1. "Now I Am Myself": Exploring How People With Poststroke Aphasia Experienced Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Within the SOFIA Trial.
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Northcott, Sarah, Simpson, Alan, Thomas, Shirley, Barnard, Rachel, Burns, Kidge, Hirani, Shashivadan P., and Hilari, Katerina
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SOCIAL participation , *SOCIAL support , *AFFECT (Psychology) , *CLIENT relations , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *ACHIEVEMENT , *INTERVIEWING , *GROUP identity , *PATIENT satisfaction , *APHASIA , *QUALITATIVE research , *HOPE , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors , *STROKE patients , *COMMUNICATION , *INTERPERSONAL relations , *PHYSICAL mobility , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *RESEARCH funding , *EMOTIONS , *DATA analysis software , *THEMATIC analysis , *PSYCHOTHERAPY - Abstract
Aphasia, a language disability, can profoundly affect a person's mood and identity. The experiences of participants who received Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, a psychological intervention, were explored in the Solution-Focused brief therapy In poststroke Aphasia (SOFIA) Trial. Thirty participants with chronic aphasia, 14 with severe aphasia, participated in in-depth interviews that were analyzed using framework analysis. Two overarching themes emerged: valued therapy components (exploring hopes, noticing achievements, companionship, sharing feelings, and relationship with therapist) and perceptions of progress (mood, identity, communication, relationships, and independence). Participants were categorized into four groups: (a) "changed," where therapy had a meaningful impact on a person's life; (b) "connected," where therapy was valued primarily for companionship; (c) "complemental," where therapy complemented a participant's upward trajectory; and (d) "discordant," where therapy misaligned with participants' preference for impairment-based language work. This study suggests that it is feasible to adapt a psychological therapy for people with aphasia, who perceive it as valuable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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