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ArticleQualitative health research2021

"Now I Am Myself": Exploring How People With Poststroke Aphasia Experienced Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Within the SOFIA Trial.

Sarah Northcott, Alan Simpson, Shirley Thomas, Rachel Barnard, Kidge Burns, Shashivadan P Hirani, Katerina Hilari

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Article in Qualitative health research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Improving How Healthcare Staff Support the Psychological Well-Being of People Living With Post-Stroke Aphasia: A Co-Created Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  6. Reversing the Ruin: Rehabilitation, Recovery, and Restoration After Stroke.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah NorthcottCity, University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8229-5452
Alan SimpsonKing's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Shirley ThomasUniversity of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Rachel BarnardCity, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Kidge BurnsExpert Independent Practitioner, London, United Kingdom.
Shashivadan P HiraniCity, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Katerina HilariCity, University of London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2091-4849
City, University of London · GBKing's College London · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aphasia, a language disability, can profoundly affect a person's mood and identity. The experiences of participants who received Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, a psychological intervention, were explored in the Solution-Focused brief therapy In poststroke Aphasia (SOFIA) Trial. Thirty participants with chronic aphasia, 14 with severe aphasia, participated in in-depth interviews that were analyzed using framework analysis. Two overarching themes emerged: valued therapy components (exploring hopes, noticing achievements, companionship, sharing feelings, and relationship with therapist) and perceptions of progress (mood, identity, communication, relationships, and independence). Participants were categorized into four groups: (a) "changed," where therapy had a meaningful impact on a person's life; (b) "connected," where therapy was valued primarily for companionship; (c) "complemental," where therapy complemented a participant's upward trajectory; and (d) "discordant," where therapy misaligned with participants' preference for impairment-based language work. This study suggests that it is feasible to adapt a psychological therapy for people with aphasia, who perceive it as valuable.

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AphasiaPsychotherapy, BriefStrokeCommunicationHumansInterpersonal Relationsaphasiabrain injurycommunicationcommunity and public healthEnglandframework analysishopepsychological issuespsychologyqualitativestroketherapieswell-being

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PMID34130554
PMCPMC8552370
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