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Introduction: Communication is a key component of person-centred practice. In meetings between healthcare professionals and people with aphasia, communication is often described as complicated due to problems deriving from the acquired language impairment. Still, communication difficulties are also a result of the inability of healthcare professionals to adapt their conversation techniques to the person in front of them. To enable a functioning dialogue where people with aphasia can express their lived experiences and their individual needs and wishes, healthcare professionals must use strategies to facilitate conversation. If not, there is a risk that people with aphasia are denied access to person-centred rehabilitation. In this presentation, we would like to highlight a fruitful example of how an intervention was adapted to support healthcare professionals in meeting the needs of people with aphasia.  Method: We adapted a group intervention called the “re-orientation group” which is part of an outpatient rehabilitation program for people with acquired brain injury and has the purpose of supporting orientation towards the new life situation. Speech-language pathologists and neuropsychologists worked together to adjust materials used during the intervention to better suit people with aphasia. The group is led by a neuropsychologist with a speech-language pathologist attending each session to further facilitate communication. Participants are also supported by speech-language pathologists in doing the homework assignments between sessions. Result: The group was successfully adapted and as a result, people with aphasia now have access to a group where they can explore and discuss life after brain injury together with peers. Discussion: This clinical example highlights that it is possible to include people with aphasia in person-centred rehabilitation. However, a prerequisite is interdisciplinary teamwork where the speech-language pathologist can share knowledge on supportive communication techniques as well as time to adapt materials.