BRAIN INJURY FAMILY SUPPORT
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation believes in resilience promotion through whole family support following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Our research, publications, trainings, and clinical services are geared toward promoting a whole family, resilient response following brain injury.
Based on decades of research, we have developed a comprehensive approach to supporting survivors of TBI and their family members. The Brain Injury Family Intervention (BIFI) is a mainstay of our research program and is designed to address the emotional, behavioral, relational, and cognitive challenges that can arise after TBI. As a result of the success of the BIFI, we have now also developed the Resilience and Adjustment Intervention (RAI) for individual survivors, and the Therapeutic Couples Intervention (TCI) for couples adjusting to one partner’s TBI. All of our interventions use the Curriculum-Based (C-B) model of combining psychological support, psychoeducation, and skills development to promote resilient family healing after brain injury.