherapy programmes at Auckland University of Technology, and has a private practice in Grey Lynn in Auckland. Born in the UK, he lived in Israel (kibbutz Mahanayim) from 1962 to 1965, then served in the Israeli Defence Force until 1967. After returning to England, he gained a Certificate in Education at Goldsmiths College, and later became a social worker on the Isle of Dogs, London, qualifying in psychiatric social work also at Goldsmiths College. On arriving in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1984, he practised social work in the psychosomatic pain programme in Auckland Hospital, then in the Starship Child and Family Unit. Paul has practised vipassana meditation and Taiji for some years.