by Harper West | Jan 19, 2021 | ADHD, Parenting, Trauma
I’m sharing this fascinating article on a study about the impact of a father’s trauma history on a child’s mental health. “New research from Romania has demonstrated a clear correlation between adverse childhood experiences in fathers’ lives...
by Harper West | Aug 25, 2018 | ADHD, Self-Acceptance
I have had several requests lately for information on how Self-Acceptance Psychology reframes emotional and behavioral problems. Rather than using the false “disease model” of “mental disorders” advocated for decades by psychiatrists and the...
by Harper West | Oct 27, 2017 | ADHD
“The wildest colts make the best horses.” — Themistocles (524?-460? BC) Children only act out from a place of stress, anxiety and fear. When a child is hyperactive, easily distracted, lacks focus, is disobedient or enraged, these are signals that he feels unsafe. He...
by Harper West | Jun 6, 2017 | ADHD
I just spent the last therapy session educating a parent that ADHD is not a disease, medical illness or brain defect. And then this article headlined Researchers Reveal Misconceptions About ADHD showed up in my inbox confirming all of what I had told her. In addition...
by Harper West | Sep 27, 2016 | ADHD, Parenting
I am once again sharing an article by Hather Forbes, who is one of my favorite parenting experts. Her “love-based” parenting directly addresses the fear (“fight-or-flight”) responses that so many traumatized kids experience. This perfectly...
by Harper West | Apr 6, 2016 | ADHD
A scientific paper to be presented April 8 at a medical conference shows that high levels of a plastic-softening chemical called phthalate in the blood may be linked to inattention and hyperactivity behaviors in children. The researchers tested blood levels in...
