DBT Workbook for Adult ADHD and Anxiety: A Practical Guide With Dialectical Behavior Techniques and Coping Skills to Overcome a Scattered Brain, Improve Focus, and Achieve Optimal Mental Performance

by Janet Willow

Dr. Janet Willow’s new book, DBT Workbook for Adult ADHD and Anxiety, is an essential guide to understanding and overcoming the effects of adult ADHD and anxiety. Dr. Willow leverages her decades of expertise in clinical psychology to create an accessible and comprehensive guide that provides readers with a strong understanding of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) as a strategy for addressing these conditions.

The book focuses on helping readers develop tools and skills that will help them manage their symptoms associated with ADHD and anxiety — from relaxation techniques to tracking daily activities that lead to improved mental health. With each chapter, Dr. Willow helps readers identify maladaptive behaviors, uncover core beliefs that shape their self-image, and build positive coping strategies to promote sustained recovery.

Throughout the book, Dr. Willow draws upon her vast experience in treating adults with ADHD and anxiety conditions to provide readers with insight into common struggles they may experience while striving towards greater mental wellbeing. She offers practical guidance on how mindfulness techniques can be applied in everyday life — from organizing chaotic schedules to engaging in intentional conversations with family members or friends. By utilizing evidence-based practices such as DBT together with case studies of successful treatment approaches, this comprehensive DBT resource offers a revolutionary approach for tackling the challenges associated with adult ADHD and anxiety.

For those seeking practical advice about managing their adult ADHD or anxiety symptoms, Dr. Janet Willow's DBT Workbook for Adult ADHD and Anxiety is an invaluable tool for achieving greater psychological resilience and lasting recovery from these difficult mental health conditions.

152 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 7, 2023

Reviews

[Angelica · Rating 1 out of 5]

I literally had to stop reading this after reading this statement, “Those who have often experienced high levels of anxiety do so because they point the finger at someone else for their problems when the real cause is within themselves. If a person cannot recognize the cause of an issue, it will continue to haunt them throughout their lifetime.”

That’s absolutely not factual, if anything people with deep anxiety tend to blame themselves for everything that doesn’t go well in their life and even more so for people with ADHD.

I realized this may be another fake book or AI created book, as it didn’t seem to be accurate clinical information. I decided to look up the author and found absolutely no actual person existing. No LinkIn profile, no professional website, etc etc. I even did a reverse image look up of the picture used as the author photo on both Goodreads and the Amazon author profile. Guess what, it’s a Getty Image stock photo of some random person and not the claimed author. In addition it states in the author bio that they are an “award winning clinical psychologist” like that doesn’t already raise red flags, I mean how and when has a clinical psychologist won award for clinical psychology? I’m reporting this to Amazon and you should to, as we need to all safeguard potential readers from fake and possibly harmful books parading themselves as experts when they are clearly bogus. Not okay!

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basic AF for anyone already diagnosed with ADHD or in long-term mental health treatment

Pro: One thing I do appreciate about this book is that it does a pretty okay job at making sure the reader understands that the (very few) exercises and concepts should be worked on with a mental health professional.

The rest:
This "workbook" only focuses on the very basics of mental health treatment with regard to DBT practices and concepts. There are no distinct nor detailed explanations of any of the proven DBT techniques. This book is not intended for anyone who is going to long-term therapy or anyone who has already been diagnosed with ADHD.

Also, this book seems to have taken most, if not all, of the images in this
book straight from google images with no citations for them. The formatting for the Kindle version has many errors and typos as well. I honestly wish this book was better, but it simply isn't what it advertises to be.

As far as this book claims to be a DBT workbook, it reads as too vague and basic for
anyone to seriously use it as any type of workbook or mental health journal. Again, there are not many actual DBT exercises, and this book speaks as if it is talking to someone completely new to mental health treatment.
And of course, that is fine as long as that is what is being advertised.

However, this book lacks any sort of detailed practical knowledge or exercises on Dialectical Behavioral Therapy that could be beneficial for a beginner (to mental health treatment) seeking help.

[Xanthe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rudimentary at best. Maybe I’ve just been in therapy too long but advice like ‘have a spa day!’ isn’t going to cut it.

[Allison · Rating 1 out of 5]

this is not a workbook

It was interesting but it didn’t teach any skills. It just mentions that you should learn them. I don’t recommend.