What You'll Learn
ADHD at Work: Help Clients Thrive in Their Careers
Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST |
Turn your client's graveyard of failed career aspirations into productivity by giving them essential skills to
finally succeed at work. Gain
essential and advanced strategies to help your adult clients with ADHD:
- Make wise disclosures with colleagues — when & how
- Take feedback without intense emotional reactions
- Avoid perfectionism & procrastination
How to Help Your Clients Succeed at Work
- Is the problem awareness or motivation?
- Help your clients take feedback with ease
- Set up the productivity tools at work
- Teach clients to clarify priorities & resolve conflicts
- Break free from the distractions of the moment
- Teach clients to feel the future to build motivation
- Balance strengths & weaknesses
When and How to Disclose ADHD
- Inform clients' thinking on when, how, and to whom to disclose ADHD
- Is ADHD an excuse or an explanation?
- A "sometimes better" option than full disclosure
- The most productive way to disclose
- Avoid the potential landmines of disclosure
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ADHD in the Family: Interventions for Parents at Home & in the Classroom
Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST |
You'll get the education to equip families with the tools to support kids' self-management skills during launch years, gap years & more! Learn how to:
- Keep kids motivated with a step-by-step method
- Prepare families with a framework for regular check-ins
- Help parents depersonalize the impact of their child's diagnosis
Family Therapy Strategies
- Get parents & kids on the same team
- Help parents overcome kid's resistance to them
- Strategies for young children to early adulthood
- When to see the kid, parent or both
- Depersonalize parent's internalization of kid's diagnosis
Lay the Groundwork for Launch: K — 8th Grade
- Master the family hotspots: homework, screen time, and mornings
- What should parents expect from 504s and IEPs?
- How to set boundaries & assess results
- Help parents organize their kid's backpack, room & more
Prepare for Launch: 9th-12th Grade
- Balance teen's desire for independence against their fears
- Help teens create fool-proof plans to meet responsibilities
- Get teens the confidence to be & feel ready for college
- Teach parents step-by-step goals to keep kids motivated
Survive the Launch: Post-High School
- Are "gap years" effective?
- How to use gap years to strengthen life skills
- Play the "long game" with success
- Help parents find their role when kids live on campus
- Help college students do well & stay in school
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Time Management & Executive Functioning Strategies for Adults with ADHD
Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST |
Get the skills to help your adult clients with ADHD
combat the life interruptions that executive function and time management problems create. You'll learn advanced skills to:
- Help clients set deadlines — and stick to them
- Customizable strategies for the 6 executive functions impacted by ADHD
- Get clients motivated by "feeling the future"
ADHD: Motivation, Time & Future
- Help clients master time management
- Time horizon—how close does the deadline need to be?
- Temporal discounting—feel the deadline
- See time more effectively by externalizing it
- Maximize motivation by "feeling the future"
Executive Functions: Stop, Then Respond
- Strategies for the 6 executive functions impacted by ADHD
- Translate "I know how to" into action
- Convert intentions into a better future
- Overcome disruptions to life's trajectory
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ADHD & Couples Therapy: Foster Trust, Follow-Through & More
Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST |
Transform your couple's troubled partnerships into happy, healthy, and thriving relationships. From Ari's expertise, you'll walk away with a highly refined skill set including how to:
- Balance the under/over-functioner dynamic
- Help clients find sexual acceptance and enjoyment
- Get couples to let go of the past & focus on the future
An individual condition.... with Relationship Dynamics
- The under-/over-functioner
- The diagnosis "game changer"
- How time horizon impacts relationships
- Straightforward goal setting
- The relationship "Ouija board"
The First Step: Targeted Treatment
- From passive to active management
- How medication can close the gaps
- What the research says about partner's perceptions of effort & effectiveness
Re-Balance the Relationship
- Get the partner with ADHD to step up & the other partner to step down
- Balance change and acceptance
- The gender imbalance
- Realistic expectation setting
- Working with competing priorities and needs
- Is ADHD the scapegoat?
