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Gina Pera

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Gina Pera is an author and educator on Adult ADHD based in the San Francisco Bay area.

She offers online courses, including group Zoom meetings, at ADHD Success Training—for individuals, couples, and professionals.

Gina's body of work focuses on translating the science, the lived experience, and range of complexities around ADHD into clear language — without "dumbing it down." No one is a "quart low on dopamine!"

1. The preeminent research scientist in the field of ADHD, Dr. Russell Barkley, asked Gina to write the chapter on couple therapy for the latest revision of his "gold standard" clinical guide: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment (2014).

2. Gina is the co-author, with psychologist Arthur Rob Gina Pera is an author and educator on Adult ADHD based in the San Francisco Bay area.

She offers online courses, including group Zoom meetings, at ADHD Success Training—for individuals, couples, and professionals.

Gina's body of work focuses on translating the science, the lived experience, and range of complexities around ADHD into clear language — without "dumbing it down." No one is a "quart low on dopamine!"

1. The preeminent research scientist in the field of ADHD, Dr. Russell Barkley, asked Gina to write the chapter on couple therapy for the latest revision of his "gold standard" clinical guide: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment (2014).

2. Gina is the co-author, with psychologist Arthur Robin, of the first professional guide to couple therapy for Adult ADHD based on the evidence of what works for Adult ADHD and for couple therapy (Routledge, 2016): Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy: Clinical Interventions

Her first book, the bestselling Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? Stopping the Roller Coater When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder, put ADHD relationships on the map.

It also garnered four national book awards:

1. Best Psychology Book (Silver); 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards

2. Bill Fisher Award for Best First Non-fiction book (Silver); 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards

3. Best Psychology Book (Gold); 2008 Foreword Magazine Awards

4. Best Family and Relationships Book (Silver); 2008 Foreword Magazine Awards

With a background as an award-winning print journalist, Gina brought those skills to researching Adult ADHD after her husband was diagnosed in 1999.

For two decades, she has led discussion groups for adults with ADHD and their partners in Palo Alto, California. She also founded and moderates a long-running free and private online discussion group for the partners of adults with ADHD—at last count, 1,000 members worldwide.

Her award-winning ADHD Roller Coaster blog—the first blog on Adult ADHD (2008) features news of research findings, first-person essays, and other topics affecting the ADHD community.

She offers private consultations and is a popular speaker internationally.

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	Is It You, Me, or Adult ADD? Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder by Gina Pera (Goodreads Author), Russell Barkley (Foreword) 4.04 avg rating — 1,332 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment by Russell A. Barkley (Editor), Gina Pera (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 65 ratings — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy: Clinical Interventions by Gina Pera (Goodreads Author) (editor), Arthur L. Robin (Editor), Russell A. Barkley (Foreword) 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adult ADHD and Sex: What You Need To Know (That Sex Therapists Cannot Tell You) 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: A Closer Look

Search “Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and ADHD,” and you’ll find a flood of articles describing intense emotional reactions to criticism or perceived rejection. For many adults with ADHD—and for their partners—the description resonates immediately. And powerfully. […]

The post ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: A Closer Look appeared first on ADHD Roller Coaster.

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Gina Pera liked Sebastien's review of Is It You, Me, or Adult ADD? Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder: "As an ADHD partner myself, untreated for a long time and now with a problematic situation in my relationship, I needed help. At first to see if I could make my partner understand, but very fast it started to be clear that my untreated adhd had major " Read more of this review »
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Gina Pera liked Mike Overstreet's review of Is It You, Me, or Adult ADD? Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder: "Really informative book on how to manage adhd in relationships. Helped me to understand adhd from a non-adhd perspective, which definitely helps to overcome the difficulties of having an adhd partner. "
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“ADHD is really not so much a disorder of attention as it is a disorder of self-regulation,”
― Gina Pera, Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?: Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder

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“it requires deep love to coax effective treatment from our mental healthcare system for a partner who is convinced that nothing can improve or, worse, that nothing is wrong, when it obviously is.”
― Gina Pera, Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?: Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder

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“amusement park—not nearly so exciting and actually”
― Gina Pera, Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?: Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder

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