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ADHD Support Groups
All of our support group meetings are free and open to the public. Usually, there is a speaker for the first hour followed Q & A and time for discussion.
ADD Resources can now offer clock hours to educators for attending support group meetings! Click here for more info!
Tacoma Adults' Support Group Meeting - 2nd Wednesday
September 8 - "Paying Attention in Relationships" with Terri McLennan, LMFT, with Sound Relationships, Inc in Federal Way
- What is Attention Deficit vs. Attachment Deficit vs. Human Deficit?
- It's all about you and Not about you
- Getting cheated of your intentions
- Role of Communications of all sorts; verbal, facial, tone of voice, eye contact, body language
- Neurological Messages: Do your nervous systems play well together?
- Redefining Paying Attention
- 7:00 - 9:00 pm
- Across from Tacoma General Hospital at Jackson Hall, 314 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA 98405. There is free parking after 6:30 pm in the Baker Center Garage at 310 MLK Jr Way.
Tacoma Parents' Support Group -meets quarterly
September 20 - Susan Small of ETC will help us help our children start the school year off right. She will help to keep them organized and on task!
- 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
- Across from Tacoma General Hospital at Jackson Hall, 314 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, WA, 98405. There is free parking after 6:30 pm in Baker Center Garage at 310 MLK Jr Way.
Eastside Parents' Support Group Meeting - 2nd Monday
September 12 - "Research Advancements and Options for ADHD" with Maria Golescu of Eastside Therapeutic Resources. Maria and her co-worker will be discussing research advancements and options for ADHD. She will be talking about research and how it works, specifically for ADHD as well as how medications are brought to market and how they are continually looked into through the use of clinical trials. Maria will include some basics about research and good clinical practice, where these studies come from, what their benefits are and what the downsides can be. She has been doing clinical trials in the area for the last 4 years.
Doors will open at 6:30 and the meeting will run 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Mercer Island Presbyterian Church (Rooms A&B)
3805 84th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA
This group is facilitated by Jill Murphy.
Seattle Adult Support Group Meeting - 3rd Thursday
September 16 -"ADHD and Visual Journaling" Gail Baker MA. Visual Journaling is a quiet, relaxed way of discovering where and how we hold tension, conflict, and fear in us. It encourages the gentle exploration of them using breath, movement, stillness, and visualization. By accessing images of inner tension and expressing them, we record and release what’s held inside.
THIS IS NOT AN ART CLASS. This is an experiential presentation. You will have the opportunity to try Visual Journaling, recording the process of scattered attention as it changes to focus and relaxation.
VISUAL JOURNALING REQUIRES NOTHING MORE THAN THE WILLINGNESS TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT OUR BODIES HAVE TO TEACH US. All materials will be provided.
Gail is an artist and teacher with 30 years of experience in the visual arts and creative process as a tool for change. Her graduate degree in the Psychology of Creativity offers a unique and powerful approach to understanding behavior and beliefs. By exploring breath, body, and movement through Visual Journaling and Painting the Fire Within she facilitates body-mind integration. This allows increased awareness through reduced stress reaction and release of physical and emotional tightness.
gailbakerart.com http://gailbakerart.blogspot.com
October 21, 2010 - Learn about MAPs (Mindful Awareness Practices) for ADHD and Qigong with Mimi Handlin, MSW, Senior Certified ADHD Coach has been coaching adults and students since 2003. (www.addstressmanagement.com) As well as coaching, she is interested in helping her clients learn deeper self-care skills that can help them improve focus, feel more compassionate and accepting toward themselves, and reduce stress.
Mimi has been studying and practicing a Chinese moving healing meditation called qigong for eleven years. Qigong can be beneficial for people with ADD because it is a moving meditation that includes visualizing and affirmations. It connects us to our bodies and promotes focus and deep relaxation.
Mindful awareness is another skill for centering and renewal. It can help us pay attention to what we’re paying attention to. In a study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders (2007), Dr. Lidia Zylowska, a psychiatrist at UCLA, used mindful awareness as a treatment for ADHD. After 8 weekly training sessions, participants scored higher on attention tests and reported a better sense of well-being.
Mimi is in training with Dr. Zylowska to facilitate MAPs groups for ADHD. Come to this meeting to try out some mindfulness practices and basic qigong exercises. Please wear comfortable clothes and show up with an open mind!
- 6 pm to 7:30 pm
- Greenwood Library at 8016 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103
This support group is for adults with ADHD, along with a separate support group for non-ADHD partners or spouses that meets in the adjoining room at the same time. Pete Terlaak, CPC, (www.coachforfreedom.com) is the facilitator of the ADHD group and Margaret Sutro, M.A.,LMHC (Margaret@InnerSpaceStudio.net) is the facilitator of the non-ADHD Partner Support Group.
Olympia Adult Support Group - 3rd Wednesday
September 15, 2010 - Open discussion lead by ADHD Therapist, Linda Van Hook Briganti.
- 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
- Providence Professional Building, 525 Lilly Road NE, Olympia, WA 98506
ADHD therapist, Linda Van Hook Briganti, MS, LMHC, is the facilitator of this group. Questions? Call Linda at 360-786-5070.
Shelton Parents' Support Group Meeting - This group meets quarterly, on Thursdays. See dates below.
October 21, 2010 - Dr. Burnell Schaetzel-Hill, DO, of KB Family Practice, PLLC, in Olympia, WA, will be able to answer your ADHD questions for your children.
January 20, 2011 - Holsey Satterwhite and Dane Erixson of Renaissance Counseling will offer an excellent training for parents of ADHD. Don't miss this!
- 6:30 - 8:30 pm
- Olympic Middle School, 800 E. K St, just past Mountain View Elementary.
The facilitator for this group is school nurse Anita Madea. We welcome and invite parents of children/teens of all ages to attend these support group meetings with Nurse Anita!
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