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How do you help families develop an understanding of spinal cord injury?

Toby Huston, PhD

Psychologist, Craig Hospital, Colorado
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I help families understand this injury in the context of you may feel like everything in your life has changed, and there is a lot that has changed, and a lot of loss to be felt. But there are a lot of core things about whom this person is and who yo... Show More

I help families understand this injury in the context of you may feel like everything in your life has changed, and there is a lot that has changed, and a lot of loss to be felt. But there are a lot of core things about whom this person is and who you are that are unchanged. I think trying to find ways of focusing on the things that are not changed while you’re letting yourself go through the grieving process is really an important piece.

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How do you help families develop an understanding of spinal cord injury?

Toby Huston, PhD

Psychologist, Craig Hospital, Colorado

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I help families understand this injury in the context of you may feel like everything in your life has changed, and there is a lot that has changed, and a lot of loss to be felt. But there are a lot of core things about whom this person is and who you are that are unchanged. I think trying to find ways of focusing on the things that are not changed while you’re letting yourself go through the grieving process is really an important piece.

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