Treatment
Cognitive behavioural therapy for ADHD
Medication can create space, but it does not teach you new skills. In cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) you work on strategies that help you further in your daily life.
What cognitive behavioural therapy is
Cognitive behavioural therapy is about the interplay between what you think, what you feel and what you do. Together with your practitioner, you explore which patterns get in your way, and you practise new ways of approaching things.
For ADHD, the therapy is mainly practical: you work on concrete situations from your own life, and apply what you learn between appointments.
What you work on
Planning and structure
Keeping an overview, breaking tasks down and organising your day or week in a way that suits you.Procrastination
Understanding why you put things off, and finding ways to start and finish anyway.Attention
Strategies to hold your attention and limit distractions.Emotions
Dealing better with strong or rapidly changing emotions, such as frustration or anger.Impulsive behaviour
Learning to take a moment before you act, for example when making decisions or in conversations.Negative thoughts
Recognising and adjusting critical thoughts about yourself, so that your self-image does not suffer.
Active commitment
Our treatment is short-term and goal-oriented. Behavioural therapy works best if you also get to work between appointments, for example with the online modules on Embloom.
More about e-healthQuestions about behavioural therapy
- Medication creates space, but does not teach you new skills. That is why our treatment usually consists of a combination of psychoeducation, cognitive behavioural therapy and medication. You decide together with your practitioner which parts suit you.
- No. Behavioural therapy with us is individual, with your own practitioner.
Treatment
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- PsychoeducationIn psychoeducation you learn what ADHD is and how it affects your life. Your partner or family are welcome. Part of the treatment at ADHD Medisch Centrum.
- MedicationADHD medication at ADHD Medisch Centrum: which medicines, how we carefully adjust your dose, side effects, driving, travelling with medication and the handover to your GP.
- E-healthWith online modules on the Embloom platform, you work between appointments on skills and exercises that tie in with your ADHD treatment.
Would you like to register?
For an assessment and treatment with us, you need a referral from your GP. On the Registration page you can read how this works.