Understanding Your Pain Can Heal Your Life
Depression is meant to stop you in your tracks. It is a signal that something is wrong and needs to be healed.
Bio
Dr. Lara Honos-Webb is a worldwide ADD expert and offers ADD coaching.
She is a clinical psychologist licensed in California and author of The Gift of ADHD, The Gift of ADHD Activity Book, The Gift of Adult ADD, The ADHD Workbook for Teens and Listening to Depression: How Understanding Your Pain Can Heal Your Life.
Her work has been featured in Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Prevention Magazine, The Chicago Tribune and Publisher's Weekly as well as newspapers across the country and local and national radio and television. Dr. Honos-Webb completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at University of California, San Francisco, and has been an assistant professor teaching graduate students. She has published more than 25 scholarly articles.
She is a clinical psychologist licensed in California and author of The Gift of ADHD, The Gift of ADHD Activity Book, The Gift of Adult ADD, The ADHD Workbook for Teens and Listening to Depression: How Understanding Your Pain Can Heal Your Life.
Her work has been featured in Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Prevention Magazine, The Chicago Tribune and Publisher's Weekly as well as newspapers across the country and local and national radio and television. Dr. Honos-Webb completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at University of California, San Francisco, and has been an assistant professor teaching graduate students. She has published more than 25 scholarly articles.
Specialties:
- Psychology
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Location:
- Walnut Creek, CA
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Credentials
- Education
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B.A. Psychology, University of Michigan (highest distinction), Ann Arbor, MI, 1988-1992Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2003-2009Addictions, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1999-2001
- Fellowship
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Addictions, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 9/1999 to 9/2001
- Honors or Awards
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Phi Beta Kappa, University of Michigan, 1991Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, University of Michigan, 1992College on Problems of Drug Dependence Early Career Investigator Award, 2001The Cincinnati Academy of Professional Psychology recognition of early career contribution., 1998
- Publications
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Honos-Webb, L. (2009). Psychotherapy Revolution: Translating Symptoms into Gifts. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 39, 65-71. Honos-Webb, L., Sunwolf, J. T. Scalise, S. L. Hart. (2006). How to help after national catastrophes: Findings following 9/11. The Humanistic Psychologist, 34, 75-97. Honos-Webb, L. (2005). The Meaning vs. The Medical Model in the Empirically Supported Treatment Program: A Consideration of The Empirical Evidence. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 35, 55-65. Mohr, D.C., S.L. Hart, L. Julain, C. Catledge, L. Honos-Webb, L. Vella and E.T. Tasch. (2005). Telephone administered psychotherapy for depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 1007-1014. Honos-Webb, L., Sunwolf. (2004). The Healing Power of Telling Stories in Psychotherapy. In Raskin, J.D., & Bridges, S.K. (Eds.). Studies in Meaning 2. New York: Pace University Press.
Activity
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Can adults have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
About 4 percent of adults are diagnosed and treated for Adult ADD. These adults struggle with difficulty concentrating, feeling driven by a motor and impulsiveness. Adults with ADD have much more f...
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Is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) serious?
ADHD is a serious diagnosis. While ADHD may roll of the tongue these days like a hip new fad, it is a classified mental disorder. Adults with ADD have higher rates of divorce, job changes and drug ...
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What is the treatment for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
ADHD can be treated by a strength-based approach with a therapist who helps you find and focus on your gifts. Each day you have the choice to define yourself by strengths or weaknesses. By focusin...
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How do I know if my child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?
If your child has symptoms of difficulty concentrating, impulsiveness and hyperactivity, it is likely she or he will be referred for an evaluation. The diagnosis of ADHD can be unreliable. A minimu...
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How are children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treated?
Psychotherapy can help impulsiveness in ADHD children by helping them realize that bad behavior is often sad, mad or scared behavior. As children learn to label their emotions they gain greater con...
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What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
The symptoms of ADHD are real and debilitating. They can be clustered into three categories: Difficulty concentrating Feeling driven by a motor Impulsiveness Although scientists and clinicia...
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What is the diagnosis process for ADHD?
To make sure your child has gotten a thorough evaluation at the minimum, both you and your child should be interviewed to rule out other possible alternative diagnoses. In my practice, I tell paren...
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What are the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?
There are many symptom checklists that help diagnose ADHD. The three main clusters of symptoms include: Difficulty Concentrating Hyperactivity Impulsivity Because most people have some of th...
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What are the affects of nutrition, supplements and food additives on ADHD?
While nutrition doesn't cause attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) it is likely true that poor nutrition can lead to a misdiagnosis of ADHD and that improvements in nutrition...
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What are the types of treatment for ADHD?
Treating ADHD with medication The research indicates that medications are effective in reducing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. While many parents are aware of the growing...
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What are some problems with medication therapy for depression?
Some of the problems with medications for depression are that: Improvements from medications are not maintained after the medication is stopped. More undesirable side effects from medications s...
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What types of psychotherapy can help treat depression?
Most psychotherapies adopt the perspective that depression is a clinical disorder to be eliminated without considering the meaning or context of the symptoms. Therapy is usually focused on clarifyi...
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How can changing the way I think and act help me with my depression?
A belief in your ability to have some control over stressful events will likely have positive effects on depression. It has abeen found that viewing change or a stressful event as a positive challe...
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How does depression affect self-esteem?
Low self-esteem can cause you to allow your life to go off track and lead to depression. Perhaps you don't feel good enough about yourself to follow your real interests and passions. For instan...
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Who can I turn to for support if I have depression?
One thing you can do to maintain your happiness is to form a study group. This will accomplish two things. First, you will bring your struggle out of the darkness if you have felt alone in your dep...
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