You and Me — and Adult ADHD: 2018

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Dear Readers and "early adopters,"

First, thank you for subscribing years ago to this blog that I wrote for CHADD. Early on, you provided me with much-needed encouragement and engagement. I'm forever grateful to you and should have written earlier to "sign off" this blog.

Even though I no longer post here, I've continued to work hard to advance public understanding of Adult ADHD—and to improve the standard of care.

ADHD Couple Therapy Guide

You might be interested in my most recent book, Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy: Clinical Interventions (Routledge, 2016).

It is the first professional guide to merge the evidence of what works for couple therapy and for adult ADHD treatment. (Hint: More practical strategies and re-hashing of problems and conflict!)

ADHD Success Training Site

For years, my husband and I struggled first with his unrecognized ADHD and then with trying to find competent medical and therapeutic help. It is ridiculous and shocking that such a prevalent condition is so poorly understood, especially in the psychiatric and therapeutic community.

I've worked for years toward helping other couples and individuals to stop twisting in the wind and help themselves.

Currently, I am up to my eyeballs in developing a revolutionary a new website, ADHD Success Training. Professionals and individuals/couples will find:

Training in Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy strategies
Peer support
International ADHD Professionals Directory
Continuing education hours for licensed therapists

http://www.ADHDSuccessTraining.com

ADHD Roller Coaster Blog

Finally, if you aren't already subscribed, I hope you will join me at my award-winning blog: ADHD Roller Coaster.

You'll find a decade's worth (and counting!) of news and first-person essays on all aspects of ADHD, including these departments:

ADHD Gene-Testing
ADHD News and Research
ADHD Partner Survey
The You, Me, and Adult ADHD Book Club
Events with Gina
Finding Support
Medications
Myth-Busting
Personal Essays
Relationships
The Basics about Adult ADHD
Tools & Strategies

Thank you and I hope to see you at my blog or training site soon! Sign up at my blog to stay connected. Visit ADHD Roller Coaster and wait for the pop-up!

About Gina

As a longtime CHADD volunteer, Gina Pera leads ADHD discussion groups for CHADD Silicon Valley and an 1,000-member international online group for partners of adults with ADHD, through CHADD of Northern California. She is a 2007 National Volunteer of the Year.

She encourages everyone to consider the joys that come with volunteering to serve the ADHD community. There is plenty of work to be done!

As an Adult ADHD expert, Gina Pera is the author of the prize-winning comprehensive guide for adults with ADHD and their partners: Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?

Her new book is the first evidence-based professional guide for couple therapists treating ADHD-challenged couples (Routledge, 2016). And, she contributed the first chapter on couple therapy to Dr. Russell Barkley's "gold standard" clinical guide.

For the past decade, she has written and lectured internationally about Adult ADHD while also advocating for better awareness and treatment standards.

Gina Pera's previous journalistic work for USA WEEKEND magazine won the Unity Award in Media, which recognizes accurate exposure of issues affecting minorities and people with disabilities.