what is the role of clinical psychologist in management of stroke patient?

Answer 1

I know that Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is often chosen over other 'talk therapies' in such cases (disability and chronic health conditions). In fact, CBT is currently the most popular form of 'talk therapy' in use. As you read this replace the word “pain” with “disability” and you’ll get the point. I just found the following blurb by doing a very quick and dirty search:


Treatment Overview

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches relaxation techniques, stress management, and other ways to help you cope with pain. Physical, psychological, and social factors all play a role in pain management.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy is based on the idea that thought and behavior patterns can affect symptoms and disability and may be obstacles to recovery. For example, when you feel a familiar type of pain starting or getting worse, you probably have a sense of how it will progress. If you are used to the pain being severe or long-lasting, you may expect the pain to become more intense. This thinking may make you feel out of control or helpless. A stress response like this can trigger physical changes in your body, such as a rise in blood pressure, the release of stress hormones, muscle tension, and more pain.
You can expect to attend several sessions with a therapist, each lasting an hour. Sometimes therapy takes place in a group setting. You will be taught specific exercises that increase your ability to cope and your feelings of control. Your therapist will give you homework to encourage you to change the way you respond to your symptoms. You will then be taught how to practice changing a certain behavior until the next session…

Why It Is Done
The goal of cognitive-behavioral therapy is to change the way you think about the pain so that your body and mind respond better when you have episodes of pain. Therapy focuses on changing your thoughts about illness and then helping you adopt positive ways of coping with illness. For cognitive-behavioral therapy to be most effective, work together with your counselor toward common goals.

Answer 2

To ensure the patient is able to cope mentally to the drastic changes in their lives and for their ongoing care especially with family and caregivers.

Strategies for anxiety , stress, frustration and rehabilitation would be discussed and developed

Answer 3

counselling is the main rule of the clinical psychology.