Dear Lucy,

A couple of things you said about your neurologist raised red flags for me.

Firstly, no matter what he claims, your insurance company selected him for a reason – by very wary. I speak from experience here.

Secondly, a lot of old school neurologists are hostile to some forms of cognitive therapy. However, if he out and out rejects neuroplasticity, he is flying in the face of decades of solid research. Are you familiar with the book The Brain that Changes Itself? The Canadian science programme the Nature of Things did an excellent documentary on it available at CBC.ca

There is an ever growing mountain of empirical evidence that demonstrates that proper cognitive therapy can improve function in the brain injured. However, insurance companies don’t like that therapy because it is slow and expensive. They would rather you believe that time is the only treatment and that you will only get as well as time allows. That’s rubbish – don’t believe it for a minute.



Cheers