Rehabilitation following Acquired Brain Damage

We provide counselling and rehabilitation for people who have acquired brain damage through stroke, accident or disease, and their families. Through needs assessments, on-going counselling and psychological re-education, we give advice and support to clients and their families on their way towards healing and psychological well being.

Initial assessments

Initial assessments evaluate the clients' cognitive skills (such as memory and decision making abilities), and their emotional reaction to their head injury. An assessment report is provided which outlines their rehabilitation needs, sets preliminary goals, and provides costs.

On-going rehabilitation

We provide on-going rehabilitation programmes which include re-training of cognitive skills, and counselling and advice on dealing with the emotional problems resulting from head injury.

We frequently work within multi-disciplinary teams and part of our role is to advise other health professionals on the management of clients and their families e.g. suggesting management strategies, noting of any secondary psychological problems arising from the head injury.

Goals of counselling & rehabilitation

• to assess the needs of people who have acquired brain damage through stroke, accident or disease, and their families. These assessments are generally undertaken on the instruction of an independent case manager, residential care home or solicitor

• to provide guidance and support to people and their families

• to support individuals and their families to work through any remaining effects of trauma

• to promote awareness of the consequences of head injury

• to support people to recognise and manage specific cognitive impairments, and develop alternative strategies

• to facilitate communication within the family

• to support people who have acquired brain damage to attain maximum functioning at home and in the wider community

Please contact us to find out more about our services.