Main description:

The psychological impact of an acquired brain injury (ABI) can be devastating for both the person involved and their family. This book describes the different types of psychological therapies used to ameliorate psychological distress following ABI.

Each chapter presents a new therapeutic approach by experts in the area. Readers will learn about the key principles and techniques of the therapy alongside its application to a specific case following ABI. In addition, readers will gain insight into which approach may be most beneficial to whom as well as those where there may be additional challenges. Covering a wide array of psychological therapies, samples range from more historically traditional approaches to those more recently developed.

Psychological Therapies in Acquired Brain Injury will be of great interest to clinicians and researchers working in brain injury rehabilitation, as well as practitioners, researchers and students of psychology, neuropsychology and rehabilitation.

Contents:

List of figures

List of tables

Editors' foreword

Giles N. Yeates & Fiona Ashworth

Acknowledgements

Application of the cognitive behavioural approach to enhancing emotional outcomes following acquired brain injury (ABI).
Fergus Gracey, Peter Smits, Pieter du Toit, Jessica Fish and Kate Psaila

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) after brain injury
David Todd & Mike Smith

Mindfulness in neurological conditions
Niels Detert

Working with people with acquired neurological conditions and their families: personal construct Cathy Sparkes

Compassion focused therapy for neurological conditions
Fiona Ashworth and Clara Murray

Positive psychotherapy for neurological conditions
Jonathan J. Evans and Breda Cullen

Attachment-based psychotherapies for people with aquired brain injury
Giles N. Yeates and Christian E. Salas

Putting conversations centre stage: systemic working in acquired brain injury contexts
Gavin Newby, Siobhan Palmer, Ndidi Boakye, Jo Johnson and Richard Maddicks

Mind-body interventions in neurorehabilitation
Giles N. Yeates

Integrative psychotherapy for holistic neurorehabilitation

Pamela Klonoff & Erin Piper

Index