Counselling someone with severe aphasia: An explorative case study

Abstract

A 'counselling' approach with someone with severe aphasia is possible. Using a repertory grid was a useful tool for understanding H.N. better. It seemed to initiate H.N. to discuss things of importance. The changes seen in him could have been due to an improvement in confidence as a communicator. This study has implications for how we can enable people with limited language to adapt to their situations.

Aphasia – an existential loneliness: A study on the loss of the world of symbols

“…This has led to attempts to integrate knowledge from several domains in an effort to plan therapies that are more rational and introduce other therapeutic strategies. Cunningham (1998) suggests, for example, a counselling approach for patients with severe aphasia, in order to enable them to adapt to their situation. Another example can be found in a study by van der Gaag, Smith, Davis, Moss, Cornelius, Laing and Mowles (2005), who propose that therapeutic approaches should include family members in order to improve quality of life and communication for people with aphasia.…”

A bibliometrix-based visualization analysis of international studies on conversations of people with aphasia: Present and prospects

“…It indicates that some scholars begin to pay attention to PWAs’ psychological health. They explore the counselling approach for people with severe aphasia [ 69 ], and speech-language pathologists claim that the main facilitators to address psychological well-being included personal interest, personal and professional experience and availability of counselling health professionals for people with aphasia [ 70 ]. Besides, speech-language therapists call for more counselling knowledge and skill training to meet the needs of people with aphasia [ 71 ].…”

Managing Psychosocial Adjustment to Aphasia

“…Individual counseling is clearly an important component in managing psychosocial adjustment, and the importance of providing it has been well established (Brumfitt, 1995). There has been a long-standing interest in the use of Repertory Grid techniques to provide a rich source of information for counseling individuals with aphasia (Cunningham, 1998). Group work has long been established as a context for counseling, but it is only recently that persons with aphasia themselves have become involved in the process of providing counseling support (Ireland & Wotton, 1996).…”