Counselling

Following the trauma of a head injury both the person who is hurt in this way and their close family members and friends have their lives badly shaken.  The many changes in their condition, which affect brain injury survivors and the way in which this changes day-to-day life of their family, can be very disturbing. The manner in which Headway, nationally, comes to the support of all those whose lives have been turned upside down as the result of a brain injury is admirable.  

How are the brain injured and their family going to adjust to life outside of the hospital emergency unit?  Because of the way that a brain injury restricts and influences most aspect of the survivor’s life it is once the emergency is over that the real work of recovery starts.  It is here that Headway Dorset offers the link between the head injury survivor’s trauma of admission to hospital and their eventual return to the best available management of their lives afterwards.

The psychological consequences of a head injury are usually very disturbing to those affected by it.  At Headway Dorset they can come and talk about their pain, anxiety and confusion with which they are affected following the injury.

Face to face with the therapist clients can recover psychologically from their ordeal and find the way to a more meaningful future.