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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Top Stroke Rehabil. 2020 Aug 12;28(4):289–320. doi: 10.1080/10749357.2020.1803583
Author, year Name of therapy Descriptions
Mitchell et al., 2009 Psychosocial behavioral intervention Identification of pleasant events, planning and scheduling pleasant events, identifying problems and planning, and applying problem-solving techniques to manage depressive symptoms, cope with caregiving, change negative thoughts and behaviors, and maintain gains and generalize to other situations
Watkins et al., 2009 Motivational interviewing, a patient-centered counseling technique Setting patients’ personal and realistic goals for recovery and recognizing perceived barriers to attaining those goals. By working through patients’ dilemmas and ambivalence, and by supporting and reinforcing optimism and self-efficacy, therapists enable patients to identify their own solutions
Aben et al., 2013 Memory self-efficacy training program Focusing on altering negative beliefs regarding memory functioning by using training in internal and external memory strategies to improve compensating abilities (eg, visualization, diary use, and taking notes) and providing psychoeducation on the influence of beliefs, anxiety, memory-related worries, and motivation on memory performance
Visser et al., 2016 Problem-solving therapy The problem-solving process followed four steps: (1) define the problem and goal, (2) generate multiple solutions, (3) select a solution, and (4) implement and evaluate
Kirkness et al., 2017 Brief psychosocial–behavioral intervention Scheduling pleasant events, identifying problems and planning, managing depression behaviors, learning problem-solving techniques, changing negative thoughts and behaviors, and review of skills, generalization, and strategies for maintaining skills
Kootker et al., 2017 Augmented cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) Goals for attaining daily life activities were primarily set together by the patient and the therapist using pictures from the Activity Card Sort. Concurrently with the psychological sessions, the CBT intervention was augmented with three sessions of occupational therapy or movement therapy