At your own pace.
In your own space.
A life-changing course for Adult ADHD-challenged individuals, couples, and loved ones. Professionals, too!
With internationally respected expert Gina Pera.
If you’ve lived with Adult ADHD—in yourself or a loved one—you know.
It can feel impossible to grasp the depth, breadth, and sheer variety of potential challenges.
It’s like nailing jello to the wall.
Especially when the diagnosis comes later in life.
It started in childhood as a highly variable syndrome called ADHD.
By now, however, it has morphed into a murky mix of symptoms, misinterpretations, negative or distorted feedback and self-talk, and counterproductive coping responses.
The Good News? We’re not dealing with jello!
We’re dealing with predictable, well-studied patterns—and we have proven approaches.
I’m so glad you’re here!
Gina Pera
I’d love to answer your questions and help you decide if the course is right for you. Click here to send an email to me!
Note: Participants granted permission to use their testimonials with first name and last initial. Understandably, they were reluctant to use full names and photos. Disclosure risks random public judgment.
My husband received his ADHD diagnoses decades ago—thanks to me puzzling the pieces when almost no one was talking about it.
Ever since, I’ve worked to create awareness, improve treatment outcomes, and support others riding the ADHD Roller Coaster.
With an online community that just welcomed its 10,000th member, I’ve listened to thousands of stories and struggles – and lived a few myself! I know where you get stuck AND how to help you clear your path.
With this course, Solving Your ADHD Puzzle, I’ve combined the science, along with my decades of experience with the lived-experience, and created a methodical framework for slowing that ADHD Roller Coaster—or at least making it a more enjoyable ride!
Think of it as an engaging weekend workshop — from the comfort of your own home.
You can learn more about my credentials at the bottom of this page.
Sure, you share common challenges— disorganization, listening , remembering, and more. To one degree or another.
Yet, in my experience, you start feeling truly in control of your life only when you, as the adult with ADHD and/or the partner:
Goal: Building a strong foundation in our modern, scientific understanding of what ADHD is—and is not.
When we operate from misinformation—or scattered bits— our footing remains slippery. We might even remain stuck in “denial.”
You might feel well-educated on Adult ADHD—and you might be.
But consider for a moment that ADHD is a huge “market” these days—and the Internet has no watchdog. Neither does book-publishing.
How can you tell expert consensus from random opinions? By learning with a respected guide.
This is your life we’re talking about. Your future. Facts and evidence matter.
Goal: Know what makes the ADHD diagnosis in general—and in your case. Step by step.
Even adults diagnosed long ago can remain unclear about their evaluation.
Fuzziness fosters uncertainty or skepticism —and impedes progress.
How can you track treatment goals—and celebrate progress—if your specific symptoms remain vague?
Not yet diagnosed? If you believe anti-psychiatry critics, you might view the ADHD diagnostic criteria as simply one or two behaviors, such as procrastinating and forgetting.
Reviewing the criteria—the specific symptoms and how they add up to a diagnosis—can help streamline solutions.
It can also help you to work best with the evaluating or treating professional. To be pro-active, not passive. To know what’s a symptom vs. poor coping strategy.
Goal: Know what should happen throughout the evaluation process— and boost your confidence as a mental healthcare consumer.
Goal: Learn all about the key to optimizing your planning and time-management—as an individual and/or a couple
We approach Executive Functioning from six essential angles :
Goal: Identifying the misinterpretations and poor coping responses that fuel your ADHD Triple Whammy Roller Coaster. As an individual and as a couple.
In the introductory module, we took a sneak peek. Here, we go deep.
We explore how each person’s Triple Whammy Roller Coaster develops over time. Typically in three stages—symptoms, misinterpretations, coping responses.
Once you start distinguishing core symptoms from “bad habits”, you gain clarity on handling each.
Soon, your coaster becomes a smoother, more enjoyable ride.
Goal: De-tangling your day-to-day interactions to see exactly where misinterpretations and counterproductive coping responses are creating chronic problems.
