Get away from the disordered eating patterns
so common among people with ADHD.
Still Distracted After All These Years
When:
Fall 2022
Tuesday
February 21st – Tuesday, April 11th – 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
$100 per session, billed as coaching
Most older retired adults must find ways to transition from the daily structure imposed by job and family to a more open, flexible, and self-motivated lifestyle. For older adults with a history of ADHD, this transition can be especially challenging. Together, group members will determine the topics to be discussed in each session.
This eight-week group will help group members to:
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- Identify how ADHD and the aging process are currently affecting each person individually;
- Develop individual goals and strategies to increase satisfaction, meaning, and health during the later years.
- Share experience and receive compassionate support from other group members who have similar challenges.
- Participants will receive a free copy of Chesapeake founder Kathleen Nadeau’s recent book, “Still Distracted After All These Years” which will provide the basis for many of the strategies to be discussed.
Susan Van Ost, PhD
Neuropsychologist
Dr. Susan L. Van Ost is herself a septuagenarian who has ADHD and is in the early stages of retirement. She, therefore, has a personal interest in this part of life and is eager to share with, and learn from, members of the Senior Women’s Coaching Group. Having been a licensed psychologist since 1977, her long career has included post-doctoral trainings family therapy, neuropsychology, and marital therapy. Her work experience has included: (a) Diagnostic assessment of children, adolescents, and adults. (b) Evidence-based treatment of ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression. (c) Provision of Gottman Method Couples Counseling. (c) Participation in research to develop manualized procedures to improve the resilience of combat-injured families. (e) Education and supervision of other professionals regarding diagnosis and Treatment.
Liora Moriel, PhD
For the past two years, Liora Moriel, PhD, has facilitated the Senior Women’s ADHD Group started by Drs. Nadeau and VanOst during the pandemic. The current group’s dozen members look forward to their weekly Zoom meeting and attest that it is one of the highlights of their week. Dr. Moriel has a BA in psychology and sociology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Maryland, where she taught a variety of courses for nearly 20 years. She, as well as her twin sons, have ADHD.