Brain Injury Therapy

08/27/2026

Next up: ANGER!
Brain injury survivors know that their relationship with Anger is completely different. Join us Thursday September 3rd to learn about why and what to do about it.
Open to all Coloradans; we accept insurance!

08/26/2026

Welcome Erin! We are so lucky to have you!
Immediate openings for therapy are available in person in Grand Junction, CO and via telehealth all over Colorado.

08/14/2026

TOMORROW!
12:00-1:30pm (mst)
Tickets as low as $10
Tell your story, find your voice, be heard, be seen. A story telling workshop for brain injury survivors, by brain injury survivors. Mimi Hayes

Register here: https://www.braininjurytherapy.org/event-details/storytelling-workshop-for-brain-injury-with-mimi-hayes

08/11/2026

THIS SATURDAY
Virtual workshop for brain injury survivors by brain injury survivors.
Open to all. Pay-what-you-can.
12:00-1:30pm (mst)
Register here: https://www.braininjurytherapy.org/event-details/storytelling-workshop-for-brain-injury-with-mimi-hayes

08/10/2026

A storytelling workshop for and by brain injury survivors. Mimi Hayes

07/31/2026

🧠 Tell Your Brain Injury Story 🧠

Brain injuries seem invisible to everyone except the person living with one.

Join us for a free virtual storytelling workshop led by Mimi Hayes — comedian, author of "I'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Head!", and brain injury survivor. Mimi will guide participants through crafting and telling their own brain injury story, so the invisible becomes visible.

📅 August 15th, 2026
🕛 12:00–1:30pm MST
💻 Virtual via Zoom
👪 Survivors, friends, family, and care partners from around the world are all welcome
💛 Pay what you can — suggested $50

👉 Register: braininjurytherapy.org/event-list
Questions? [email protected] or (970) 458-5773

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04/07/2026

03/24/2026

I wrote letters to Congressmen Luttrell and Deluzio. Here's why you should too.

A leaked federal budget draft proposes eliminating the very programs that form the backbone of brain injury care in this country, and the window to stop it is closing.

The deadline is March 26th.

Reps. Luttrell (R-TX) and Deluzio (D-PA) are circulating a bipartisan appropriations letter asking Congress to protect four programs that millions of survivors, families, and clinicians depend on:

1. ACL TBI State Partnership Program: The only federal funding that helps states build capacity to serve brain injury survivors
2. CDC's HEADS UP Program: The nation's leading concussion education initiative for kids
3. National Concussion Surveillance System: Our only comprehensive source of national brain injury data
4. TBI Model Systems: The research infrastructure behind evidence-based rehabilitation

Here's the scope of what's at stake: 5.3 million Americans are living with TBI-related disability right now. That's a number that exceeds everyone living with Parkinson's disease and epilepsy combined. Nearly 1 in 5 American adults has a lifetime history of brain injury with loss of consciousness. Brain injury accounts for nearly a third of all injury-related deaths. And yet it remains chronically underfunded, underdiagnosed, and invisible to most federal policymakers.

As a brain injury specialist, founder of Brain Injury Therapy, and published TBI researcher at the University of Denver, I wrote directly to both offices with the clinical and research case for why these programs cannot be cut. If you are a clinician, researcher, educator, or advocate in this space, I am asking you to do the same.

You don't need to write a long letter. I made you a template, it's in the comments.

📧 Luttrell's Legislative Director: [email protected]
or Magnolia Texas district residents: https://luttrell.house.gov/address_authentication?form=/contact

📧 Deluzio's Deputy Chief of Staff: [email protected]

The Brain Injury Association of America is sounding the alarm. Our community needs to be loud right now.

Read more here: https://biausa.org/public-affairs/public-awareness/news/biaa-requests-meeting-with-hhs-secretary-after-leaked-budget-draft-proposes-cuts-to-brain-injury-programs

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03/17/2026

We have chosen to reschedule this event to maximize our community reach. We hope to see you in July and will keep communicating about this great event and all that it entails until then!

03/12/2026

"But you look fine!" 🙄

If you’ve heard this phrase while feeling like your brain is a browser with 47 tabs open (and 3 are playing music you can't find), you’re living in the Invisibility Gap.

We just published a deep dive into why telling your brain injury story feels like trying to run a marathon in a swamp and invites you to our upcoming event to address this exact issue.

Inside the blog:

Diagnostic Exile: Why "clear" scans don't mean you aren't struggling.

The Overwhelmed Dispatcher: A metaphor to help your family finally get sensory overload.

The VOICE Framework: Our 5-step toolkit to help you be heard without the "brain crash."

Stop explaining yourself and start being understood.

Read the full story here: https://www.braininjurytherapy.org/post/learning-to-tell-your-brain-injury-story
Register for the March 28th Retreat: https://www.braininjurytherapy.org/event-details/brain-injury-virtual-retreat-with-mimi-hayes

Discover why telling your brain injury story matters for healing. Learn foundational regulation skills, the VOICE framework, and how to bridge the invisibility gap. Join our virtual retreat.