Why You’ll Love this Course:
When learning about ADHD, many clinicians may have received instruction that emphasized it as a disorder of childhood, limiting training opportunities to learn how to assess, diagnose, and treat ADHD in adulthood. This course provides compassionate, practical, and neuro-affirming tools to support adults struggling with ADHD symptoms.
Course Description:
This course provides practical instruction to clinicians in how to utilize a neuro-affirming framework while learning how to effectively assess ADHD in adults and implement evidence-based tools. Participants in this course will learn how to:
Increase patient understanding and awareness of the strengths and limitations of their brain
Effectively collaborate with psychiatric providers as needed
Learn how to teach and implement:
time management and organizational skills
emotion regulation skills
acceptance and self-compassion of symptoms
While this course is rooted in a 3rd wave CBT framework, participants from all theoretical orientations can apply the knowledge presented in this course to their own work. Specific knowledge of 3rd wave CBT treatments is not required.
Who is this for:
Clinicians at all levels of training who are interested in improving assessment and treatment skills in working with adults with ADHD.
Instructional Level:
Beginner to Intermediate
Recommended Course Prerequisites:
None
Included:
“ADHD Experiential Assessment Questions” Handout
Acceptance and self-compassion skills demonstrations
Educational Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Accurately identify 9 symptoms of adult ADHD that extend beyond DSM-V and provide psychoeducation about at least 4 symptoms of ADHD and their common presentations.
Implement at least 4 tools to manage common ADHD symptoms that impact attention, emotion regulation, time management, and organization.
Identify and utilize at least 4 acceptance and self-compassion tools to decrease shame and frustration about ADHD symptoms.
Common Clinical FAQs Answered:
Nikki Rubin, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Co-founder
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Nikki Rubin, Psy.D. is a co-founder and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MindScience Collective. She is a licensed clinical psychologist (CA PSY30047, NY 019595) who specializes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and third-wave cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT). She has particular expertise in the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, ADHD, perfectionism, and grief and loss.
Dr. Rubin is the owner of Nikki Rubin, Psy.D., A Psychological Corporation, providing evidence-based treatments for adults, along with supervision, consultation, and private practice coaching for clinicians. She is passionate about mentorship for mental health clinicians, and thus serves as an Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA, training doctoral students in ACT. She is also the creator of The Complete Private Practice Toolkit, an educational course designed to help clinicians start or enhance their private practices.
In addition to her clinical and academic work, Dr. Rubin serves as a Clinical Advisor at Psych Hub, where she lends her expertise to advancing the company’s mission of expanding access to evidence-based behavioral health education, resources, and pathways to care. Lastly, along with MindScience Collective co-founder Peter Economou, Ph.D., she co-hosts When East Meets West, a podcast exploring the intersection of eastern spiritual practices and western behavioral science, further reflecting her commitment to innovative and integrative approaches to mental health care.
Disclosure:
Dr. Rubin is a co-founder of MindScience Collective and will receive financial benefit from all course sales. She is also the instructor of: “Using Mindfulness and Psychotherapy: Practices and Tools,” which is offered on this platform.