Mastering Your Adult ADHD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program, Client Workbook

by Steven A. Safren, Susan E Sprich, Carol A. Perlman

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (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 still have symptoms that require additional skills and symptom management strategies.

This Second Edition of Mastering Your Adult ADHD is thoroughly updated to present the most current, empirically supported treatment strategies in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for coping with symptoms of adult ADHD. The Therapist Guide provides clinicians with effective means of teaching adult clients skills that have been scientifically tested and shown to help them cope with ADHD. The program has been updated to include the optional use of technology and smart phones to improve organization and planning. Core modules cover the development of systems for keeping track of appointments and tasks, reducing distractibility, and improving adaptive thinking skills, and there's an optional module on reducing procrastination. Information is also provided regarding holding an informational meeting with a spouse, partner, or family member. The step-by-step, session-by-session descriptions are a practical resource for therapists who deliver the treatment. The companion Client Workbook contains all of the necessary information for participating in the practical CBT intervention. It includes worksheets, forms, and a link to an assessment measure that can be used to gauge progress during treatment.

Genres: Adhd, Psychology, Nonfiction, Self Help, Mental Health, Health, Science

144 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 2005

Reviews

[A.C. Bauch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I seem to have intuitively implemented many of the CBT strategies recommended in this book (e.g., having a filing system, using a calendar, to-do lists, etc.), I still learned many new strategies that are helping me in my day-to-day life. While I haven't had the need or opportunity to use all of them, I know there will be times in the future when I will.

Now my plan is to go back through the book, review my notes, and recommit to implementing some of the strategies that I haven't kept up with, such as keeping a notebook, prioritizing tasks, and using the distractibility delay.

I definitely recommend this book for anyone who is trying to find helpful and practical ways to manage his or her ADHD.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

Studied this one for work and gave me a helpful frame to put my ADHD-treatment in. This book is very useful, especially when you work with CBT. It could have been shorter though. There is a lot of repetition of things that are already said. The cumulative lists for homework are not necessary in my humble opinion.

If you don't officially have AD(H)D, but you do have trouble concentrating, organizing your home/work and are procrastinating all the time, this book contains a lot of skills which will help you like a self-help-book. There is a good Dutch translation btw, which is not on GoodReads.

[Ken · Rating 5 out of 5]

Main takeaways:

- Durability delays
- thoughts records
- overcoming procrastination

[Kace Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely clear, concise and effective skills. This treatment manual can improve ADHD symptom management significantly and bring ASRS screens down.

[Zoe · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is mostly tips that you see everyone saying, I already do the advice the book recommends and I struggle a lot with my ADHD, was really hoping for something impactful.
This book has tips like:
-always use a calendar and set reminders on your phone
-make one to do list and prioritize
-use the pomodoro technique
-break big tasks into small tasks
- make sure objects have one place they live
- Check for cognitive distortions

Like I already do all of that and sure it helps slightly but I'm reading ADHD books because I'm struggling so it's kinda sad to just be given the same advice as a quick Google search.

I was only diagnosed recently so it's not like I've done lots of research, the book is very surface level stuff.

[Samantha Huamaní · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of the tips i already applied before even reading these. I think there are some parts which are unnecessary text, because repeats information from earlier chapters. Also as the title says mastering your ADULT ADHD i would like more tips or sequences for adults like compilations of reccomendations of programms for organizing.

[Kit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recommended by the clinic that diagnosed my ADHD - by far the most useful and action-oriented book I have tried and the only ADHD book that I have actually made all the way through. This is the one I refer my fellow ADHD friends to!

[Kevin Black · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really well written by people who know what they're talking about. It lays out a treatment program that not only makes sense, it's been shown to help.

[Aleksander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read dla każdego ADHDowca. Krok po kroku przejście przez narzędzia i techniki z ćwiczeniami.

[Mana Siri · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book actually help me like a therapist and I think change in my life even in two weaks.

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