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Digital Seminar

Neurology Drives Psychology in ADHD Clients: Promote Resilience, Self-Regulation & Overcome Common Roadblocks

Faculty:
Dr Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA
Duration:
3 Hours 44 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
07 Jun, 2022
Product Code:
POS059000
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Description

As a therapist overcoming the impact of ADHD on your client’s mindset and self-esteem can feel impossible.

These clients are often stuck in rationalizations that keep them from moving forward… “I can do it tomorrow… I don’t need to go to sleep… This will just take a minute…”

Join ADHD expert Ari Tuckman to get innovative treatment tools to help free your clients from the shackles of unmanaged ADHD. Walk away with strategies to help clients:

  • Confront challenges & make life easier by avoiding less
  • Understand ADHD without letting it be an excuse
  • Overcome perfectionism and accept “good enough”
  • Develop both skills & motivation to change

Move your clients out of common ADHD pitfalls into improved integrity, self-honesty, self-esteem, agency & more.

Register now!

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


CPD

PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 3.75 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.

Handouts

File type File name Number of pages
PDF Manual - Neurology Drives Psychology in ADHD Clients (1 MB) Available after Purchase

Objectives

  1. Build strong and resilient self-esteem in their clients.
  2. Formulate interventions to overcome the five mindset traps most common to clients with ADHD.
  3. Develop techniques to overcome the eight rationalizations of the moment most likely to stall clients’ progress.

Outline

How ADHD Impacts Mindset
  • The relationship between neurology & psychology 
  • Create better self-esteem and agency
  • The double-edged sword - “ADHD is a poor excuse, but a great explanation”
  • Help clients prioritize what to change & what to accept
  • Overcome common social challenges of poorly managed ADHD
Five Mindset Traps that Sap Self-Esteem
  • How specific ADHD deficits make certain mindset traps more likely
  • Is the problem skills or motivation?
  • Challenge avoidance/protective pessimism, self-mistrust, externalizing responsibility, acceptance of chaos, and conflict avoidance
  • Good enough versus Perfection mindset
  • Psychoeducation to empower – emotional & pragmatic approaches
Overcome Common Client Stuck Points & Rationalizations
  • 8 rationalizations that make life easier in the moment but painful later
  • Specific strategies for each rationalization: “this will just take a minute” or “I don’t have to go to bed now” & more
  • Foster integrity and self-honesty by helping clients change
  • When to manage ADHD & when to rest

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Teachers
  • School Administrators
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Occupational Therapy Assistants
  • Nurses
  • Physicians

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