With the growth in adult identification and diagnosis of ADHD, many clients we see in practice might be considering or using medication to manage the symptoms that cause them difficulty.
Facilitated by a therapist with ADHD herself, and with experience working with many ADHD adults, this is an honest and nuanced look at medication as a support strategy for ADHD adults.
This session aims to support counsellors and other professionals working with ADHD adults to be informed about medication and work sensitively and affirmatively alongside clients who may be using medication for ADHD or considering their options.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- We’ll look at how ADHD medication works and what it is designed to do.
- We’ll examine the titration process patients must go through and how it can impact clients’ lives.
- We’ll discuss why people may choose medication as a strategy (or not) and how to support clients navigating decisions around it.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Counsellors, psychotherapists, coaches and mental health professionals.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- Understand the issues facing clients with ADHD around managing their lives and choosing strategies to manage difficult symptoms.
Course Content
Presenter
Liz Smith is a neurodivergent, late diagnosed therapist, supervisor and trainer living and working in West Yorkshire. She had adult diagnoses of ADHD and autism.
Liz runs Free2BMe Neurodiversity, offering lived experience led neurodiversity training, supervision and support to practitioners and organisations wanting to support neurodivergent clients and improve neuro-inclusivity in practice and services.
Liz has also worked as a lecturer on a core counselling training programme in a university and in clinical assurance.
