Counseling Clients with HIV Disease Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention

by Hoffman, Mary Ann

• ISBN13: 9781572300637
• ISBN10: 1572300639
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-02-16
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Counseling interventions are a proven and powerful way to help individuals with HIV cope with the enormous changes in their lives wrought by the disease. Proposing an innovative conceptual model for HIV clinical work, this book integrates empirical research on the psychosocial aspects of HIV with extensive case material. It provides a framework for assessing clients' psychosocial concerns and implementing interventions to facilitate adjustment; reviews medical and neurocognitive aspects of HIV disease progression; explores the psychotherapeutic context of HIV clinical work; and addresses risk reduction and prevention.

Author Biography

Mary Ann Hoffman is Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Co-Director of the Counseling Psychology Program. Dr. Hoffman is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Counseling Psychology. In addition to her work on the psychosocial aspects of HIV disease, she has published on the process and outcome of psychotherapy and of career counseling and on issues related to the training of psychotherapists. She is active in numerous professional organizations, consults to national organizations, and maintains a private practice in psychotherapy.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Counseling Clients with HIV Disease	1	(6)
Disease Progression: Physical and Neurocognitive Changes	7	(18)
Part I: Assessment: Overview of the Psychosocial Model of HIV Disease	25	(44)
Assessing the Defining Characteristics of HIV Disease	31	(11)
Assessing the Social Support of Clients with HIV Disease	42	(11)
Assessing the Unique Life Situation of Clients with HIV Disease	53	(7)
Assessing Personality, Disease Cofactors, and Demographic Characteristics of Clients with HIV Disease	60	(9)
Part II: Interventions to Facilitate Adaptation to HIV Disease	69	(90)
Interventions to Facilitate Emotional Adaptation to HIV Disease	73	(16)
Interventions to Facilitate Cognitive and Behavioral Adaptation to HIV Disease	89	(11)
Interventions to Facilitate Health-Promoting Behaviors and Attitudes	100	(13)
Interventions to Facilitate Adaptation to Changes in Life Goals and Roles	113	(9)
Interventions to Explore Spiritual and Religious Adaptation to HIV Disease	122	(7)
Interventions to Prepare for Death and the Dying Process	129	(15)
Case Examples: Applying the HIV Psychosocial Model	144	(15)
Part III: The Psychotherapeutic Context	159	(80)
The Counseling Relationship: Boundaries, Transference, and Countertransference	161	(20)
Multicultural Considerations in Counseling Persons with HIV Disease	181	(23)
Ethical and Professional Issues in Counseling Persons with HIV Disease	204	(12)
Counseling the Caregivers: Significant Others and Health Care Providers	216	(14)
Training Mental Health Professionals to Work with Clients with HIV-Related Concerns	230	(9)
Part IV: Prevention: Risk Factors, Models of Intervention, and Community-Based Interventions	239	(40)
Counseling for Prevention: Understanding Risk Factors	241	(18)
Models of Intervention	259	(10)
Community-Based Interventions	269	(10)
Epilogue: What We Can Learn from HIV Disease	279	(4)
Appendix: Resources for Mental Health Professionals Working with Clients with HIV Disease	283	(6)
References	289	(26)
Index	315