Succeeding with Adult ADHD: Daily Strategies to Help You Achieve Your Goals and Manage Your Life

Stop feeling frustrated by what you are not accomplishing and start making practical steps toward achieving your goals. This expanded and updated new edition of psychologist Abigail Levrini's bestselling book offers realistic, proven strategies to help adults with ADHD lead more fulfilling and productive lives.

With her extensive experience researching and treating adults with ADHD, Levrini provides user-friendly strategies for setting meaningful and realistic goals, developing a plan to achieve the goals, and staying on track while following the plan. Slip-ups are normal and expected, so Levrini invites readers to keep a positive, growth-oriented outlook that focuses on progress, rather than perfection.

Each chapter is full of examples and self-help activities, such as quizzes and worksheets, enabling readers to apply strategies to multiple areas of life. Special attention is given to the areas of executive function that most adults with ADHD seek help for, and to typical challenges in living a healthy and productive life, including time management, relationships, organization, job performance, and recognizing common coexisting conditions such as depression and anxiety.

ISBN-13: 9781433838743

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: American Psychological Association

Publication Date: 01-31-2023

Pages: 313

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Series: APA LifeTools Series

Abigail Levrini, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and owner of the widely successful practice, Psych Ed Connections, an ADHD specialist, renowned speaker, and bestselling author. She earned her doctorate in Counseling and School Psychology at Florida State University in 2008, where she was part of a team that spearheaded a now nationally recognized ADHD coaching intervention. Dr. Levrini has published numerous scientific articles on ADHD and presents in professional settings throughout the country. She can be found throughout the media on WebMD, The Washington Post, NAMI, APA, PsychCentral, and many other popular press outlets. The first edition of Succeeding with Adult ADHD was an American Psychological Association bestseller. Levrini is also the author of ADHD Coaching: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals, and she stars in the American Psychological Association's Therapy Video Series on Adult ADHD Treatment.

What People are Saying About This

J. Russell Ramsay

It was difficult to imagine how the original Succeeding With Adult ADHD could be improved upon, but Levrini pulled it off with flying colors. This magnificent updated edition is a treasure trove of helpful skills and strategies designed for adults with ADHD and, more important, methods for personalizing the skills and strategies to put them to use in your daily life to achieve positive results. It will continue to be one of the go-to recommended readings in our program.

Ari Tuckman

There is so much wisdom under the surface of Succeeding With Adult ADHD. Dr. Levrini won’t bore you with the details, but her advice and strategies have what it takes to actually work. She knows her stuff, and you will be better off for it!

Edward Hallowell

Abigail Levrini 'gets' ADHD. She understands its upsides, but she also knows its downsides intimately, in the same way she knows her own closets and other mess piles. Best of all, through years of experience in the trenches, she’s come up with practical solutions on how to right the ship, worded so they don’t sound like psycho-nagging but rather like what a good and trusted friend who knows you well would recommend.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Understanding Adult ADHD
Part I. Getting Started: Achieving Your Goals and Objectives
1. Fostering a Helpful Perspective
2. Ready, Set, Plan!
3. Increasing Motivation and Accountability
4. Evaluating What Works and Managing Frustration With What Doesn’t
Part II. Specific Strategies
5. Overcoming Procrastination and Improving Time Management
6. Enhancing Social Relationships
7. Organizing Your Space
8. Practicing Effective Learning and Study Skills
9. Finding Job Satisfaction
Part III. Getting Additional Help           
10. Understanding and Treating Conditions That Can Coexist With ADHD
11. Medication Pros and Cons
12. Finding the Right Counselor, Coach, or Other Treatment Solution
Summary
Appendix: Example Tools for Your ADHD Toolkit
Further Reading
References
Index
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