Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy: Clinical Interventions by Gina Pera


Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy: Clinical Interventions
Title : Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy: Clinical Interventions
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ISBN : 1135087822
ISBN-10 : 9781135087821
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 268
Publication : First published March 15, 2015

Since ADHD became a well-known condition, decades ago, much of the research and clinical discourse has focused on youth. In recent years, attention has expanded to the realm of adult ADHD and the havoc it can wreak on many aspects of adult life, including driving safety, financial management, education and employment, and interpersonal difficulties. Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy breaks new ground in explaining and suggesting approaches for treating the range of challenges that ADHD can create within a most important and delicate the intimate couple.　With the help of contributors who are experts in their specialties, Pera and Robin provide the clinician with a step-by-step, nuts-and-bolts approach to help couples enhance their relationship and improve domestic cooperation. This comprehensive guide includes psychoeducation, medication guidelines, cognitive interventions, co-parenting techniques, habit change and communication strategies, and ADHD-specific clinical suggestions around sexuality, money, and cyber-addictions. More than twenty detailed case studies provide real-life examples of ways to implement the interventions.

Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy: Clinical Interventions Reviews

  • Rebecca

    Overall, this book is a much-needed introduction to couples therapy which focusses on the presence of ADHD within the relationship.
    I think the authors in this book did a phenomenal job of identifying and describing the experiences of each partner within a relationship where one or both have a diagnosis of ADHD. In so doing, I think it destigmatized some of the negative experiences that are so common.
    I thought all of the examples were highly relevant and the scope was solid.
    In so far as providing clinical interventions, what was presented was solid gold.
    In later chapters, I think there was too much emphasis on communication patterns and developing healthier interactions. While I agree that healthy communication is a cornerstone of any good relationship, I think this book failed to address concerns pertaining to lack of awareness, motivation, memory deficits, and deficits in the ADHD partner’s ability to access knowledge. Meaning you can’t just talk about things. More information on improving accountability would also be helpful.
    Overall, I think this book is good for clinicians and for laypeople. I am not optimistic that the tools presented can generate sustainable change. But it is a really great starting point.

  • Jamie

    I read this for my job. While it provided some good information about psychoeducation with individuals who have ADHD I felt that overall it made too many excuses for the partner with ADHD and didn't focus on strengths. I felt that the book pointed out situations that the individual could control their ADHD and then took all responsibility away from the individual when they struggled to control it in other situations. Overall, I believe there needs to be more accountability in order for the couple to successfully complete treatment.