This program is built for one kind of person.

The one who was operating at the top of something when the stroke arrived, and who isn't willing to let "the plateau" be the end of the story.

Traditional therapy was built for early recovery after stroke.

It measures what's easy to measure, fits you into a protocol, and moves on when insurance runs out. That work was necessary and it mattered. It was the right place to start.

But chronic aphasia is a different problem. The questions you're asking now are different. It's not about getting through the next session. It's about getting back to the things that made you who you are. Your work. Your relationships. Your place in your family. The life you built.

The ceiling you've hit is not the ceiling of your potential. The system was never designed for this.

What you need now is someone who starts with who you are, not what the stroke changed.

If this sounds like you, you're in the right place.

You've finished traditional rehab and you know there's more.
You have at least one specific thing you want back.
You have a support person, usually your wife, who is invested alongside you.
You have the resources to invest in a private pay program and you're ready to do it.
You do the work between sessions because that's how you've always operated.
You want aphasia to stop running the show.

You don't need to arrive fully confident. You need to arrive willing.

A note on fit: We only work with a small number of new families each month, and the evaluation doesn't obligate an offer of treatment. If the timing isn't right, if the fit isn't right, we'll say so clearly and point you toward what is. The Compass helps us figure out together what we're working with before any commitment is made.

The Rebuilder Experience. 12 weeks built around you.

This is a 12-week outcome-focused program at a flat program rate. One investment, one commitment, everything included. You're not paying for sessions. You're investing in a program built around who you are, where you want to go, and how the two of you get there together.

Your prior rehab was 95% about you and 5% about her. This is a team effort from day one.

The Work We Do Together

The sessions are direct and built around your goals—the specific things you want back. Real communication work in the contexts that matter to you: work, family, community. Strategies built for your life, not a textbook. Two dedicated sessions for you and your wife together, because how you communicate with each other, how you navigate the hard moments and the good ones, that's part of rebuilding too.

Real communication work in the contexts that matter to you: work, family, community.
Spouse and communication partner sessions so you both learn how to show up for each other.
Evidence-based speech and language therapy woven into every session, not isolated drills.

The Support Between Sessions

You have access to your clinician between sessions for questions, accountability, and support. The home program is built specifically for you and updated as you change. Nothing waits until the next appointment if it doesn't have to.

Running alongside everything: the 16-module Rebuilder Experience course, a weekly education resource so you both understand what's happening, why it's happening, and what to do with it.

A home program built specifically for you and updated as he progresses.
Direct access to clinician for questions, accountability, and support in between sessions.
Rebuilder Recovery Course, a weekly education and reflection experience so you both understand what's happening, why it's happening, and what to do with it.

The Roadmap

A clear plan from day one, reviewed and adjusted so you always know where you are and what comes next. The Aphasia Strengths Compass tracks real progress across communication, identity, and quality of life from start to finish. A path you help shape, built around what matters most. A clear direction beyond 12 weeks because rebuilding keeps moving long after the program ends.

The Aphasia Strengths Compass at the start and throughout to track real progress across communication, identity, and quality of life.
A path you help shape, built around what matters most to him.
A clear direction beyond 12 weeks, because recovery keeps moving long after the program ends.

Survivor Perspective

"Before, I avoided conversations at home and at work. I shut down because I couldn't say what I wanted, and it pushed people away, especially my wife. When we started rebuilding together, things shifted. I stopped fighting this alone, and we found new ways to connect again. I finally felt like myself."

-CK, Survivor

Spouse Perspective

"I felt invisible. I didn't know how to help without taking over, and every conversation turned into frustration. Once I learned what he needed and how to support him without stepping in, everything changed. We got our partnership back, not just our communication."

-JK's, Spouse

Here's where it starts.

Complete the Compass

The Aphasia Strengths Compass is a proprietary tool built from 32 years of clinical experience. It maps nine areas of life, where aphasia is costing you the most and where you have more than the system ever gave you credit for.

You and your wife take it together. Most couples living with aphasia are not talking about it directly, and the Compass creates the first honest conversation most couples have had about what aphasia has actually taken and what they want back. That conversation is where rebuilding starts.

Get on a Connection Call

All three of you. You talk about who you are, what you want back, and what the path forward looks like. You leave with clarity about whether this is the right fit and what comes next.

Genevieve reviews your Compass results before the call, so she already knows where you are before you get on the phone.

Begin the Rebuilder Experience

12 weeks. Your plan. Your roadmap. Built around both of you.

Complete the Compass Together

Twelve weeks is where the real work begins.

We make real strides toward rebuilding your communication, working through the identity shift aphasia brought, and figuring out who you are now and how you want to show up. That work takes time. The 12 weeks is where it starts in earnest.

