Aphasia and family therapy: Innovative, but untested

Any addition to the speech pathologist's battery of therapeutic techniques is to be welcomed. It is particularly pleasing to see this technique which focuses on the handicap of aphasia, rather than the impairment of aphasia (W.H.O. 1980). Wahrborg's description of family therapy for the families of aphasic patients is certainly innovative in aphasia rehabilitation; however, like many good ideas in aphasiology little attention has been given to the many questions that a clinician may ask of any new technique.