The effects of behavioral therapy on individuals facing challenges in transferring due to cognitive impairment were examined through a meta-analysis. Seven studies with single-case experimental designs were extracted from online databases. Participants of these studies consisted of two men and five women, aged 30–90 years and diagnosed with cerebral infarction. Intervention techniques used included task analysis and prompt fading. Tau-U and Hedges’ g were calculated for each study, and the results were combined. Tau-U ranged from 0.27 to 1.00 with a median of 0.82, while Hedges’ g ranged from 0.61 to 7.11 with a median of 2.37. The results affirm the effectiveness of behavioral therapy, however, one of the studies was of low quality and showed heterogeneity. In addition, the concern of publication bias influence existed. Regardless, it is anticipated that the practice and study of behavioral therapy will persist in the field of rehabilitation.

This paper reports a case of cognitive behavioral therapy for a hematologic cancer patient with suspected chemical coping. In this case, anxiety occurred prior to the use of rescue medication, and rescue medication was used not only to relieve pain, but also to reduce anxiety. Therefore, the intervention by the clinical psychologist to reinforce the behavior of talking about the anxiety of hospitalization during the interview seemed to have reduced the anxiety and eliminated chemical coping. In this case, chemotherapy was introduced prior to the timing at which the intervention was initiated, which limits our ability to explain the disappearance of chemical coping solely by the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy. However, even new concepts such as chemical coping suggest that cognitive behavioral therapy can be adapted in the form of case formulation to focus on and reinforce the patient’s innate skills.