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Preface Introduction 1. Setting the scene (Michelle Hamill & Ellen Khan) 2. Conversations in later life: The dance of relating (Elizabeth Wilde McCormick) 3. Mapping a lifetime of stories (Steve Potter) 4. Finding a compassionate life story (Alastair Gaskell) 5. Who am I really?: A CAT reflection on retirement (Henrietta Batchelor) 6. The legacy of complex trauma (Paul Catlin) 7. When health changes: Caring and being cared for (Ellen Khan &Michelle Hamill) 8. Endings (Kitty Clark McGhee & Emma Forde) Afterword Appendices
Michelle Hamill is a consultant clinical psychologist and CAT practitioner and supervisor, who has worked in the NHS for twenty years in the field of older adult mental health, memory clinics and dementia care. She is the co-author of a self-help book for carers: How to Help Someone with Dementia (2023). Ellen Khan is a principal clinical psychologist and CAT practitioner and supervisor, who has worked in the NHS for sixteen years with older people, people with dementia and their carers. Ellen draws on multiple therapeutic approaches in her clinical work, but she particularly values CAT and the relational richness it offers. Paul Catlin is a writer, activist and lecturer of Anglo-Nigerian heritage. He is currently fulfilling a lifetime ambition by writing a memoir and sequel to the acclaimed novel City of Spades, in which the author Colin MacInnes chronicles his friendship with Paul's migrant father and the prevailing post-war racial climate within the UK.