Systemic Approaches to Brain Injury Treatment

This book is an exploration of key systemic and socio-political considerations when working with people whose lives have been impacted by neurological injury and those that care for them.

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Dr Ndidi Boakye is Head of Neuropsychology and Clinical Health (Croydon NHS Trust) and Director of The Psych Practice Limited (an independent psychology & rehabilitation service). Dr Boakye is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Couple Therapist and lecturer with extensive experience across multiple settings. Her interests involve using systemic & critical psychology approaches in neurorehabilitation, long term conditions, couple/family work, teams and organisations.

Dr Amanda Mwale is a UK clinical psychologist with experience working across clinical health settings including neurorehabilitation. She has a special interest in systemic practices, including working in collaboration with a diverse workforce. She is also committed to staff support and wellbeing in teams and organisations. She co-authored the book, Becoming a Clinical Psychologist: Everything you need to know.

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Part 1: Setting the Scene 1. Multicultural Neuropsychology -a UK perspective Part 2: Diversity matters in System working 2. **Good Teams Mind their GGRRAAACCEEESSS 3. Using the Tree of Life in Brain Injury contexts: an invitation to accessible and culturally sensitive practices 4. Navigating Intersectionality in Couple therapy for Brain Injury 5. Hidden Social Inequalities in Paediatric Neurorehabilitation Part 3: Inclusion and the Neuropsychological Setting 6. **RACE-L framework: Carrying out Multi Cultural Neuropsychological Assessments 7. Beyond the Index Injury: Creating space for Race and Ethnicity in Personal Injury Neurorehabilitation work 8. Racial Microaggression in Inpatient Settings 9. Harnessing technology to level the playing field: A route to more efficient and accessible services in rehabilitation 10. Queering Clinical Neuropsychology Part 4: Socio-Political Sensitivity in Leadership 11. **Leading with Humility 12. Leading Neuropsychology Services in the 21st Century: Deconstructing leadership Part 5: Moving Forward** 13. Neuropsychology workforce 14. Future Directions in Neuropsychology and concluding comments