Improve your ability to focus and reduce impulsivity using techniques designed for ADHD
Mindfulness meditation can be highly effective in helping people live successfully with ADHD. While most people with ADHD might think meditation is impossible for someone with such a busy and disorganized mind, this is actually the reason it is so beneficial. MIndfulness provides a set of tools for facing the inherent difficulties of living with ADHD. Complete stillness or the ability to “empty your mind” is not required.
Prescription medication can be very helpful in reducing some of the symptoms of ADHD. However, managing ADHD requires a multi-dimensional approach. Mindfulness provides a set of tools for facing the inherent difficulties of living with ADHD that can supplement other treatment strategies.
This 8-week group program will combine information about coping with ADHD with techniques from mindfulness-based interventions.
Participants Will Learn
• Emotion regulation to improve family, social and professional relationships
• Self-compassion in the face of ADHD struggles
• To pay attention to ADHD behaviours to improve productivity and decrease procrastination
Who Should Attend
Adults (18 and over) suffering from ADHD. A formal diagnosis is required and registrants will be asked to provide details regarding who made the diagnosis of ADHD and when. To achieve maximum benefit from the course, we ask that you be willing to commit to an average of 15 minutes a day of exercises throughout the eight weeks of the course.
Timing
Tuesday Afternoons
Orientation & Interview: May 2, 2017 | 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Sessions 1-8: May 9 - June 27, 2017 | 2:30pm - 5:00pm
Silent Retreat: Sunday, June 18, 2017 | 10:00am - 4:00pm
NOTE: while it is important for participants to attend all sessions, Session 4 on May 30th is particularly important - if you are unable to attend this session, you should register for a different program offering
Facilitators
Patricia Rockman MD CCFP FCFP & Allison McLay BA DCS
Upon request, an insurance receipt will be provided on behalf of Allison McLay (Registered Psychologist). Insurance receipts will not be available prior to the last program session.
NOTE: Allison McLay also works in a supervised practice and can provide an insurance receipt from her supervising registered psychologist (C.Psych). If you have a preference regarding which profession is listed on your insurance receipt, please make sure to include that information in your request.
Fee: $485 (includes handouts and guided meditation download or CD)
Payment, cancellation and refund policies
As a registered charity, we do not charge HST. When you support us, you support our charitable initiatives. If you’d like to learn more, please see our Community Program.
- A valid OHIP card is required and must be brought to the orientation.
- All participants must be free of substance misuse.
- If you have third-party insurance, it may cover all or part of the cost of a therapeutic course. We recommend that you contact your insurance provider to confirm what health professions your plan covers (e.g. Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Naturopath) and that this coverage includes the types of therapies in question (sometimes there are restrictions on the particular services covered by a given health profession). Please check the profession of the non-physician faculty for this program (see above), and confirm that profession is covered by your insurance and that the program is not an excluded service for that profession. Insurance receipts will be issued during the final session of the program.