Mastering your Adult ADHD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program: Therapist Guide
Book Details
- Publisher : Oxford University Press
- Published : 2005
- Category :
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies - Category 2 :
Individual Psychotherapy - Catalogue No : 89601
- ISBN 13 : 9780195188189
- ISBN 10 : 0195188187
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Description
* Offers step-by-step instructions for helping your client learn proven strategies for managing ADHD symptoms
* Client workbook includes worksheets, charts to help your client monitor your progress
* Research-backed treatment with demonstrated effectiveness
ADHD in adulthood is a prevalent and impairing disorder. While medications have been effective in treating adult ADHD, the majority of individuals treated with medications have residual symptoms that require additional skills and symptom management strategies. Except for the intervention described in this series, there have been virtually no tested psychological interventions for clients with adult ADHD to date.
Contents
* Introductory Information for Therapists
* Module 1: Psychoeducation, Organization and Planning
* 1 Psychoeducation and Introduction to Organization and Planning Skills
* 2 Involvement of Family Member
* 3 Organization of Multiple Tasks
* 4 Problem Solving and Managing Overwhelming Tasks
* 5 Organizing Papers
* Module 2: Reducing Distractability
* 6 Gauging Attention Span and Distractability Delay
* 7 Modifying the Environment
* Module 3: Adaptive Thinking
* 8 Introduction of a Cognitive Model of ADHD
* 9 Adaptive Thinking
* 10 Rehearsal and Review of Adaptive Thinking Skills
* Module 4: Additional Skills
* 11 Application to Procrastination
* 12 Relapse Prevention