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Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD

Jeffrey S. Kreutzer, PhD, ABPP, is the Rosa Schwarz Cifu Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Medical College of Virginia Campus. There, he is also a professor of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Dr. Kreutzer serves as Director of Virginia's federally designated Traumatic Brain Injury Model System and coordinates VCU Health System outpatient services for families and persons with brain injury.

For the last two decades, he has been active in implementing empirically based vocational rehabilitation, psychological support, cognitive rehabilitation, and family support programs.

Dr. Kreutzer has co-authored nearly 150 peer-reviewed publications, most in the area of traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation. Co-Editor-in-Chief of the international journals Brain Injury and Neurorehabilitation, he has also published a dozen books focused on topics including vocational rehabilitation, community integration, behavior management, and cognitive rehabilitation.

Currently, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of the soon to be published by Springer, New York, Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology.
 

Jeffrey Kreutzer’s Content on BrainLine

• Dealing with Unpredictability and Uncertainty After a Brain Injury
• Strategies to Help People with TBI and Their Families Deal with Loneliness
• Loss of Relationships After a TBI Is Often Most Devastating Outcome
• Patience and Persistence Are Key for Caregiving
• What Keeps People from Moving Forward After a Brain Injury?
• What Is Ambiguous Loss and How Does It Relate to Brain Injury?
• When the Ambiguity of Loss Ends After Brain Injury
• Family Counseling Services After Brain Injury
• Adolescents and TBI
• The Greatest Challenges Faced by Families After Brain Injury and How to Overcome Them
• Taking Care of Yourself: 10 Tips for Survivors and Family Members
• Problem Solving for Families After Brain Injury
• Managing Intense Feelings
• Managing Crises and Stress Effectively
• Living with and Having Mixed Feelings About a Survivor Who Is Very Different
• Learning to Be Patient with the Idea That Recovery Takes Time
• How to Deal with Conflicting Advice from Healthcare Professionals
• Helping Your Child Return to School Successfully
• Fundamentals for Living Better After Brain Injury
• Family Change After Brain Injury
• Don’t Forget to Take Care of Yourself (Too!)
• Dating: What You Should and Shouldn’t Do
• Coping with Loss and Change
• Can You Make and Keep Relationships If You Don’t Have Much Money?
• Building Relationships and Overcoming Loneliness
• Anyone Can Work, Really
• BrainLine Talks with Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer and Dr. Taryn Stejskal About Working with Couples in Crisis
• BrainLine Talks with Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer and Dr. Taryn Stejskal About Their Research and Areas of Interest
• BrainLine Talks with Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer and Dr. Taryn Stejskal About the Uniqueness of Their Approach
• Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer and Dr. Taryn Stejskal on What Happens to a Family After Brain Injury
• BrainLine Talks with Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer and Dr. Taryn Stejskal About What Kinds of Support They Provide
• BrainLine Talks with Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer and Dr. Taryn Stejskal About What Services They Provide at VCU
• BrainLine Talks with Dr. Jeffrey Kreutzer and Dr. Taryn Stejskal About When Couples Should Seek Help
• Emotional and Physical Recovery Are Two Different Things
• How to Talk to Children About Brain Injury

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