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Self-Care for ADHD
Following these steps can reduce symptom severity and help other treatment (therapy, coaching, medication) have the greatest positive effect. These practices are also not likely to be easy to adhere to, and individual therapy can help foster greater self-compassion, reduced feelings of shame and blame, and support an open-minded inquiry into what realistic measures can help you live your greatest life.
Skills for ADHD Management (1).docxDownload this document here.
The Feelings Wheel
A tool developed by Dr. Gloria Willcox to help us practice identifying emotion accurately and with nuance.
The Pursuer-Withdrawer Cycle: Cycle vs. The Heart
This diagram maps the way that negative, painful communication cycles keep couples from achieving communication about their core needs for connection with one another. Bringing awareness to this cycle, and pinpointing the way it shows up in your relationship, is often an early stage of Emotion Focused Therapy.
Internal Family Systems
Dr. Richard C. Schwartz's model for understanding the way that our inner world resembles the system we grew up in. The interplay of roles we inhabit in adulthood is the basis for parts work, in which we ask, "Which version of me is showing up right now?" to develop greater insight into our behaviors, thoughts and feelings.
