| Up to 40% of stroke survivors acquire aphasia, a language disorder that affects communicationand social participation. People with aphasia (PWA) benefit from learning compensatory strategies to increase their communication skills and life participation. Onepotentialcompensatory strategy is humor. This study identified the functions of humorwithin group therapysessions facilitated by speech-language pathology students. A constant comparative inductive coding method identifiedsix functions of humor: improve likeability, bolster togetherness, build rapport, preserve dignity, deflect tension, and unintended humorous instances. Improving likeability, building rapport and bolstering togetherness were the most common humor functions used by both PWA and student clinicians. PWA also used humor to preserve their dignity during moments of communication difficulty. Future studies could consider exploring humor within student-clientdyads, comparing humor functions between intensive and distributed group therapy models, and the potential influences of providing facilitator training for supporting humor in group therapysettings. Key Words: Aphasia, humor, group therapy, modified intensive comprehensive program |