Psychotherapy after brain injury : principles and techniques

Psychotherapy after brain injury : principles and techniques / Pamela S. Klonoff.

"This book presents hands-on tools for addressing the multiple ways that brain injury can affect psychological functioning and well-being. The author is a leader in the field who translates her extensive clinical experience into clear-cut yet flexible guidelines that therapists can adapt for di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klonoff, Pamela S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Guilford Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Brain > Wounds and injuries > Patients > Mental health services.
Brain > Wounds and injuries > Patients > Rehabilitation.
Psychotherapy.
Brain damage > Patients > Mental health services.
MEDICAL > Surgery > Neurosurgery.
Brain > Wounds and injuries > Patients > Rehabilitation
Psychotherapy
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and Overview
  • 2. Guidelines for Early Psychotherapy Sessions and General Treatment Considerations
  • 3. Increasing Patients' Self-Awareness
  • 4. Sense of Self and Identity / with Stephen M. Myles
  • 5. Increasing Acceptance
  • 6. Life Skills Training
  • 7. Family Life / with Edward Koberstein
  • 8. Communication and Social Skills
  • 9. Adjustment and Treatment Termination
  • 10. Psychotherapist Self-Care: Managing Stress and Avoiding Burnout.
  • 1. Introduction and Overview
  • The Collaborative Model of Psychotherapy after Brain Injury
  • Theoretical Frameworks Applicable for Patients with Brain Injury
  • The Working Alliance
  • Characteristics of Psychotherapists and Patients
  • Understanding the Patient's Experience after Brain Injury
  • 2. Guidelines for Early Psychotherapy Sessions and General Treatment Considerations
  • The Initial Consultation
  • The In-Depth Interview Process
  • General Treatment Considerations
  • Coordination of Care
  • The Reimbursement Process
  • 3. Increasing Patients' Self-Awareness
  • Self-Awareness and Organic Unawareness
  • A Baseline Determination of Awareness
  • Individual Psychotherapy Interventions
  • Adjunct Therapies for Generalizing Awareness Training
  • Cognitive Retraining
  • Psychoeducation Group
  • Group Psychotherapy
  • 4. Sense of Self and Identity / with Stephen M. Myles
  • Grief and Mourning
  • Sense of Self
  • Narcissistic Rage
  • Suicidality
  • Values
  • Identity and Social Roles
  • 5. Increasing Acceptance
  • The Nature and Determinants of Acceptance
  • Adjustment = Adaptation + Assimilation
  • Considerations in the Acceptance Process
  • Baseline Determination of Acceptance
  • Increasing Acceptance in Individual Psychotherapy
  • Increasing Acceptance in Group Psychotherapy
  • Three Extended Cases
  • 6. Life Skills Training
  • The Datebook
  • The Home Independence Checklist
  • Implementation Challenges with the HIC
  • "Milieu Meetings" for the Household
  • Driving
  • 7. Family Life / with Edward Koberstein
  • The Impact of Brain Injury on the Whole Family
  • The Family's Role in the Patient's Recovery
  • Family Interventions
  • The Family Experiential Model of Recovery
  • Two Extended Cases
  • 8. Communication and Social Skills
  • The Pragmatics of Communication
  • Treating Pragmatic Communication Problems in Individual Psychotherapy
  • Adjunct Group Therapies for Increasing Social Skills and Leisure Activities
  • Reestablishing Friendships and Pursuing Enjoyable Pastimes
  • Substance Abuse and Social Activities
  • Dating and Romantic Relationships
  • Group Psychotherapy
  • 9. Adjustment and Treatment Termination
  • The Adaptation Dimension
  • The Intrapsychic Assimilation Dimension
  • The Existential Assimilation Dimension
  • Termination of Psychotherapy
  • 10. Psychotherapist Self-Care: Managing Stress and Avoiding Burnout
  • Countertransference
  • Comorbid Diagnoses
  • Burnout
  • Avoiding Burnout: The Psychotherapist's "Survival Kit."

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