num_pages: 213
description: In Rethinking Adult ADHD  Dr. J. Russell Ramsay provides a firstofitskind exploration of the common beliefs that underlie and reinforce ADHD in adults and offers a blueprint to help clients overcome ADHD symptoms using cognitive behavior therapy. While negative thinking does not cause ADHD research shows that cognitive strategies play a key role in maintaining ADHD symptoms. The book explores research on negative thoughts and beliefs in adults with ADHD specifically the belief or lack thereof in ones ability to persistently and consistently carry out the steps required to achieve ones goals. This manifests in what Dr. Ramsay describes as self-distrust thoughts and self-mistrust beliefs  and which leads to escapeavoidance coping patterns. To address these problems he targets emotional behavioral and relationship problems for work in therapy.Clinical case illustrations show how traditional cognitive change tactics can be adapted to treatment of adult ADHD to foster the implementation of coping strategies and essential skills. These cognitive approaches serve as an essential ligament in treatment designed to help adults with ADHD more consistently turn their intentions into actions.
language: English
title: Rethinking Adult ADHD: Helping Clients Turn Intentions Into Actions
publisher: American Psychological Association