Cognitive Therapy
Have you noticed changes to your memory or cognition that are impacting your day-to-day life? Cognitive therapy can help you compensate for and improve these abilities!
There are 6 domains of cognitive functioning. Any or all of them can be impaired due to a brain injury, stroke, or dementia. Here are common symptoms:
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING
Poor decision-making
Difficulty initiating, planning, or organizing tasks
Impaired ability to perform daily tasks (e.g., reading a calendar, managing medications, using your phone)
Deficits in problem solving and reasoning
MEMORY
Memory impairments in short or long-term memory
Difficulty with working memory (e.g., walking into a room for something but forgetting what you needed)
Trouble with orientation to person, place, or time
SOCIAL COGNITION
Difficulty regulating emotions
Trouble understanding nonverbal cues in conversation
Poor insight into deficits
Difficulty with topic selection and maintenance in conversation
Inability to take other perspectives
ATTENTION
Slow processing skills
Inability to multitask
Trouble sustaining attention on a specific task
Now easily distracted by background noises
LANGUAGE
Inability to process abstract language/concepts
Difficulty finding the right words to express yourself
VISUOSPATIAL SKILLS
Visual neglect such as not seeing written words on the left side of a page
Speech Therapy for Cognition
At Neuro Speech Solutions, we specialize in cognitive rehab related to neurologic injuries. Here are some of the ways we can help:
We can assist an individual with dementia to maintain independence for as long as possible
We can help someone who has sustained a concussion manage their symptoms to be able to function at work or college
We can aid TBI survivors to get back to doing the things they once loved and feel confident in their cognitive abilities
And so much more…
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