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Diagnostic Assessment & Treatment of Adult ADHD

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Coaching andCognitive Behaviour Therapy• Coaching is practical / skills oriented (planning, usingwatch and agenda)• CBT is more cognitive oriented (selfesteem, negativethinking, impulscontrol)• Both share: transparency, here and now, structured andgoal directed• In <strong>ADHD</strong> patients too much homework or assignments(CBT) may induce feelings <strong>of</strong> failure, coaching is morepractical, decreasing difficulty <strong>of</strong> tasks as needed by thepatient• The coach is more equal to the patient, in CBT thetherapist is not

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