Overcoming ADHD in Adolescence: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach, Client Workbook - Paperback

by Susan Sprich (Author), Steven A. Safren (Author)

Overcoming ADHD in Adolescence: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach - Client Workbook presents a scientifically supported intervention designed to help adolescents learn to manage and cope with their ADHD symptoms. Meant to be used in therapy and in conjunction with the complementary Therapist Guide, the Workbook features lessons on organization and planning, reducing distractibility, and adaptive thinking, as well as an optional section on reducing procrastination. The emphasis is primarily on teaching the adolescent how to learn and use skills to combat ADHD and function independently. The book offers guidance on how parents can be involved in the treatment, enabling them to achieve a better balance between the wish to help adolescents succeed and the need for adolescents to move towards independence. The Workbook also explores how technology can be incorporated into the treatment, concluding with a discussion on how to maintain the gains that adolescents have made in therapy. The book is complete with easy-to-use worksheets and forms.

Author Biography

Susan Sprich received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD in Clinical Psychology from The University at Albany, State University of New York. She completed her training at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/Harvard Medical School (HMS). She is the Director of the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program at MGH. She is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at HMS.