- Understanding preferences vs limits
- Emotional regulation & breaking the anger cycle
- Move from "false" agreements to trust
- Teach how to communicate with your ADHD partner
Sex and Other Fun Stuff
- Help couples enjoy each other again
- What the research tells us
- Balancing busy with fun
- The intersection of ADHD and sexuality
- Exploring the "uncomfortable" — porn, masturbation & sexual satisfaction
Medication & Non-medication Interventions: Maximize Brain Function & Create Healthy Habits
Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST |
Advance your knowledge of ADHD medication and help your clients at any stage of ADHD treatment. Gain knowledge that will help you:
- Identify misuse, abuse, and dependency
- Understand the damage of delayed treatment
- Help your clients weigh the pros and cons of medication
The Psychology of Medication
- What's behind a client's resistance to meds?
- Help clients weigh the pros and cons
- Explore your clients' specific circumstances
- Behavioural treatments vs medication
What Non-Prescribers Need to Know
- Stimulants and non-stimulants—what's available & what to expect
- The ins and outs of Ritalin, Adderall & more
- The cost of delaying treatment
- Referring clients & facilitating prescriber relationships
- Substance abuse, misuse & dependency
- Side effects, extended-release & contraindications
Lifestyle Factors & Treatment Compliance
- The impact of ADHD on lifespan
- How to get your clients to sleep
- What to do when comorbidities get in the way
- Simple steps to enhance treatment compliance
- Create deeper self-awareness through self-care
- Get your clients exercising & eating healthy
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Neurology Drives Psychology: Promote Resilience, Self-Regulation & Overcome Common Roadblocks
Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST |
Move your clients out of common ADHD pitfalls and into improved integrity, self-honesty, self-esteem, agency & more. Discover strategies to help clients:
- Confront challenges & make life easier by avoiding less
- Develop both skills & motivation to change
- Avoid letting ADHD be "an excuse"
How ADHD Impacts Mindset
- Intersection of neurology & psychology
- Create better self-esteem and agency
- The double-edged sword of ADHD
- Help clients prioritize change vs acceptance
- Overcome common social challenges
Five Mindset Traps that Sap Self-Esteem
- ADHD deficits & mindset "traps"
- Is the problem skills or motivation?
- Challenge: avoidance/protective pessimism, self-mistrust, externalizing responsibility, acceptance of chaos, and conflict avoidance
- Good enough vs Perfection mindset
- Emotional & pragmatic approaches to psychoeducation
Overcome Common Client Stuck Points & Rationalizations
- 8 rationalizations that make life tough
- Strategies for each rationalization
- Foster integrity and self-honesty
- When to manage ADHD & when to rest
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Emotional Regulation: Updated Diagnostic Considerations, Assessment, CBT, DBT Skills & More
Marcy Caldwell, PsyD |
Join Marcy for
step-by-step instructions on how to help your emotionally dysregulated clients tame the chaos they're feeling. Get the education and skills to:
- Create a map with "personal road signs" to help clients maintain therapeutic gains
- Help clients turn down the volume on shame, anger, anxiety, rejection & more
- Treat comorbidities: anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder & PTSD
- Explore case studies to help you navigate your client's real-world obstacles!
Emotional Regulation (ER) & Emotional Dysregulation (ED)
- What is it?
- Models of Emotional Regulation
- Prevalence & What it looks like
- Case Study: Tim, 45yo: ADHD w/ anger dysregulation
Emotional Dysregulation & Symptom Interaction
- Ways ED impacts other ADHD symptoms
- Impact of EDR
- Relationships, parenting & more
- Case study: Emily, 48yo: ADHD w/ significant EDR
Why ER is Hard for ADHD brains
- Neurological substrates of ER
- Default Mode Network
- Emotion path for ADHD brains
Diagnostic Considerations
- Differential diagnosis
- Special considerations for diverse populations
- ADHD & other disorders: PTSD, anxiety, bipolar, borderline & other personality disorders
Reliable Treatment Interventions for ED
- Research on effective strategies
- 3rd wave behavioural strategies: CBT, DBT, ACT
- Limitations of the research and potential risks
- Role of Psychoeducation
- ADHD-friendly Emotional Regulation Training
- Medication
- Improving other aspects of ADHD Triad
- Maintaining gains over time
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ADHD Assessment for Adults: Overcome Obstacles, Identify Co-Morbidities & Resolve Diagnostic Dilemmas
Robert Olivardia, PhD |
Join Harvard-trained Dr. Roberto Olivardia to go
beyond DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and dive into advanced ADHD assessment. You'll learn:
- The right questions to make assessment quicker & easier!
