What happens when the clinician suddenly becomes the patient? In this episode of Brainstorms: Functional Rehab for SLPs, Renee Garrett, MSEd, CCC-SLP, CBIS, is joined by Laura Morgan, MS, CCC-SLP, CBIST, for a deeply personal conversation about Laura’s experience navigating life after brain injury while also carrying the insight and perspective of a rehabilitation professional.
Laura shares the emotional, cognitive, physical, and identity-related challenges that shaped her recovery journey, offering an honest look at what rehabilitation can truly feel like from the patient's perspective. Together, Renee and Laura discuss the impact of fatigue, communication changes, overstimulation, grief, resilience, and the emotional complexities of healing that are often overlooked in clinical care.
This conversation also explores how lived experience can transform clinical practice, deepen empathy, and influence the way healthcare professionals support patients and families throughout recovery. Clinicians will walk away with a greater understanding of the human side of brain injury rehabilitation and the powerful perspective that comes from existing in two worlds: clinician and survivor.
Laura shares the emotional, cognitive, physical, and identity-related challenges that shaped her recovery journey, offering an honest look at what rehabilitation can truly feel like from the patient's perspective. Together, Renee and Laura discuss the impact of fatigue, communication changes, overstimulation, grief, resilience, and the emotional complexities of healing that are often overlooked in clinical care.
This conversation also explores how lived experience can transform clinical practice, deepen empathy, and influence the way healthcare professionals support patients and families throughout recovery. Clinicians will walk away with a greater understanding of the human side of brain injury rehabilitation and the powerful perspective that comes from existing in two worlds: clinician and survivor.
