Supportive psychotherapy for a patient exhibiting alexia without agraphia

Authors

Kevin P. O’Brien, Adult Day Hospital for Neurological Rehabilitation
George P. Prigatano, Barrow Neurological InstituteFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Published accounts of alexia without agraphia have focused primarily on diagnostic and neuroanatomic issues. This case study describes psychotherapeutic interventions with an alexic patient and how these were integrated in the course of neuropsychologically oriented neurorehabilitation. This milieu approach facilitates a broad understanding of the patient in that it allows the psychotherapist access to multiple sources of input concerning the patient’s emotional reactions. Working with neurologic patients’ “feelings” about their neuropsychologic impairments can be useful to their neurorehabilitation. © 1991 Aspen Publishers, Inc.

Publication Date

1-1-1991

Publication Title

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

ISSN

08859701

E-ISSN

1550509X

Volume

6

Issue

4

First Page

44

Last Page

55

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1097/00001199-199112000-00008

Recommended Citation

O’Brien, Kevin P. and Prigatano, George P., "Supportive psychotherapy for a patient exhibiting alexia without agraphia" (1991). Clinical Neuropsychology. 251.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neuropsychology/251