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A must-have book on adult ADHD | Integrative Treatment for Adult ADHD: A Practical, Easy-To-Use Guide for Clinicians | Ari Tuckman

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	• Integrative Treatment for Adult ADHD: A Practical, Easy-To-Use Guide for Clinicians Ari Tuckman New Harbinger Publications, 2007 - 252 pages average customer review:based on 16 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Are you a mental-health "gatekeeper"? Please read this book

Our society largely considers therapists to be the first line of defense when we experience personal challenges. That's great if we have garden-variety "issues." But if we have a neurocognitive condition such as ADHD, the wrong therapy can be worse than no therapy at all. And I'm not exaggerating.

Many frustrating years can be spent in talk therapy trying to discover the deep, dark, "real" reason why a person procrastinates or "sabotages" his or her own goals and plans--never knowing that a medical condition is the reason. (A treatable medical condition.) Many clients are encouraged to pin the genesis of their problems on a dysfunctional childhood, never knowing that ADHD is highly heritable. (In other words, odds are good that at least one of the client's parents was exhibiting problematic ADHD behavioral patterns, too.)

Talk therapy might provide a few epiphanies and strategies for change, albeit most of them short-lived. But for many people with ADHD, therapy with a clinician who fails to recognize ADHD or appreciate its significance is a costly proposition that can actually diminish hopes that patterns can ever change.

For some long-time therapists, all this might be hard to accept, but Dr. Tuckman gently nudges readers into these new paradigms. Partly this is due to his clear and accessible prose style. But it's also due, I think, to his knack for acknowledging situations in which a well-trained therapist might draw certain conclusions--but be perfectly wrong. And he does it tactfully and congenially. Not easy!

After years of being a support-group leader for both adults with ADHD and the partners of adults with ADHD, I'm grateful to welcome Dr. Tuckman's practical addition to my Adult ADHD library. It is thorough, practical, authoritative, and easily understood. Routinely, I recommend clinician guides like this to adults with ADHD (and their loved ones); they simply contain more substantial and helpful information than most consumer books on Adult ADHD.

If you are a non-ADHD-savvy clinician who assumes that you would surely recognize ADHD in a client or that you could simply "intuit" the right treatment path, please reconsider. You really don't want to harm your client, do you? You don't want to postpone, maybe even entirely eliminate, the client's chance for success, do you? No, of course not. You want to help your clients free the obstacles in their path. And that's exactly what this book can help you to do.

Gina Pera

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Take This to Your Clinician!

This book lays it on the line for clinicians who may not know as much as they need to know to treat a client with ADHD. Many people are undiagnosed or miss-diagnosed and continue to struggle with a condition that isn't so difficult to manage, if they know how. If more mental health professionals would read this book more people would be helped.

A must-have book on adult ADHD

I was extremely impressed with this book. Dr. Tuckman lays out a thorough overview of Adult ADHD that has been invaluable to me in my work as an LPC. Though one hears a great deal about children and ADHD, finding information on adults with this problem is harder to find. Well, not any longer! This book is all I needed to give me a thorough understanding of adult ADHD. I have also gone onto his website and downloaded his handouts which he makes available to individuals. I would recommend this book to anyone who is working with adults in the mental health field.

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Outstanding tool for clinicians, and for higher reading level adults with ADHD

I am a psychotherapy clinician who works with a multitude of disorders, of which ADHD is one of them. My knowledge of ADHD is sufficient, but I found this book to be exceptionally informational and written tightly. The author does not rely upon much anecdote nor non-researched gibberish so common in books on adult ADHD. Nearly all points are backed by solid research evidence, yet the tone is easily accessible for clinicians and for those adults with an average-to-above-average reading level.

Dr. Tuckman has written a concise, exceptionally well-organized, and practically helpful book on the subject. I am generally quite critical with many books on ADHD, because so many blend myth with science. The book is outstanding, because it leaves the reader with general information and specific content ideas to utilize for helping adults with ADHD work through the significant challenges inherent in the condition.

It is obvious that Dr. Tuckman has a wealth of experience working firsthand with adults with ADHD, understands the science of the disorder, and blends the two with sufficient depth and expertise.

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A must read for every clinician.

Dr. Tuckman has successfully written a practical and easy to read guide to working with adults with ADHD. This book is a great resource, not only for those with ADHD, but for other clients struggling with similar issues (e.g., time management problems, procrastination, impulsiveness, etc.). I have found his writing and treatment approach to be straight forward and well received by clients. Additionally, Dr. Tuckman provides the reader with helpful forms and client handouts free of charge, which are available on his website. This book is a must read for those in clinical practice.

Dennis Given, Psy.D.
Licensed Psychologist & Director
Psychology Associates of Chester County

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This book offers clinicians a comprehensive, research-derived treatment model for use with adult clients suffering from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The treatment model integrates education, medication, coaching, and cognitive behavioral therapy to go beyond what traditional therapeutic techniques can offer. Written for the busy professional in private practice, it provides everything a therapist or ADHD coach needs to know to help these clients quickly and effectively.

... it is a real pleasure to read Tuckman's superbly rendered book on ADHD in adults, for it is so well-reasoned, science-based, information-rich, to the point, and finally--useful! Apart from wishing I had written it, I sincerely wish that you will read it.
--Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., clinical professor of psychiatry at Medical University of South Carolina Charleston and research professor of psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse

Tuckman has filled a huge gap in our understanding of adults who suffer from ADHD...This book is a valuable contribution to the literature and will be a treasured resource.
--Harvey C. Parker, Ph.D., cofounder of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) and author of The ADHD Workbook for Parents

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