Adult ADHD is increasingly understood as a performance problem, an intention deficit that makes it difficult to start and follow through on plans despite the desire to do so. This session will focus on strategies adapted for adult ADHD designed to generate motivation, define plans in doable ways, and increase implementation of various intentions and endeavors related to various duties and responsibilities as well as those that promote overall well-being and fulfillment. As part of this process, the session will address the role of thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and relationship factors that may interfere with follow-through and how each of these factors can be refashioned to promote follow-through on intentions and seeing them through to completion.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will have at least one tool with which to increase task motivation in their daily lives
- Attendees will have at least one tool with which to increase task initiation in their daily lives
- Attendees will have at least one tool with which to manage task-interfering thoughts in their daily lives
Who: Dr. Russell Ramsay
Biography
Dr. Russell Ramsay is a licensed psychologist specializing in the assessment and psychosocial treatment of adult ADHD. He’s a retired professor of clinical psychology in psychiatry and was co-founder of the University of Pennsylvania’s Adult ADHD Treatment & Research Program. He has lectured internationally and is widely published, including six books on adult ADHD. His most recent book is “Once I Get Started” released in May 2026. His Adult ADHD Tool Kit has been translated into Spanish, French, Korean, and Chinese with German and Russian translations in process. Dr. Ramsay is a CHADD Hall of Fame inductee.
Find Dr. Ramsay’s Website Here: www.cbt4adhd.com
Find Dr. Ramsay’s Book
Once I Get Started: The Adult ADHD Program for Turning Your Intentions into Actions (2026, Avery)
Find your copy here.
