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The article discusses strategies that speech-language pathologists (SLP) can employ to help patients who suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI) deal with somatic symptoms. Topics discussed include the most common somatic symptoms exhibited by TBI patients, the impact of patients' inability to manage somatic symptoms on their cognitive recovery and the advantages of using symptom tracking in TBI. Also discussed are the functions of mind miming when dealing with TBI somatic symptoms.

An interview with a teenage girl who suffered from long-term memory loss following a concussion is presented. The teenage girl discusses her recovery status, her symptoms after the concussion and what she remembers about working with the speech-language pathologist (SLP) after her third concussion. She also talks about the strategies she used to help with her memory and the aspects of the treatment she found most helpful.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of caring for her husband after a brain injury.

The article focuses on how rehabilitation teams help people with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) resume an active life, after studies suggest that concussion rehabilitation is not helpful for people with mTBI. Topics discussed include the "Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation" article by Noah Silverberg and Grant Iverson in 2013 asking whether post-TBI rest really is the best medicine, the real problems with prolonged rest, and the considerations to take when working with people with TBIs.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of difficulty as a speech-language pathologist as her best friend began a slow recovery from a brain aneurysm.

The author relates his experience as a speech-language pathologist who has treated people with aphasia. Topics covered include his experience of being diagnosed with expressive aphasia, his attempt to compensate for his verbal and literal paraphasias and his appreciation of the entire person beyond the communicative disorder he was trained to address.

The article features speech-language pathologist (SLP) Darlene Williamson, founder and executive director of Stroke Comeback Center in Vienna, Virginia. Topics explored include the establishment of the center which benefits stroke survivors and individuals with aphasia, her commitment to providing assistance to patients that had utilized their insurance-covered services and benefits, and the use of a life participation strategy by the center for the treatment of aphasia patients.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience in being diagnosed with pituitary adenoma and how she used her experience to improve her understanding of patients with dysphagia as a speech-language pathologist.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences of surviving a head injury in April 2013, which resulted in significant sensorineural hearing loss.