Lara Honos-Webb - The gift of adult ADD: how to transform your challenges and build on your strengths

Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist licensed in California. Her work has been featured in Newsweek, ivillage.com, msn.com, abcnews.com, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and Publishers Weekly, as well as newspapers across the country and national radio and television programs. Her book, Listening to Depression was selected by Health magazine as one of the best therapy books of 2006. Her books have over 125,000 copies in print. The American Psychological Association included The Gift of ADHD in its recommended reading list in their ADHD Parents Medication Guide. She specializes in the treatment of ADHD, depression, and the psychology of pregnancy and motherhood, and speaks regularly on her areas of expertise. Honos-Webb completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at University of California, San Francisco, and has taught graduate students as an assistant professor. She has published more than twenty-five scholarly articles. Visit her website at www .visionarysoul.com.

Lara Honos-Webb shows us how the demands of a global and digital culture may make the signature traits of ADDinventiveness, need for stimulation, and interpersonal intuitionin high demand.

Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind

If you have ADD and have been looking for the meaning of your struggles, this book will change your life. You will see, beyond doubt, that its time to stop patching up your weaknesses and start learning about your many gifts.

Carol Adrienne, Ph.D., author of The Purpose of Your Life

Honos-Webbs book is a wonderful guidebook for optimistic living. What one chooses to focus on grows, and Honos-Webb has provided the framework for others to learn this important philosophy. It is especially important for those with ADHD to embrace the positive side of their personalities.

Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, Ph.D., author of Making the Grade with ADD and 10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD

In her newest book, Honos-Webb builds on the core principles of her previous work to show how adults with ADD can find fulfilling and rewarding lives by being who they are. Find what you love and are good at, and let that guide you, she advises, offering real-life stories of people who have done just that. In this inspiring book, Honos-Webb provides a host of specific activities to help adults with ADD use self-reflection, insight, and creativity to address weaknesses without letting those weaknesses overshadow their strengths and talents. The Gift of Adult ADD is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature that shows how to go beyond limitingand misleadingdiagnostic labels.

Barbara Probst, MSW, LCSW, author of When the Labels Dont Fit

A revolutionary, paradigm-shifting book that will undoubtedly change the way we think about ADD. Honos-Webbs contribution is a gift, providing no-nonsense strategies and inspiring examples of how to transform apparent deficits into strengths and assets.

Kelly Howell, president, Brain Sync

Talk about a gift! This book will be a true gift for anyone with ADD. While it can be discouraging to live with ADD, Honos-Webbs wise and helpful book will show readers how to use their ADD to improve their relationships and work lives. She then goes on to identify and explain the five specific gifts that adult ADD brings. This wonderful book has the power to transform the life and consciousness of anyone dealing with ADD.

Mira Kirshenbaum, author of When Good People Have Affairs, Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay, and Everything Happens for a Reason

Are you ready to let this precious volume transform you, your world, and your adult attention deficit disorder? Here is a gift that can be magical and life changing, both for you and your adult attention deficit disorder.

Alvin R. Mahrer, Ph.D., professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa, author of The Manual of Optimal Behaviors

Publishers Note

This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering psychological, financial, legal, or other professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.

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Copyright 2008 by L. Honos-Webb

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Acquired by Tesilya Hanauer; Cover design by Amy Shoup;

Edited by Amy Johnson; Text design by Tracy Carlson

Epub ISBN: 978-1-60882-067-2

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as:

Honos-Webb, Lara.

The gift of adult ADD : how to transform your challenges and build on your strengths / Lara Honos Webb.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN-13: 978-1-57224-565-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-57224-565-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Attention-deficit disorder in adults--Popular works. I. Title.

RC394.A85H66 2008

616.8589--dc22

2008029811

This book is dedicated to Ken, Kenny, and Audrey Webb for giving me the gift of waking up happy every day.