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Women with Attention Deficit Disorder Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life

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ISBN-10: 1887424970

ISBN-13: 9781887424974

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Sari Solden, Kate Kelly, Peggy Ramundo, John J. Ratey, Edward T. Hallowell

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Sari Solden explores treatment and counselling options, and uses real-life case histories to examine the special challenges women with ADD and ADHD face, such as the shame of not fulfilling societal expectations.
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Book details

List price: $14.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Underwood Books
Publication date: 11/29/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Currently in private practice as an ADD and Life Coach, Peggy Ramundo,BS, A.C.T., STCL, DT, SCAC has been coaching adults with ADD for twelve years and has been working professionally with ADD adults for twenty-five years. A senior Tele-Class leader for the world's first ADD coach training program with The Optimal Functioning Institute, Peggy also served as OFI's Director of Training. Peggy and Kate Kelly are the coauthors of the bestselling books, You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! and The ADDed Dimension. Both Peggy and Kate are nationally known speakers and workshop leaders, offering topics related to AD/HD. Currently, Peggy and Kate are revising the Lazy Crazy book and writing a…    

Essay : the buried treasure
Coming out of the (messy) closet : introduction to my personal and professional story
An equal opportunity disorder : girls and AD/HD
"Dance with the lady with the hole in her stocking" : a portrait of women's lives before diagnosis
"Who am I?" and "what's the matter with me?" : the impact on a woman's developing self-image
The disorder of dis-order : understanding disorganization
The job from hell : a woman's job description
The emotional legacy : shame and guilt
Secondary effects : underachievement and a depressed mood
A third secondary effect : relationships and self protection
Are you friendship challenged? : getting back on the road to relationships
Finding your way : self-assessment and paths to diagnosis
Cases of mistaken identity : diagnostic difficulties for women
Solden's "MESST" model of treatment : medication, education, strategies, support, and therapy
The beginning of the "MESST" medication
"Let's get physical" : women's treatment issues
The middle of the "MESST" : education and strategies
The rest of the middle of the "MESST" : support
The end of the "MESST" : therapy
Essay : diamonds in the rough
From chaos to creation : learning to embrace disorganization
Are you staying or going? : restructuring your work life
Shake, rattle, and roles : restructuring your personal life
Yours, mine, and ours : renegotiating relationships
One of a kind : redefining your self-image