Felicity Bright

Auckland, New Zealand

I am a speech language therapist in New Zealand, currently teaching in a university physiotherapy programme and completing my PhD. My PhD looks specifically at how rehabilitation providers (from all disciplines) engage people with communication difficulties in stroke rehabilitation. In my teaching, I support physio students to develop the communication skills that underpin patient-centred care.

Selected publications:

  • Bright, F. A. S., Kayes, N. M., McCann, C. M., & McPherson, K. M. (2013). Hope in people with aphasia. Aphasiology, 27(1), 41-58. doi:10.1080/02687038.2012.718069
  • Bright, F. A. S., Boland, P., Rutherford, S. J., Kayes, N. M., & McPherson, K. M. (2012). Implementing a client centred approach in rehabilitation: An autoethnography. Disability and Rehabilitation, 34(12), 997-1004. doi:10.3109/09638288.2011.629712
  • Bright, F., Kayes, N. M., McCann, C. M., & McPherson, K. M. (2011). Understanding hope after stroke: A systematic review of the literature using concept analysis. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 18(5), 490-508.
  • Work
    • AUT University
  • Education
    • PhD Candidate. AUT University, Auckland. Engagement in rehabilitation
    • MHSc (Hons), AUT University, Auckland. Hope in people with aphasia.
    • BSLT (Hons), University of Canterbury, Christchurch.