Working with ADHD
Aimed at counsellors and trainees wishing to learn more about ADHD and working with neurodiversity, this day of training attempts to answer two questions – what is ADHD, really? And what’s it like to live with ADHD?'
Dictionary definitions of ADHD are easy to come by, but bear little relation to the lived experience.
David Levy was already a BACP-registered counsellor when he was diagnosed at 42, and his subsequent attempts at finding support led to frustration, few options, and a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings.
In the time since he has developed his knowledge on the subject and now works predominantly with neurodiverse people in private practice.
Split into two distinct halves, this day of training looks at the dictionary definition of the condition and contrasts it with the lived experience; from history and diagnostic pathways to the connections to addiction and picking apart the intricacies of the adult ADHD diagnosis from the inevitable comorbidities.
Structure of the day
- definition, history and origins
- symptoms, causes and prevalence
- What ADHD is not, and not caused by
- the science of ADHD
- the difference in ADHD and gender
- diagnostic pathways and medication
- the lived experience
- symptoms and signs
- co-morbidity
- ADHD, impulse, and behaviour
- developments in research and the future of ADHD
About the facilitator - David Levy
David Levy is a BACP, NCS and ANDT-registered counsellor, working predominantly with ADHD and associated neurodiverse conditions. In addition to working in private practice, he runs support groups for the ADHD charity ADHD UK, runs two neurodiverse-specific counselling websites (ADHD Counselling UK and Neurodiverse Counselling UK), and is the editor of mental health magazine 'The Frame'.
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