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Perspectives from SCI Therapists: Amy, Rehabilitation Psychology

After spinal cord injury, individuals often work with many different rehabilitation therapists and providers across both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation as they recover and as function changes over time. We had the chance to talk to several different kinds of rehabilitation therapists and providers about their work including: What is involved in becoming a therapist? What are the main things that each discipline works on with their SCI patients? Why does someone choose to be a therapist and work in rehabilitation?

In this episode, we talk with Amy Starosta, PhD about her work as a rehabilitation psychologist at Harborview Medical Center and learn about the role of "rehab psychology" in rehabilitation after SCI. We discuss how rehab psychology can help with adjustment and changes from the initial injury and throughout one's lifetime.

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