“Can a psychologist help with ADHD?”
My daughter was diagnosed with ADHD. Can a psychologist help with ADHD?
15 Answers
Psychologists can help with coping strategies, time management issues, anxiety and other distress.
Absolutely-by comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation and a solid treatment plan for all issues related to ADHD.
Yes, a psychologist or mental health therapist can assist an individual with ADHD utilizing various interventions and strategies, depending on the age of the individual.
To name a few was Psychologists provide non-medication based support, they can help individuals understand how ADHD impacts them in all aspects of life (e.g., social, emotional, learning, and home); establish/maintain new routines; and improving understanding of the attention profile (auditory attention, visual attention, divided auditory/visual attention) and how to increase the ability to focus within those strengths/weaknesses. When this is a child, parents are regularly part of the treatment to help with parenting skills.
Yes, therapy is helpful with ADHD. I recommend cognitive0behavior therapy.
Short answer is yesv
Potentially, yes.
As Russell Barkley said, "ADHD is a not a disorder of knowing what to do. It's a disorder of doing what you know." As an adjunct to medication, psychologist may help your daughter disengage from the present to see beyond it. First, a therapist can acknowledge and normalize your daughter's struggles caused by ADHD. Also, it is important for your daughter to learn that ADHD is a part of who she is, but not all of she is. More specifically, while it may affect how she lives her life, it doesn't rule her life. Also, she can improve her functioning by building skills. Finally, she can develop resilience, in that, she can learn to actively and directly address a problem after a setback, without become emotionally overwhelmed.
Yes, psychologists can provide tools and tips for parents to use at home with your child as well as help you gain accommodations or modifications for your child at school if their diagnosis is affecting their school performance.
Yes, psychologists can help with ADHD. Many times behavioral intervention treatment plans (including CBT) alongside psychopharmacology and teaching children or adults with ADHD the necessary skills to help self-manage adverse symptoms and replace them with healthier ones they are experiencing and teach them coping strategies to be successful in school, work, and relationships help many patients with ADHD.
Absolutely! Find one who is specializes in ADHD treatment.
Yes! Absolutely a psychologist can help both your daughter understand how her brain works, and can help you understand how to best support her and help her learn the skills that will allow her to be more successful.
Yes. Thay can help working and dealing with the symptoms.
Yes and very much so
Yes, a psychologist can help with ADHD, but usually in conjunction with medication management. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is essentially brain training for ADHD. It aims to change negative patterns of thinking and reframe the way a patient feels about themselves and their symptoms of ADHD. Behavior therapy can also be helpful. Increasing motivation, coping skills, organization, and executive function coaching all help improve symptom presentation in ADHD.
