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Article: Vocational rehabilitation counseling of traumatic brain injury: factors contributing to stress.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Rehabilitation
- Article date:
- April 1, 1993
- Author:
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The vocational rehabilitation of persons with traumatic brain injury can be an arduous and stressful process, likely to place counselors and patients in oppositional roles. Persons with traumatic brain injury persist, often unsuccessfully, in resuming pre-injury vocational objectives, while counselors frequently persist in redirecting patients away from their pursuits, perceived by counselors as unrealistic. The persistence by patients and counselors to pursue their respective and discrepant objectives can place the vocational rehabilitation process at an impasse, exposing counselors to undue stress and exacerbating patient disatisfaction. Counselors need to identify the ...