Specifics of psychological consulting of patients after TBI according to the structure of neuropsychological deficitстатьяТезисы
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Аннотация:Introduction: Present article introduces the case of a patient who
had traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 2010. During examination V.
demonstrated mild sensory aphasia, frontal lobes deficit, memory
disorder, limiting beliefs, lack of adequate coping strategies, emotional
reactions and disability to describe his feelings and body
awareness.
Objectives and aim: Neuropsychological, correction and psychological
counseling performance, considering neuropsychological
deficit profile.
Methods: counseling was carried out over six weeks in the form
of 2 hour sessions once aweek. Speech perception impairment was
taken into consideration. The process was started with frontal lobe
deficit correction. Goal management training was used in conjunction
with external control of distractions. Training in structured
organization of information has highly improved memorization.
Techniques of CBT were used to work with cognitive distortions,
dysfunctional beliefs, and self-restricting behavior. Body-oriented
therapy was offered to cope with stress factors and vegetative reactions.
Results: V. compensated memory disorder using external sources
and motivation. Some adaptive strategies of interaction with
people and the outer world were formed. He improved time
management skills and learned to follow the priority of current
task without distractions. Moreover, he actively started to use
body-oriented techniques to regulate his emotional condition. A
considerable progress was achieved in understanding his limits and
difficulties in everyday life.
Conclusion: Implementation of psychological consulting according
to neuropsychological deficit profile may be effective in
interdisciplinary holistic rehabilitation of patients after TBI.
Keywords: Traumatic brain injury; Neurorehabilitation; Holistic
rehabilitation.
Disclosure of interest: The authors have not supplied their declaration
of competing interest.