You, Your Relationship & Your Add

Millions of adult Americans meet the diagnostic criteria for attention deficit disorder. When they get involved in committed relationships, the kind of spontaneity that originally made them attractive to their partners often starts to feel frustrating and undependable as relationships progress and the ADD adult's irritability and poor communication skills start to put a strain on their partner's patience. ADD adults are often bewildered by their inability to manage their romantic relationships and devastated by a long history of failed attempts. Psychotherapist Michael Bell understands how they feel, both from his professional background treating clients with adult ADD and from his own life experience of learning how to cope with the disorder. In You, Your Relationship, and Your ADD, Bell brings together an array of cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused techniques to teach you how to stop avoiding the problems that sabotage your relationships, face the intimacy issues that frustrate your partner, and begin to do the work you need to do to build a lasting relationship. This clear and concise workbook offers exercises that keep you involved and give you a chance to learn the skills you need to learn in order to control frustrations, manage anger, and cope with the danger of boredom inherent in a long-term relationship.