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Digital Seminar

Help Women with ADHD Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly & Break Through Barriers

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More women with ADHD are seeking treatment than ever before.  

This can feel daunting for many clinicians, as oftentimes women with ADHD wasn’t a topic afforded much time or training in graduate studies in previous decades.  

This presentation will give you the most fundamental knowledge necessary to work competently and confidently with women with ADHD. You will deepen your own understanding of common challenges and experiences unique to women with ADHD, which will in turn allow you to deepen your practice with clients and better validate and support their therapeutic journey. This presentation aims to help clinicians feel more confident in providing ADHD-informed treatment that honors neurodiversity and expands the treatment paradigm to better represent and support women with ADHD.  

Here's What You'll Learn


How ADHD is Different for Women 

  • Sex differences in ADHD presentations 
  • Unique aspects of life with ADHD commonly reported by women 

The Impact of Hormones on Women with ADHD - What Clients and Clinicians Need to Know 

  • New data on women, ADHD, and hormones 
  • PMDD, PDD, and more 
  • Pregnancy and Motherhood 

Hiding and Masking as Compensatory Strategies 

  • How and why women with ADHD hide and mask 
  • Impact of hiding and masking 
  • Changing course 

Relational Impacts of ADHD for Women 

  • Voice: Speaking Up and Speaking Over 
  • Emotional legacy of ADHD leaves a mark 

Rethinking treatment goals for women with ADHD 

  • Expanding the paradigm of “success” 
  • Challenging the idealization of neurotypicality and hyper-productivity 
  • Bill of Rights for Women with ADHD 

Risks and limitations of research and techniques discussed 

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 1 hour of video content
  • Up to 1.5 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts


Michelle Frank, PsyD

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Dr. Frank is a clinical psychologist currently practicing at Enrich Relationship Center of Colorado in the Denver-metro area. She specializes in diagnosing and treating ADHD, particularly in women. She is co-author, along with Sari Solden, MS, of the book A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers. In addition to individual clinical work, Dr. Frank Provides Gottman Method Couples’ Therapy to couples impacted by ADHD. With a passion for advocacy, outreach, and education, Dr. Frank regularly contributes to national ADHD conferences and support programs. Dr. Frank is former vice president of ADDA – an international nonprofit organization supporting adults with ADHD. She is a member of APSARD – The American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders. She graduated from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and Marquette University.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Michelle Dougher Frank has an employment relationship with Enrich Relationship Center of Colorado and is a professional expert contributor with Understood.org. She receives royalties as a published author. Michelle Dougher Frank receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Michelle Dougher Frank is a member of the Attention Deficit Disorder Association, the Children and Adults with ADHD, and the American Professional Society of ADHD & Related Disorders.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS059626
Duration:
1 hour, 34 minutes
Copyright:
Nov 09, 2023
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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