Brain Injury Caregiver Workshop: Module 1

Caregiver Resources on Brain, Brain Injury, and Neuroplasticity

Brain Function

Cognitive Functioning after brain injury

Summary

Service Type

Brain Injury caregiver
Provider Name

Mind your Brain
Area

Greater Vancouver
Description

Resources for caregivers of people with brain injury
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If you would like to set up a free 15 - 20 minute consultation to explore how I could help you, or just have a question, please, feel free to contact me @ mindyourbrain1@gmail.com sitemap

Mind your Brain provides counselling mainly through TeleHealth/ remote applications, generally as online communication platforms with end to end encryption and SSL to ensure privacy, and specific step-by-step instructions will be provided upon request

Office closures: none currently

Professional designations

A designation of BC Association of Clinical Counsellors

Mind your Brain is ranked as a top counselling & Mental Health in Vancouver BC

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Helping People Lead Productive Lives

Heike @ Mind your Brain is proud to offer Cognitive Rehabilitation Treatment within her ‘Practice of Professional Psychological Services’. Services include therapeutic care, emotional counselling, and education for:

Cognitive aging/ cognitive health
People with acquired brain injury.

In general, Cognitive Rehabilitation refers to a set of non-invasive and evidence-based techniques and interventions intended to alleviate cognitive (e.g. memory) difficulties by improving performance in cognitive and functional areas, thereby improving a client’s quality of life.

Acquired Brain
Injury

Conditions in which Cognitive Rehabilitation Principles can be and have been utilized successfully include:

Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Tumor
Chemobrain
Anoxic Brain Injury (e.g. drowning)
Encephalopathy

Cognitive Aging

Conditions in which Cognitive Rehabilitation Principles can be and have been successfully utilized:

Pathological Aging (dementia, mild cognitive impairment)
Neurodegenerative Diseases (e.g. Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis)
Medical/ Neurological conditions (e.g. Stroke)
Healthy Cognitive Aging