Psychological Assessment and Treatment of ADHD with Adolescents and Adults
with W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D.
Many therapists are familiar with AD/HD, but do not feel comfortable diagnosing it or treating it in therapy. Treating adults and adolescents with AD/HD in therapy involves a combination of coaching, using the therapeutic relationship as a way of healing, and helping the clients to recognize the effects AD/HD has had on them so they can change their relationship with it. In addition to the individual work, most clients with AD/HD also require thinking and working systemically, whether with the family, partner, school, or work. In this two-hour course, we will review how to assess and diagnose AD/HD in adults and adolescents, how to treat AD/HD in adults and adolescents using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, review an evidence based treatment for adult AD/HD, understand how AD/HD affects family and couples relationships, and discuss the art of working with adults and adolescents with AD/HD.
At the end of this training, participants will be able to:
▻ Describe how to diagnose ADHD.
▻ Plan how to treat adults and adolescents with ADHD.
W. Keith Sutton, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist who works with adolescents and adults with AD/HD in individual therapy, couples therapy, and family therapy. He provides neuropsychological assessments of AD/HD as well as brief assessments. He is director of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy and the Bay Area Center for AD/HD, which is a collaboration of therapists, psychiatrists, and an educational therapist who work with children, adolescents, and adults with AD/HD.
Curriculum
Institute For The Advancement Of Psychotherapy
The Institute for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (IAP) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for licensed mental health clinicians and psychologists. IAP maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
