Living Beyond Brain Injury A Compassionate Resilient Guide for Survivors

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

Biography

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.