The Psychology of Retirement

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The Psychology of Retirement is the first self-help guideto retirement based on highly proven psychological copingstrategies. * Provides the most comprehensive and coherent account of thechallenges of retirement and the associated aging process * Represents the culmination of over 30 years of clinical,teaching and research involvement in the main issues discussedwithin this book * Draws systematically on applied scientific theories, acceptedprofessional circles, which are interpreted and communicated by anapplied scientist * A constructive emphasis establishes the best possible copingstrategies and perspectives

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Derek Milne

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"His rambling is marvellous, and clearly brought himpleasure." (InternationalPsychogeriatrics, 1 January 2014) "As such, the book is not a source for researchers; thebook is, however, a valuable addition to the self-help retirementliterature that is mainly focused on financial planning forretirement." (Australasian Journal on Ageing, 17June 2013) "In his clearly-written and thought-provoking new book,recently retired clinical psychologist, Derek Milne, helps toexplain the issues facing those in retirement and presentspractical solutions to deal with the sometime traumatic aspects ofhaving a lot more time on our hands . . . The result is abook 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-establishedtheories, The Psychology of Retirement provides many insights andmuch food for thought concerning the nature of retirement and thenew challenges and opportunities it represents." (InMy Prime, 1 February 2013) "This book explicitly reframes retirement not as theretreat from the world of work but as a transition from paidemployment to a new life phase, with new challenges andopportunities. Milne makes the point that it is important to takethe transition to retirement seriously. He estimates thatapproximately one quarter of people who retire will experience itas a stressful, complicated transition and the book is intended toprovide a 'recipe' for managing this."(Therapy Today, June 2013) FeaturedIn Men's Hour BBC Radio 5 This is a rich, positive insider's guide to managingretirement. The author is in his own process of retiring and heoffers an engaging, bold and accessible exploration of the everydaypsychology in making the transition from work to a new beginning inlife. The message is an inspirational one, backed up by scienceexpertly and ably reviewed interspersed with real case examples.This book deserves to be the set text for anyone setting out on thejourney towards their life after work. Thoughtful, practical andpacked full of creative suggestions this book is the essentialblueprint to retiring.--Ken Laidlaw, MA (Hons), PhD,Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, School of Health in SocialScience, University of Edinburgh
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