ABSTRACT
Historically, brain injury rehabilitation has often taken an individualistic approach, which continues to be a valuable and important aspect of the rehabilitation process. Rehabilitation is usually required after a sudden one off incident, often unexpected and uncontrollable, has changed the individual's potential to reach their goals and hopes, due to changes in cognitive and often physical abilities. Most readers will be familiar with concepts behind taking a 'psychological' approach to rehabilitation, or incorporating other 'talking therapies', but by the term 'relational' we wish to emphasize relationships as the important vehicle for change. Of course, chronic, long-term difficulties are common to all rehabilitation settings, even within mental health services, although conditions as depression and anxiety are often not framed in the way and there is not an obvious before and after comparison. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