Most clients continue after that. What comes next is figured out together, based on where you are and what you want.

Every day you stay underestimated is a day you don't get back.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this different from the therapy I already did?

Traditional rehab does what it was built to do. It focuses on the acute and subacute phase after stroke, working to restore as much function as possible in that window. That work was real and it mattered.

Chronic aphasia is a different problem. When the dust settles and formal therapy ends, the questions change. It's no longer about getting through the next session. It's about getting back to work, to the marriage, to the family, to the life you built.

We still work on speech and language. We still address impairments, build strategies, and develop compensations. But all of it starts from who you are, what you want back, and how you and your wife function together at home. The clinical work is built around your life, not the other way around.

That's what makes this different.

It has been two years since my stroke. Is it too late for this to help?

Anytime after traditional rehab ends is a good time to start — and here's why.

In the early months after a stroke, the brain is in acute adjustment. By the time you reach the chronic phase, much of that has stabilized. There's more awareness, more insight, a clearer picture of what's hard and what's possible.

What matters most at this stage has nothing to do with how long it's been. It comes down to two things: are you motivated to get past where you are right now, and do you have at least one specific thing you want back?

That second question matters more than it sounds. General desire to feel better isn't enough to build on. But "get back to managing the household finances," "hold my own in a meeting again," "have a real conversation with my grandkids" — those are workable. We take the goal, break it down into meaningful pieces, and build the approach that gets there.

What role does my wife play in this? Am I a client too or just support?

She's part of the program.

Not because we need her to make it happen — you're the one who has to be motivated, you're the one doing the work. But what happens between the two of you at home, how you communicate, where the frustration shows up, what gets misunderstood and why — that's where progress either takes hold or breaks down.

Her contribution matters. It's part of what moves you forward.

That's why the education component exists — to make sure you both have the same understanding of what aphasia is doing, how it shows up in your relationship, and why things happen the way they do. When that understanding is shared, the misreads stop feeling personal. The frustration has somewhere to go.

She was never a bystander in this. The program is built around that truth.

One more thing worth knowing: we also have a program built specifically for her. The Care Partner Collective gives her her own path — helping her understand what's happening, find herself again, and get back to being your partner through all of this. Aphasia happened to both of you. Your needs are similar in some ways and completely different in others. The Collective can run alongside your program from the beginning, or she can start when she's ready.

How do you make sure the program works for where I actually am right now?

That's exactly what the first phase of working together is designed to figure out.

Before we build anything, we look at the full picture: your energy levels, your stamina, how your week is structured, when your brain is most available, what your day-to-day life actually looks like. The program is structured but not rigid. If you need shorter sessions more frequently, we do that. If the home program needs to carry more weight for a period, we adjust. We move with you because you will change.

This is also why communication between sessions matters. You're giving us feedback, we're giving you feedback, and something that comes up at home doesn't have to wait for the next appointment. That information shapes what we do next.

That's what makes this a program and not just a series of sessions.

How do we know if this is actually working?

Progress in the chronic phase doesn't always show up on a test score. And a test score was never the point.

We measure progress against your life. Your goals. The things that matter to you and to the two of you together.

Can you repair a communication breakdown when one happens? Are you ordering at a restaurant and walking away feeling like yourself? Can you spend a day on the golf course with your friends and feel like part of the conversation? Are you contributing at work in a way that feels meaningful?

Those are the measures that matter. We take your goal, break it down into concrete steps, check in on those steps consistently, and adjust when something isn't working. These are your goals. My job is to help you get there.

What happens after the 12 weeks?

We don't stop. We plan the next phase together before the first one ends.

We work in three-month intervals because three months is enough time to make meaningful progress toward a real goal. Before the first 12 weeks are up, we look at where you are, what you want to work toward next, and what the right level of support looks like. Sometimes that means continuing with the same intensity. Sometimes the focus shifts. We figure that out together based on where you are, not a preset schedule.

As goals are met, we add on. There's always a next level to work toward.

This is not eight sessions and a discharge summary.

Do you take insurance?

Insurance was built to fund individual speech therapy sessions. It was never built to fund a program like this one. It doesn't cover the education component, the access between sessions, the work with your wife, the home program, the accountability, or the roadmap that holds all of it together.

This is a private pay program with a flat program rate. One investment, one commitment, everything included. You're not paying per session. You're investing in a comprehensive program built around you, your wife, and the life you're working to rebuild together.

It's also why the Connection Call exists before any financial commitment is made. You deserve to understand exactly what you're investing in and why before you say yes.

The Compass is where it starts.

You and your wife take it together. Your results build the roadmap. Genevieve reviews them before the call. If it's the right fit, you'll know. If it isn't, she'll tell you that too.

Complete the Compass Together