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Obras de Sari Solden
Women with Attention Deficit Disorder: Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life (1995) 359 copias
A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers (2019) 119 copias
Journeys Through ADDulthood: Discover a New Sense of Identity and Meaning with Attention Deficit Disorder (2002) 77 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 20th century
- Género
- female
- Lugares de residencia
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Educación
- University of Michigan
California State University (MS|Clinical Counseling) - Ocupaciones
- psychotherapist
marriage and family therapist - Organizaciones
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association
- Biografía breve
- I graduated from the University of Michigan and then spent 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area where I earned a Masters Degree in clinical counseling at California State University. I became licensed as a marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and served as the specialist on adult AD/HD for the Family Service Agency of Marin County, California. I currently serve on the professional advisory board of the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association. I was proud to have been the 1996 recipient of this association’s award for outstanding service by a helping professional. (LMFT)
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I have such mixed feelings about this book.
While there was some good information in it and the exercises / journaling prompts were useful, much of it was just not what I was looking for.
The authors' voice sometimes comes across as condescending and the book really leans more toward an approach that pathologizes ADHD, which is neither particularly useful nor up to date. Books that take this approach can often leave the person with ADHD feeling terrible about themselves rather than empowering them to understand the unique way their brain works so they can work with that and thrive as the powerhouse creatives they often are!
The book is more reflective than instructive in that much of the benefit you will get from reading it will be found in actually completing the workbook sections. There is not much strategy provided.
I found the information therein to be very "light." If you're looking for a book that includes strategies for improving executive functioning, learning how to thrive with your ADHD, or appreciate the more positive neurodiversity approach to ADHD, you will probably not like this book.
If you have recently been diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and think that some prompted self reflection about how ADHD could have been manifesting in different aspects of your life could be useful for you, you might find some value in it. I do recommend, however, that you also read other books alongside this one that focus more on a positive neurodiversity message and on strategies for improving executive functioning.
One quote I did like:
"As psychologist Abraham Maslow is reported to have said, 'One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.' Personal growth doesn't emerge from a comfortable space; creation is messy, and discomfort accompanies everything worth birthing. When you remember this, you will be erecting the internal scaffolding on which to build future confidence and successes."… (más)
While there was some good information in it and the exercises / journaling prompts were useful, much of it was just not what I was looking for.
The authors' voice sometimes comes across as condescending and the book really leans more toward an approach that pathologizes ADHD, which is neither particularly useful nor up to date. Books that take this approach can often leave the person with ADHD feeling terrible about themselves rather than empowering them to understand the unique way their brain works so they can work with that and thrive as the powerhouse creatives they often are!
The book is more reflective than instructive in that much of the benefit you will get from reading it will be found in actually completing the workbook sections. There is not much strategy provided.
I found the information therein to be very "light." If you're looking for a book that includes strategies for improving executive functioning, learning how to thrive with your ADHD, or appreciate the more positive neurodiversity approach to ADHD, you will probably not like this book.
If you have recently been diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and think that some prompted self reflection about how ADHD could have been manifesting in different aspects of your life could be useful for you, you might find some value in it. I do recommend, however, that you also read other books alongside this one that focus more on a positive neurodiversity message and on strategies for improving executive functioning.
One quote I did like:
"As psychologist Abraham Maslow is reported to have said, 'One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.' Personal growth doesn't emerge from a comfortable space; creation is messy, and discomfort accompanies everything worth birthing. When you remember this, you will be erecting the internal scaffolding on which to build future confidence and successes."… (más)
Every woman who struggles with this disorder should read this book. The book talks quite a great deal about ADHD in general but also focuses on how women's lives are affected differently than the lives of men because of the different expectations on each gender. It was a great book to read.
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For example, one of the screening criteria is about balancing chequebooks. I think this task is pretty irrelevant these days in North America, and I doubt many people under age 50 ever had to learn how to do it!
I thought there was a missed opportunity to talk about neurodiversity and especially ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), which, like ADHD PI, is often under-diagnosed or misdiagnosed, especially in women. It also has several overlapping symptoms with ADHD.
I wish this book approached at ADHD PI with a less genderized perspective. I expect ADHD PI is under-diagnosed and misdiagnosed across all genders, although it disproportionately affects women since it's the more common form found in women. There's also a lot of unnecessary heteronormative and traditional gender role ideas throughout the book.
I found it hard to keep the fictional bio stories straight throughout the book since they were spaced so far apart. Seems kind of ironic for a book about ADHD.… (más)