The Case Work Intervention Of Negative Emotions Of Urban Solitary Elderly Under Psychosocial Therapy Model

As a special vulnerable group,the elderly living alone lack the emotional support and warmth of the family,Most old people who live alone face many difficulties in life.In recent years,with the development of economy,the change of life style,the change of family structure,and the disintegration of children leaving the original family,there are more and more elderly groups living alone.Many elderly people living alone have negative emotions,such as loneliness,useless feeling,loss and so on,which have a great negative impact on the daily life and physical and mental health of the old people living alone.This paper attempts to explore the effective ways to solve the negative emotional problems of elderly people living alone through one-to-one case service under the guidance of psycho-social therapy model from the perspective of social work specialtyA case study of an elderly person living alone in a z community in Wuhan was conducted.First of all,using scale method,participatory observation method,unstructured interview and other methods to collect data on the negative emotional problems of the victim,and then from the physiological,psychological,social three levels of cause analysis,to assess the needs of the victim.Secondly,the method of direct intervention and indirect intervention is used to carry out practical work,which has achieved good results.In terms of direct intervention,we should eliminate the negative emotions such as grief and anxiety,which have been suppressed in the heart for a long time;use the treatment of nostalgia to guide the victim to relive past successful experience,help the victim to re-recognize himself,regain the confidence of life,and gradually adapt to the present life;encourage the victim to overcome the inner obstacle "go out of the house,into the community" to participate in community activities,from which to obtain a pleasant emotional experience,actively integrate into the community.In the aspect of indirect intervention,it helps the victim to strengthen the support network,tap his own potential,improve his current negative behavior by increasing his social activities and developing his personal interests,and then restore his selfconfidence,enhance his self-efficacy,and master the ability to deal with negative emotions.Finally,through the evaluation and analysis of the process and effect of intervention service,the effect of intervention in this case is obvious.Under the guidance of the psycho-social therapy model,the author believes that the case work is effective in intervening in the negative emotion of the elderly living alone.After the end of the case,the victim’s mood of sadness and anxiety improved,he was able to take part in community activities actively,self-confidence gradually recovered self-efficacy significantly improved,received support from the family and peers,and the problem of negative emotions changed significantly to a certain extent.