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Zusatztext "Laaksonen and Ranta and their colleagues have been developing neuropsychotherapy and the holistic approach to brain rehabilitation for decades.?By making their principles and procedures more universally available! this text will be of great value to the field."-James F. Malec! Ph.D.! Indiana University School of Medicine"The book is a much needed contribution to! and an important enlargement of! more traditional Neuropsychological Rehabilitation written by a group of knowledgeable! internationally active neuropsychologists! building upon a long tradition in Finland from early rehabilitation of Finnish war veterans after the "Winterwar" as early as in the nineteenforties! the successful "Insure Program" and a continued engagement in and renewal of rehabilitation development worldwide."-Anne-Lise Christensen! Ph.D.! recipient of the Life Time Achievement Award from the International Brain Injury Association Informationen zum Autor Ritva Laaksonen is a psychology graduate from the University of Helsinki with a postgraduate degree of Licenciate of Psychology, and a PsL specialization in clinical neuropsychology from the University of Jyväskylä. She is an official supervisor registered by the Finnish Neuropsychological Society. She has served as a clinician, administrator, educator, and researcher in public posts at the Helsinki University Hospital Department of Neurology, and has been the chief psychologist there for 13 years. She is also a state registered psychotherapist trainer. Mervi Ranta is a psychology graduate from the University of Jyväskylä with a postgraduate degree of Licenciate of Psychology, and a PsL specialization in clinical neuropsychology from the University of Helsinki. She is a state registered psychotherapist, and she has worked as a clinician and a supervisor in a public post at the Seinäjoki Central Hospital Department of Neurology since 1986, where she is presently serving as the chief psychologist. Klappentext This groundbreaking volume provides a theoretical as well as clinical picture of the background and guidelines for clinical applications of neuropsychotherapy. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining neuropsychological knowledge with recent conceptualizations of other fields of neuroscience and models of psychotherapy with special emphasis on the role of working alliance. Zusammenfassung This groundbreaking volume provides a theoretical as well as clinical picture of the background and guidelines for clinical applications of neuropsychotherapy. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining neuropsychological knowledge with recent conceptualizations of other fields of neuroscience and models of psychotherapy with special emphasis on the role of working alliance. Inhaltsverzeichnis G. Prigatano , Foreword. R. Laaksonen, M. Ranta , Introduction. R. Laaksonen, M. Ranta , Neuropsychotherapeutic Approaches in the Rehabilitation Context. R. Ylikoski , Neuropsychological Assessment in Adults: Integrating Neuropsychological Knowledge for Treatment and Therapeutic Purposes. N. Sajaniemi , Brain Development and the Ever-lasting Process of Self-regulation. Implications to the Development of Perception, Attention, Language and Memory. J. Loukkola, L. Paavola , Motivational Regulation and Its Effects on Mental Processing in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Rehabilitation Perspective. A. Lindell , Effect of Brain Injury on Emotional Reactions in a Therapeutic Process. P. Häkkinen , Resistance in Treating Neurological Patients. A. Lindell, T. Ketola , Process-Orientated Neuropsychological Out-Patient Rehabilitation. Practical Examples of Post-Acute Stages. H. Kiiski-Mäki , Helping Children with Acquired Brain Injury to Engage in a Neuropsychotherapeutic Process. S. Haikonen , Therapeutic Applications with Different Types of ...
