| The Gift of Adult Add: How to Transform Your Challenges and Build on Your Strengths Contributor(s): Honos-Webb, Lara (Author) |
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ISBN: 1572245654 ISBN-13: 9781572245655 Publisher: New Harbinger Publications OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: This book about living well with adult ADD is all about shifting perspectives. Not only does it offer insights into life with ADD, but it also works to shift the reader's vision of themselves. The book helps readers by encouraging them to see their ADD symptoms as gifts rather than pointless afflictions. In addition, the approach taps into the positive psychology revolution by offering guidelines for building on strengths rather than excessive focus on patching up weaknesses. The Gift of Adult ADD reviews the sweeping cultural changes of globalization and the technology of the digital age and how the gifts of ADD provide an almost perfect match for the demands of these cultural changes. In addition to job performance, domains such as interpersonal relationships, parenting, creativity, and connection to the environment are covered. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Self-management - General - Family & Relationships | Learning Disabilities - Psychology | Psychopathology - Attention Deficit Disorder (add-adhd) |
| Dewey: 616.858 |
| LCCN: 2008029811 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.3" W x 8.92" (0.76 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If you have attention deficit disorder (ADD), you may act impulsively, daydream, and have trouble focusing, but clinical studies suggest that these same symptoms may make you exceptionally creative, intuitive, and energetic. In fact, many people with ADD claim to have become successful because of their ADD, not in spite of it. In The Gift of Adult ADD, Lara Honos-Webb adapts the revolutionary approach first introduced in the parenting book The Gift of ADHD to the lives of adults with ADD. Instead of focusing on your weaknesses, this book shows you how to transform symptoms into strengths to improve your relationships, job performance, parenting skills, and overall quality of life. You'll also read inspiring stories of real people with ADD who have become successful in part because of their ability to meet the challenges of ADD and make the most of its gifts. |
Contributor Bio(s): Honos-Webb, Lara: - Lara Honos-Webb, PhD, is a worldwide attention deficit disorder (ADD) expert, and offers ADD coaching. She is a clinical psychologist and author of The Gift of ADHD, The Gift of ADHD Activity Book, The Gift of Adult ADD, The ADHD Workbook for Teens, and Listening to Depression. She has published more than twenty-five scholarly articles. Learn more about her work at www.addisagift.com. |