Think of the Dysfunctional Interaction Cycle as how your Triple Whammy Roller Coaster plays out on a micro-day-to-day level.
It is loosely based on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) adapted for ADHD and is a centerpiece of our Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy™ model.
This four-phase cycle happens so quickly—our thoughts and emotions so automatic—we don’t even notice it.
In this step, you identify your negative cycles—and take steps to turn those gears in a positive direction.
Goal: Giving yourself the time and space to absorb news of the ADHD diagnosis, actual or likely
Have you taken the opportunity to sort through the mix of emotions — from relief to grief?
Goal: Getting an idea of which strategies can help what—and why
Future courses cover these topics in-depth.
Goal: Taking stock of your situation, as an individual or a couple, and how you plan to move forward.
You’ll find tools to help you establish your baseline situation—and target goals one by one.
If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you’re there?
These tools also help you can measure and celebrate the progress to come.
Are you thinking, “Gina, please. I think I’ll remember if there are positive changes”?
Maybe you will. Maybe you won’t. You might be surprised at what some folks forget. And, I don’t mean just those with ADHD!
Maybe you’ve already tried therapy—and even medication.
It might have worked for a while. Or, did it made things worse?
At the very least, you might be wondering: Is that as good as it gets?
Most likely, no, life can get a whole lot better.
Top ADHD specialists and research scientists have given us solid direction on what works.
My mission for 20 years has been translating that into real-world application— information, validation, and evidence-based strategies that can truly elevate your life.
Pre-COVID, finding solid Adult ADHD expertise was hard enough.
Mid-COVID, marginal coping strategies hit their limits.
Regulations around “Tele-health” eased—bringing more access but also need for caution with “virtual ADHD clinics”.
Even if the pressure has let up at your house, please don’t wait until the next Big Stressful Event to adopt lasting, pragmatic strategies.
A tip here. A blog post there. Dozens of YouTube videos. A book or two—or ten.
It all has its place—if you can separate wheat from chaff.
Even with the most accurate information, where is the framework, the system, for puzzling all the pieces —in a way that makes sense for you? Not some generic idea of an ADHD-challenged person or couple.
It’s right here. A systematic approach. Based on the evidence of what works.
13 lessons in 5 steps (2:22 hours)
Designed toI invite you to come on in and relax.
Right off the bat, I assure you of four things:
You’re not alone. Your challenges are not unique—and not “personality flaws.” That’s the first step toward relieving stress and paving a clear path to progress.
You get an idea of what happens at my longtime, popular discussion groups — one for adults with ADHD and one for the partners.
When we misinterpret ADHD symptoms and poor coping attempts, we create unnecessary ups and downs in life—and in relationships.
When two people are riding the ADHD Roller Coaster, make that a Double Triple Whammy!
Based on composites of real people, each couple is experiencing various common ADHD-related challenges.
Can you relate? Can these relationship be saved?
Use your handy Action Steps Guide to note when something resonates for you.
I’ll ask you to think about how “this relationship might be saved”. I’ll share my opinion, too!
Here we continue to nurture optimism that we can “Solve our Adult ADHD puzzle.”
We use a sophisticated but simple model for making sense of your confusing conflicts—and to start moving that cycle in a more positive direction.
It’s based on the CBT-for-ADHD model lies at the heart of our Adult ADHD-Focused Couples Therapy™. It’s also the proven standard for individuals with ADHD!
Poorly managed ADHD comes with a price—often a very high one. Call it the ADHD Tax.
I’d love to answer your questions and help you decide if the course is right for you. Click here to send an email to Gina!
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Disclosure: No conflicts of interest.
For 22 y ears now, I’ve supported the use of medication as the single-most effective means of managing ADHD. But I have never accepted pharmaceutical industry support of any kind. Industry funding of research can be a good thing, when researchers have integrity and disclose the funding. With what we see online and elsewhere, however, there is less and less disclosure, even with licensed mental-health professionals.