Learn how to effectively integrate multi-modal treatment goals with your clients with ADHD, from an experienced ADHD therapist and clinical supervisor.
Elevate your clinical practice with this targeted, evidence-based module designed specifically for mental health clinicians, therapists and counsellors treating ADHD.
By completing this module, you’ll not only meet CRPO competency standards but also boost your confidence in integrating medication knowledge into your psychotherapy treatment plans.
Embrace a neurodiversity-affirming approach and provide your clients with the high-quality, comprehensive care they deserve.
In multi-modal care, clarity about treatment goals is important.
In this effiecient 30-minute course, you’ll gain essential, up-to-date psychoeducation on the critical role of ADHD medication in psychotherapy for adults, and where to integrate into your treatment planning.
This course provides evidenced-based information on:
- the efficacy of psychostimulant medication,
- medicated vs. unmedicated ADHD brains,
- how to assess treatment effectiveness and
- how to identify invisible treatment barriers.
By the end of this module, you will:
Learn what our prefrontal cortex is responsible for in our daily functioning (and how that shows up in the session room),
Understand the efficacy of psychostimulant medication and its effect on therapy,
Understand the difference between an under-medicated versus medicated ADHD brain,
Help clients identify and evaluate effective symptom control,
Understand and address the barriers that lead to a poor treatment experience (including medication stigma).
Participant Benefits:
Participants will come away with accurate, up to date information about the role of ADHD medication in psychotherapy for adults with ADHD, both fulfilling ongoing CRPO competency standards and gain a renewed confidence in facilitating a significant part of treating ADHD in adults.
The Curriculum
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About Christina
Christina is a neurodivergent-affirming Registered Psychotherapist, Certified IPT Therapist and Validated Clinical Supervisor. Christina works with individuals (ages 16+), couples and families.
Christina has been treating ADHD for over a decade, as well as training new therapists as a practicum supervisor and providing ADHD-specific clinical supervision and consultation to practicing therapists. Christina is a regular presenter on ADHD for presentations to the general public, workplaces and at scientific meetings on ADHD.
Support your learning with ongoing clinical supervision and consultation.
In addition to Supporting development in relational modalities such as Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and traditional modalities like CBT, we also each offer specialized areas of focus in neurodivergent-affirming treatment for ADHD:
- ADHD-Adapted Psychotherapy and,
- AaRT: ADHD-Adapted Relational Therapy for couples of mixed neurotypes/ADHD Couples,
- ADHD Coaching, and
- ADHD parent and family therapy.
In doing so, our Supervision and Consultation approach is also neurodivergent-affirming for the neurodivergent therapist.