The power and the perils of prescribing mindfulness for traumatic brain injury (September 13, 2022)

Presented by: Jessie Smith

Mindfulness is a powerful tool to help survivors learn to self-regulate their nervous system arousal. Since traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors are so easily dysregulated, being asked to pay intimate, prolonged attention to their bodies/symptoms can be overwhelming. Without modifications, survivors may give up on mindfulness, since many TBI survivors are also trauma survivors, in worst case scenarios it can lead to retraumatization.   This webinar will explore the efficacy of mindfulness for TBI survivors. Relatively easy to teach/learn modifications will be shared in order to leave survivors with a sense of agency and an understanding that fear of (and reaction to) symptoms is often worse than the symptoms themselves.

This webinar will explore the efficacy of mindfulness for TBI survivors. Relatively easy to teach/learn modifications will be shared in order to leave survivors with a sense of agency and an understanding that fear of (and reaction to) symptoms is often worse than the symptoms themselves.

After taking part in this webinar, participants will be able to: 

1. Understand the efficacy of prescribing mindfulness for traumatic brain injury (TBI) care.
2. Understand the importance of modifying mindfulness for TBI care.
3. Offer clients concrete tips to help them take advantage of the power of mindfulness without falling prey to the perils of mindfulness for TBI care and to, as one student put it, to ‘no longer be a slave to my symptoms.’

Level  Beginner (0-2 years of experience in this specific practice area)

Area of practice Brain injury/Concussion/Spinal cord, Cognition, Fieldwork/Education, Health promotion and wellness, Older adults, Research

Client age group Adolescents (13-19 years old), Adults (20-64 years old), Older adults (65+ years old)

Language English

Please note that you will have access to the On-Demand Webinar for a period of one year or until the webinar expiry date listed in the CAOT Store, whichever is sooner. The terminology used in this webinar is reflective of the CAOT Style Guide at time of the webinar.