Description
This highly practical book provides evidence-based strategies for helping adults with ADHD build essential skills for time management, organization, planning, and coping. Each of the 12 group sessions--which can also be adapted for individual therapy--is reviewed in step-by-step detail. Handy features include quick-reference Leader Notes for therapists, engaging in-session exercises, and reproducible take-home notes and homework assignments. The paperback edition includes the adult ADHD criteria from DSM-5. The treatment program presented in this book received the Innovative Program of the Year Award from CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD).
Chapter
Chapter 1. The Adult with ADHD and the Development of the Treatment Program
Chapter 2. Diagnostic Evaluation of ADHD in Adults
Chapter 3. How to Be a Successful Therapist: A Guide to Substance and Style
Chapter 4. Profiles of Patient Response to the Treatment: Tailoring Therapy to Individual Cases
Chapter 5. Modifying the Treatment for Use in Individual Therapy
Chapter 6. Evidence Base for Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Introduction for Therapists
Session 1. Making Peace with the Diagnosis and Committing to Growth: Introduction to Goals and Methods of the Group
Session 2. Time Management: Time Awareness and Scheduling
Session 3. Time Management: Making Tasks Manageable and Rewarding Yourself
Session 4. Time Management: Prioritizing and To-Do Lists
Session 5. Time Management: Overcoming Emotional Obstacles
Session 6. Time Management: Activation and Motivation
Session 7. Getting Organized: Setting Up an Organizational System
Session 8. Getting Organized: Implementing an Organizational System
Session 9. Getting Organized: Maintaining an Organizational System
Session 10. Plan a Project—and Get It Done!
Session 11. Project Planning: Implementation
Session 12. Looking to the Future
Optional Session. Getting to Bed, Getting Up, and Getting to Work on Time
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD
：Targeting Executive Dysfunction
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