Changing the narrative to hope: Maximizing brain health, function and participation following Brain Injury

Intensive Cross Cutting Poster

(709413)

The Effect of a Couples Intervention on Unmet Needs and Caregiver Burden After Brain Injury

Presenting Author(s)

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  Kristin Graham, PhD, CRC

  Assistant Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia

Author(s)

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  Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD, ABPP, FACRM

  Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia
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  Jennifer Marwitz, MA

  Associate Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia
• AS

  Adam Sima, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth Universtiy
  Richmond, Virginia
• NH

  Nancy Hsu, Psy.D., A.B.P.P.

  Assistant Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, Virginia

Learning Objectives:

• explain the need for a couples intervention after brain injury
• describe the Therapeutic Couples Intervention
• examine the effectiveness of a couples intervention on the uninjured partner