Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy

Have you suffered from a Traumatic Brain Injury or mild Traumatic Brain Injury? Have you undergone brain surgery or had any of your brain injured? At Thoughtwise we realize that this may be a very sensitive subject for you, and that you may be in need of assessments and treatments to assist you to rehabilitate towards more satisfactory levels of functioning.

If your recognize with this, it is important for you to hear that you do not have to be alone in this process, there are experts here at Thoughtwise that may be able to offer you interventions that can help you begin building your life again. We recognize that living your life after a TBI or after some of your brain has been removed due to surgery is an extreme complication and challenge that you face in your life every day.

After a traumatic injury to the brain, these neurological events can seriously affect your life, and in many ways.

Brain damage may affect certain areas of your thinking or performance. Areas of functioning that may have been or may be affected due to a traumatic brain injury or brain surgery are:

• Normal performance levels.
• Personality change.
• Slowed information processing or reaction times.
• Lacking the ability to empathize with others.
• Inability to sustain mood and attention.
• Loss of normal thought patterns.

Loss of hope due to the effects of the event.

These are areas in which you may find that improve while undergoing treatment with CRT.

These areas of functioning, among many other difficulties in thinking, memory, learning or functioning are areas in which can be the main areas of concentration in Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy.

CRT is a treatment approach that can focus both on your thoughts/experiences and performance levels for rehabilitation.

There are many exciting modern-day psychological and neuropsychological assessments, and treatments becoming available that allow us to assess and treat the cognitive issues related to brain injury.

Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy or CRT is a modern-day treatment that is set apart from many other available treatments. The treatments of CRT aim to enhance your exact skillsets and areas of functioning.

CRT may focus on both:

1. Mitigating the losses that stem from the injury or surgery.
2. Minimizing the impact that this event has on your life.

Both of these areas are important for your future. These treatment strategies may help you work towards an unpredicted outcome.

CRT is a treatment that aims to help you to improve your life by:

• Improving specific areas of your cognitive and behavioral functioning.
• Improving your quality of life.
• Enlightening you about the possible approaches to rehabilitation.
• Helping you rebuild hope by inviting you to see your progress.
• Providing you a path towards wellness.

CRT can target multiple areas of functioning at the same time. Often CRT is used to help you build back skillsets by approaching treatment in several different ways, personalized to your needs and desires for your health.