- ADHD screening & assessments — plus their limitations
- How the ADHD brain works in a language your client can understand
Plus, best practices for assessment and diagnosis for all symptom and disorder areas below:
Learning disabilities
- Dyslexia
- Dyscalculia
- Dysgraphia
- Non-Verbal Learning Disability (NVLD)
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Anxiety Disorders
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Anxiety secondary to ADHD and executive function issues
Mood Disorders
- Depression
- Dysthymia
- Bipolar Disorder and Bipolar Spectrum
- Disorders
- Suicide
Substance Abuse and other Addictions
- Cannabis
- Alcohol
- Other Addictive Behaviours
Eating Disorders and Body Image Problems
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Men and Eating Disorders
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Women with ADHD: Specialized Assessment & Comprehensive Treatment Strategies
Michelle Frank, PsyD |
Elevate your skill set in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of complex comorbidities particular to women. You'll explore:
ADHD in Women: Misdiagnosed and Dismissed
- Prevalence & Presentation
- Discrepancies in diagnoses
- Impact of "later in life" diagnosis
- Prescription medication increases
- ADHD in women of colour
Symptom Presentation in Women
- Qualitative and phenomenological vs quantitative differences
- Assessment — overcome traditional biases
- Internalizing vs externalizing behaviours
- ADHD "types": "Space Cadet", "Chatty Cathy"
- Co-occurring conditions
Gender Roles & ADHD
- Intersection of gender role constructs
- Impact on executive functioning
- Perception of ADHD
- "How can I have children when…"
Hormones & ADHD
- Estrogen & Dopamine
- PMS & PMDD
- Pregnancy & medication?
- Menopause
- "Is this early-onset dementia?!"
Risk Factors for Girls & Women with ADHD
- Suicidality and self-harm
- Low self-esteem
- Unwanted pregnancy, STIs
- Bullying, peer victimization
- Domestic violence and abuse
- Substance abuse
- Chronic pain, migraines, poorer health outcomes
Common Presenting Concerns
- "The Emotional Legacy of ADHD"
- Rejection sensitivity, negative self-talk
- Disordered eating, brain and body shame
- Perfectionism, over-compensation
- Friendships, partners, motherhood
- Academic and career concerns
Treatment Considerations
- Redefining goals
- Cultural considerations & intersectionality
- Unravel internalized messages
- Managing rumination
- Assertiveness training
- Teach emotional regulation & self-compassion
Barriers to treatment
- Stigma
- Finances
- ADHD Myths
- Limitations of research
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Mindfulness Strategies: Integrate Neuroscience, Awareness Practices & Self-Compassion into Treatment
Lidia Zylowska, MD |
Discover
evidence-based, easy-to-implement mindfulness strategies for holistic treatment. In this simple, powerful module, you'll gain the skills to:
- Overcome the 5 most common barriers
- Manage emotional triggers with calendar planning & reflecting
- Structure individual and group sessions
Groundwork to Make Mindfulness Work
- A practice and neuroscience perspective
- Rationale for mindfulness in treatment
- Practical conclusions from new research with adults
Easy-to-use Interventions: Introduction to MAPS
- How to implement Mindful Awareness Practices (MAPs)
- Practices and tips for self-regulation:
- attention
- emotional reactivity
- behaviour (e.g., impulse and task management)
Get Clients Living Mindfully
- Cultivate more awareness
- Create lasting compassion
- Increase self-concept & self-efficacy
- Improve healthy lifestyle habits
- Explore additional resources
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