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Avoiding the Therapy Roundabout 12 tips to maximize your therapeutic experience so that the issues that ail don't make therapy fail

People come to therapy with some degree of hope that it will change their lives for the better, but sometimes the very issues that bring them to therapy end up sabotaging their progress.

Shalvi WaldmanMay 19 2016

Does Having Anxiety Give Us Drive and Motivation?

Short answer – most definitely! Well more precisely, the drive and motivation to avoid it. There is no such thing as a living human being without drive and motivation. Even the most depressed person lying in bed for days, months or years is behaving according to a learned response by the brain – motivated to serve the human being in the best way it possibly can, given the context and circumstances that it is in. The brain's job is to keep us alive!

Rabbi Dov Benyaacov-Kurtzman,April 10 2016

The Connection between ADHD and Anxiety Disorders or Depression

Getting an accurate diagnosis which takes into consideration both the ADHD and the anxiety disorder or depression is not always a simple matter. Frequently, ADHD may be diagnosed, while the anxiety disorder or depression may be overlooked or the opposite may also be true. In either case, when only one piece of the puzzle is being addressed, individuals seeking treatment may continue to suffer and may not receive the necessary help that they need.

Aviva Zahavi-Asa, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.February 18 2016

Adult ADHD

The classic symptoms of ADHD – such as an inability to focus, disorganization, restlessness, and difficulty following through on tasks and remembering details – can cause behavioral, emotional, social, vocational and academic problems for adults in numerous realms of their lives. Impairments in interpersonal relations are not uncommon and can negatively impact both family life and employment opportunities. As a result of these difficulties, many adults with ADHD experience frustration, low self-esteem, and feelings of failure.

Aviva Zahavi-Asa, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.February 18 2016

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