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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 different challenges and settings. With a focus on facilitating awareness, coping, competence, adjustment, and community reintegration, the book features helpful case examples and reproducible handouts and forms. It shows how to weave together individual ... MORE

��Klonoff is a talented therapist who combines a wealth of experience and expertise with a deep personal commitment to the process of assisting individuals and families in the challenging process of adjustment following brain injury. This extraordinary volume guides the reader through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, illustrating the course of therapy with many practical examples. It is essential reading for professionals working in brain injury rehabilitation or with clients who have experienced a brain injury, and an invaluable resource for students and trainees in clinical psychology, clinical neuropsychology, rehabilitation medicine, neuropsychiatry, and social work."-Linda Clare, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Bangor University, United Kingdom

��Klonoff provides a window into the unique world of brain injury, where psychology and biology intertwine. What is remarkable about this book is its level of detail. It delineates step by step the goals, tasks, and challenges of each stage of recovery, and features forms, checklists, and lists of adjunctive resources. Excellent case material illustrating both successful and unsuccessful treatment brings the work alive. A welcome resource for treating clients who have experienced any type of brain injury."-Robert Taibbi, LCSW, private practice, Charlottesville, Virginia

��An impressive accomplishment. The author is a sure footed, experienced clinician who shows how to guide clients in their arduous climb toward optimal rehabilitation outcomes. She addresses the client's need to regain functional competence and a feeling of 'belonging,' reconstitute a sense of self, accept limitations posed by the brain injury, and find meaning in post rehabilitation attainments. Many suggestions for facilitating essential compensatory processes are included. This book should become part of the reference library of both novice and seasoned practitioners in the field of neuropsychological rehabilitation."-Yehuda Ben-Yishay, PhD, Director, Brain Injury Day Treatment Program, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University

St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ. Explains the challenges brain-injured patients and their families face and provides a framework for conceptualizing the recovery journey. Topics include increasing acceptance, life skills training, and psychotherapists self-care. Includes case studies. For practitioners. DNLM: Brain Injuries--rehabilitation.

Introduction and Overview	p. 1
The Collaborative Model of Psychotherapy after Brain Injury	p. 2
Theoretical Frameworks Applicable for Patients with Brain Injury	p. 4
The Working Alliance	p. 9
Characteristics of Psychotherapists and Patients	p. 12
Understanding the Patient's Experience after Brain Injury	p. 14
Guidelines for Early Psychotherapy Sessions and General Treatment Consider... MOREations	p. 20
The Initial Consultation	p. 20
The In-Depth Interview Process	p. 28
General Treatment Considerations	p. 32
Coordination of Care	p. 41
The Reimbursement Process	p. 42
Increasing Patients' Self-Awareness	p. 45
Self-Awareness and Organic Unawareness	p. 45
A Baseline Determination of Awareness	p. 46
Individual Psychotherapy Interventions	p. 50
Adjunct Therapies for Generalizing Awareness Training	p. 59
Cognitive Retraining	p. 61
Psychoeducation Group	p. 66
Group Psychotherapy	p. 69
Sense of Self and Identity	p. 75
Grief and Mourning	p. 76
Sense of Self	p. 77
Narcissistic Rage	p. 82
Suicidality	p. 87
Values	p. 89
Identity and Social Roles	p. 93
Increasing Acceptance	p. 100
The Nature and Determinants of Acceptance	p. 100
Adjustment = Adaptation + Assimilation	p. 101
Considerations in the Acceptance Process	p. 102
Baseline Determination of Acceptance	p. 105
Increasing Acceptance in Individual Psychotherapy	p. 106
Increasing Acceptance in Group Psychotherapy	p. 114
Three Extended Cases	p. 115
Life Skills Training	p. 125
The Datebook	p. 126
The Home Independence Checklist	p. 134
Implementation Challenges with the HIC	p. 136
"Milieu Meetings" for the Household	p. 144
Driving	p. 144
Family Life	p. 150
The Impact of Brain Injury on the Whole Family	p. 150
The Family's Role in the Patient's Recovery	p. 152
Family Interventions	p. 153
The Family Experiential Model of Recovery	p. 160
Two Extended Cases	p. 161
Communication and Social Skills	p. 171
The Pragmatics of Communication	p. 172
Treating Pragmatic Communication Problems in Individual Psychotherapy	p. 174
Adjunct Group Therapies for Increasing Social Skills and Leisure Activities	p. 183
Reestablishing Friendships and Pursuing Enjoyable Pastimes	p. 188
Substance Abuse and Social Activities	p. 191
Dating and Romantic Relationships	p. 192
Group Psychotherapy	p. 194
Adjustment and Treatment Termination	p. 198
The Adaptation Dimension	p. 198
The Intrapsychic Assimilation Dimension	p. 217
The Existential Assimilation Dimension	p. 223
Termination of Psychotherapy	p. 227
Psychotherapist Self-Care: Managing Stress and Avoiding Burnout	p. 235
Countertransferences	p. 236
Comorbid Diagnoses	p. 237
Burnout	p. 240
Avoiding Burnout: The Psychotherapist's "Survival Kit"	p. 240
References	p. 249
Index	p. 281
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Pamela S, Klonoff, PhD, ABPP-CN, is a faculty neuropsychologist and (since 1993) Clinical Director of the Center for Transitional NeuroRehbilitation, Barrow Neurological Insitute of st. Joseph's Hospital and Medical center, Phoenix, Arizona. She has been affiliated with the program since 1986. Dr. klonoff is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. She specializes in outpatient milieu-oriented neurorehabilitation, with patients and their families after brain injury. Dr. Klonoff has published many articles and presented theoretical and clinical papars around the world; her expertise adn research focus on holistic neurorehabilitation, including psychotherapy and cognitive retraining after traumatic and other acquired brain injury.

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