Workshops

This 4-hour workshop for couples living with ADHD consists of an interactive lecture, group activity, and discussion. It is divided into three parts:

1. Presentation and discussion on what is different about the ADHD brain and how it affects the individual with the disorder.
2. Inner-outer circle activity:
   1. The non-ADHD partners sit in a circle and discuss how their ADHD partners’ disorder affects them and the partnership. The ADHD partners sit in an outer circle and listen without commenting.
   2. The ADHD partners sit in the inner circle and discuss how their non-ADHD partners’ responses to the disorder affects them and the partnership. The non-ADHD partners sit in the outer circle and listen without commenting.
   3. The whole group discusses what they learned from both circles.
3. Presentation and discussion:
   1. What comprises a healthy relationship and what leads couples down the path to divorce.
   2. What both partners need to know about the ADHD effect on the relationship.
   3. What each partner can do to prevent problems that the ADHD might cause and how each must share responsibility for building a competent partnership.

Mindfulness training has become a popular topic in recent years. This 3-hour workshop addresses the nuts and bolts of how to practice in a way that helps participants to be better able to direct their attention, focus their attention, and nurture open awareness. The workshop consists of instruction, guided meditations, and discussion.