 At enrollment eligible patients will be randomized to Intervention Standard Care or Standard Care group. Within 3 weeks after enrollment all participants will undergo baseline assessment using a predefined set of scales and questionnaires intervention group will additionally undergo a semi-structured interview. The group-intervention SM program will begin after enrollment of at least 4 participants to the intervention group, and within no longer than 5 weeks since enrollment. The intervention will include 12 weekly sessions, each session 2.5 hour long, and will be based on well-known SM interventions that were found effective for stroke patients in the U.S. Standard care will include one-on-one sessions in each paramedical discipline as given regularly in this setting average of 15-20 sessions per patient. Follow-up measures will be performed within a week after the end of the intervention, and 6 months thereafter, in order to examine long term effectiveness. Outcome measures are questionnaires; change will be assessed by the difference in total score between T1 pre-intervention, T2 post-intervention and T3 after 6 months 