Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Not Just CBT Light!
To begin with a little self-disclosure: I have been highly skeptical of ACT. First, the clinicians who first explained ACT to me probably were not the best ambassadors for the…
The Over-diagnosis and Over-treatment of ADHD
There has been a significant increase in both the diagnosis of ADHD and the use of stimulant (and other medications) to treat ADHD. A number of recent studies have highlighted…
Cognitive Control, Brain Exercise and ADHD: Here we go again!
A recent article in the New York Times, which has been circulating among therapists suggests the benefits of “exercising the mind” to treat ADHD. While this idea is tremendously appealing,…
Ethical Challenges Posed by Technology & Social media
Today’s therapists have the opportunity and challenge of using a variety of tools that did not exist (or were not readily accessible) 10 years ago. Many private practitioners have websites…
ADHD in the News: A Chicago Tribune Article on ADHD
A 2013 article on ADHD in the Chicago Tribune provides some reasonably solid information about the treatment of ADHD, despite a somewhat alarmist headline, “ADHD diagnoses rising: Researchers seek causes…