Family Psychotherapy after Stroke and Anoxic Brain Injury

Klonoff, Pamela S.

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“…Psychotherapy for individuals with ABI emphasizes a collaborative therapeutic alliance in order to improve client awareness and acceptance of their newer identity and create hope and meaning for them [ 19 ]. This translates into developing a newer understanding of self within the context of gender, psychosocial expectations, and cultural milieu [ 20 ]. Narrative therapy is one way of helping people with ABI deconstruct and co-construct their life stories that can be used in neuro-rehabilitation [ 21 ].…”

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Lost Self to Present Self: A Case Report of Narrative Therapy for a Woman with Acquired Brain Injury

Mahajan,

Hegde,

Sinha

2024

Consortium Psychiatricum

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BACKGROUND: Psychotherapy for people with acquired brain injury (ABI) is considered to be an important component of a holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation approach. This helps in making sense of the loss of the sense of self they experience. Gender, premorbid personality, and socio-cultural discourses guide this process of understanding. Narrative formulation takes these considerations into account and, thus, can be used for formulating therapeutic plans. AIM: To present a case report which highlights the use of narrative case formulation to understand the psychological, social, and cultural factors forming the dominant discourse of a woman with ABI. METHODS: Ms. VA, a 43-year-old female, presented herself with a diagnosis of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy with small chronic infarcts with gliosis in the bilateral cerebellar hemisphere, myoclonic seizures, mild cognitive impairment, depression, generalized dystonia, and bronchial asthma. Along with neuropsychological rehabilitation and cognitive retraining, 25 sessions of psychotherapy using narrative formulation were performed. RESULTS: Following the therapy, microgains such as a developing strong therapeutic relationship, accommodating vulnerability in her narrative, and finding moments of independence and assertion within the constraints of ABI were observed. Acceptance of her current predicament vis-à-vis her lost self and finding meaning in her new self were facilitated. CONCLUSION: There is paucity of research detailing psychotherapeutic management of ABI, especially in India. Psychotherapy, particularly using narrative formulation, can be helpful in understanding the intersections of gender role and expectations, premorbid personality and ABI, and aiding the post-ABI rehabilitation and adjustment. Future work in this area can explore the socio-cultural aspects that play an important role in the therapy process.

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