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ADHD in Love: Treating Couples When One Partner Has ADHD

One out of eleven couples has one partner with ADHD which can impact not only the individual, but also makes certain relationship dynamics more likely—and makes these couples more likely to show up in your office. Unfortunately, if the one partner’s ADHD isn’t addressed directly, the therapist will get stuck in the same traps as the partners do. We will begin with a more useful conceptualization of how ADHD impacts an individual’s abilities to meet daily demands. We will then discuss how this sets up the dynamics that commonly develop in these couples, so that you can help these clients break free of the disempowering tug of war and create a more balanced and satisfying relationship. This will include how ADHD impacts a couple’s sex life and how to make yet another area of discontent into a shared activity that adds energy to the relationship.

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ADHD in Love: Treating Couples When One Partner Has ADHD

Previously Recorded
$59.99 Cost For Member: 49.99 Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST

One out of eleven couples has one partner with ADHD which can impact not only the individual, but also makes certain relationship dynamics more likely—and makes these couples more likely to show up in your office. Unfortunately, if the one partner’s ADHD isn’t addressed directly, the therapist will get stuck in the same traps as the partners do. We will begin with a more useful conceptualization of how ADHD impacts an individual’s abilities to meet daily demands. We will then discuss how this sets up the dynamics that commonly develop in these couples, so that you can help these clients break free of the disempowering tug of war and create a more balanced and satisfying relationship. This will include how ADHD impacts a couple’s sex life and how to make yet another area of discontent into a shared activity that adds energy to the relationship.

About the Presenter

Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST has given more than 600 presentations and routinely earns excellent reviews for his ability to make complicated information understandable and useful. He is the author of four books: “ADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship”, "Understand Your Brain, Get More Done”, “More Attention, Less Deficit” and “Integrative Treatment for Adult ADHD”. He is a psychologist and sex therapist in private practice in West Chester, PA, and co-chair of the CHADD conference committee.

This workshop Offers 3 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Utilize a comprehensive understanding of ADHD and non-prescription interventions to help clients manage their condition effectively, enhancing their daily functionality, and integrating this knowledge into therapy.
  2. Demonstrate the capability to discern the impact of ADHD on both partners in a relationship, identify common ensuing dynamics, and manage the therapeutic implications of a new ADHD diagnosis in a relationship context, acknowledging the potential for transformation in dynamics.
  3. Develop strategies to assist clients in creating sustainable solutions to conflicts arising from the ADHD diagnosis within the relationship, including fostering an environment that promotes active management of ADHD and sets realistic expectations.
  4. Demonstrate the capability to engage in discussions, answer queries, and apply theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios regarding ADHD in relationships.

Agenda:
  1. Introduction (20 minutes)
    1. How ADHD impacts functioning
    2. Goals of therapy
  2. An individual condition. . . with relationship dynamics (20 minutes)
    1. The easy slide into the classic dynamic of the under-/over-functioner
    2. A new diagnosis of ADHD can be a total game changer if the therapist knows how to work with it
  • First, some targeted ADHD treatment (30 minutes)
    1. What nonprescribers need to know about medication for ADHD
    2. Help both partners actively manage ADHD—and also expectations
    3. What does research say about partners’ perceptions about treatment effort and effectiveness?
  1. Re-balance the relationship (50 minutes)
    1. Get the partner with ADHD to step up—and also the partner without ADHD to step down
    2. How to create better agreements and then actually see them through
    3. Can I trust you? How to increase honesty and follow through
    4. Help partners figure out what changes to push for and which are better to accept
  2. Sex and other fun stuff (30 minutes)
    1. Help your couples enjoy each other again—isn’t that why they’re together?
    2. What the research tells us about the benefits of (and barriers to) a better sex life for these couples
  3. Q&A and discussion (30 minutes)
This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: beginner
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

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