Living Beyond Brain Injury

A Compassionate Resilient Guide for Survivors
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-73532-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

Living Beyond Brain Injury: A Compassionate Resilient Guide for Survivors is a practical guidebook for people living with brain injury.

Rooted in neuropsychological theory and informed by therapeutic models within the cognitive-behavioural tradition, including contemporary third-wave approaches, this book introduces a values-based mindset called the Compassionate Resilient Mind (CRM). This balances compassion and resilience to support people’s recovery, adaptation, and growth. The book explores common post-injury challenges such as memory, fatigue, navigating emotions and identity change whilst offering practical strategies for improvement. These include easy-to-use worksheets to fill in, simple comparisons that make concepts easier to understand, and ways to become more flexible in thinking. Designed for use independently or with therapists, the guidebook provides accessible tools to better understand yourself, and for navigating setbacks and rebuilding a meaningful life.

This book is for brain injury survivors and the professionals who support them, such as clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, case managers, occupational therapists, and rehabilitation support workers to work together toward lasting recovery and adjustment.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Vicki

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors

Acknowledgement

Introduction Vicki Hall

1 Lighting the Way: Navigating Depression and Low Mood in Early Recovery Vicki Hall and Emma Nicholas

2 Flowing Forward: Compassionate Resilient Adaption to Brain Injury Vicki Hall and Emma Nicholas

3 Riding Emotional Waves: Navigating Emotionalism After Brain Injury

Vicki Hall

4 Finding Calm in the Storm: Anger, Irritability, and Compassion Vicki Hall

5 Living Beyond Anxiety: A Compassionate, Resilient Approach Vicki Hall

6 The Weight of Injustice: Finding Freedom Through Compassion Emma Nicholas

7 Resting With Resilience: A Compassionate Guide to Sleep Vicki Hall

8 Pacing with Purpose: A Compassionate Guide to Navigating Fatigue Vicki Hall

9 Finding Strength and Compassion in Living with Pain Vicki Hall

10 Catching the Slips: A Compassionate Resilient Guide to Remembering Vicki Hall

11 The Compass of Attention: Guiding Learning With Resilience and Compassion Vicki Hall

12 Executive Skills After Brain Injury: A Compassionate Guide to Planning, Problem- Solving, and Self-Control Vicki Hall

13 Communicating With Assertiveness and Compassion After Brain Injury Vicki Hall

14 Mental Capacity and Brain Injury Selina Holmes

15 Supporting relationships with your children Cathy Grant and Katie Venables

16 Returning to education after a brain injury Cathy Grant

17 Returning to work after a brain injury Stephanie Keay

Table of appendices

Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Vicki Hall is a consultant clinical neuropsychologist and chartered clinical psychologist. She is the owner and director of Neuromindworks Limited.

Cathy Grant is a consultant clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist. She is also an independent consultant at Neuromindworks Limited.

Emma Nicholas is chartered clinical psychologist specialising in neuropsychology. registered with the Health and Professionals Council. She currently works as an independent consultant for Neuromindworks Limited.

Stephanie Keay is a clinical psychologist with a specialist interest in neuropsychology and promoting well-being at work. She is an independent consultant at Neuromindworks Limited and the co-founder of The Core Collective.

Katie Venables is a registered clinical psychologist working at Neuromindworks Limited providing assessment, therapy and rehabilitation services for patients with acquired brain injury and neurological disorders.

Selina Holmes is a clinical psychologist and independent consultant providing specialist neuropsychological rehabilitation for people with traumatic brain injury as well as individual assessments of cognition and mental capacity.