Living Well with Adult ADHD Practical Strategies for Improving Your Daily Life

Imagine a toolkit filled with tried-and-true skills that empower adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to be more focused and productive--and to "hack" daily life so their strengths can shine. That's exactly what expert ADHD therapist Laura E. Knouse and preeminent authority Russell A. Barkley offer readers in this friendly guide. Twenty-seven short, engaging chapters present a menu of science-based strategies and resources for getting organized, completing tasks from start to finish, managing time, regulating emotions and impulses, and addressing common relationship problems associated with ADHD. Featuring checklists, self-coaching tips, helpful links, and downloadable forms, this quick-reference guide is an ideal companion to Dr. Barkley's bestselling Taking Charge of Adult ADHD, Second Edition, which takes a deeper dive into the disorder and its treatment.

Laura E. Knouse, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Richmond. She is an expert in studying and treating ADHD in adults. Her research focuses on the skills people need to cope with ADHD symptoms and achieve their goals--and the most effective ways to teach them. Dr. Knouse lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband and two children. 

Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, before retiring in 2021, served on the faculties of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the Medical University of South Carolina, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Barkley has worked with children, adolescents, and families since the 1970s and is the author of numerous bestselling books for both professionals and the public, including Taking Charge of ADHD and Your Defiant Child. He has also published six assessment scales and more than 300 scientific articles and book chapters on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, executive functioning, and childhood defiance. A frequent conference presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, Dr. Barkley is past president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (the former Division 12) of the American Psychological Association (APA), and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. He is a recipient of awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the APA, among other honors. His website is www.russellbarkley.org.