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This is a groundbreaking first-look at 'stuckness' - the profound inability to move one's life forward. Being stuck is a mental health problem that affects thousands of adults; and yet, it has gone unrecognised and misunderstood by mental health professionals, until now. The author, psychiatrist Don Kerson, argues that adults who are stuck are bedeviled by a complex interaction between depression, attention deficit disorder and dissociation, a consequence of childhood trauma. People who are stuck can't get things done, no matter how smart, skilled, articulate or creative they may be. Their personal and professional lives are often on shaky ground, and depression is a constant problem. Therapy helps, sometimes. Anti-depressants help, sometimes. But they never really feel good. They remain stuck, Kerson argues, because the problem - if recognised at all - is being treated only partially. The key to getting people unstuck is to tease apart the depression, ADD, and dissociation (or whichever of these conditions is present at any one time), and then to address each of them separately. Kerson wrote "Getting Unstuck" to help people with this problem to lead more productive and satisfying lives and to share what he's discovered with mental health professionals so they can begin to recognise the problem and offer effective treatment for it. Kerson details the successful and efficient method he developed to help his patients get their lives moving again. It includes the innovative use of neo-Ericksonian hypnotherapeutic integration exercises to address the procrastination and disorganisation that plague individuals with ADD.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #833356 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Customer Reviews

Great Insight into an Under-Researched ADD Problem
For many ADD adults their primary challenge is not focus or planning but procrastination which is conventionally explained as due to a mix of perfectionism, fear of failure, inability to plan and the avoidance of unstimulating tasks. For many procrastination creates serious problems not just a messy kitchen and incomplete tax returns.

In this breakthrough book, Don Kerson M.D. (psychotherapist and pharmacologist) argues that adults with ADD "get stuck" - unable to move forward in their lives, mired by depression, past trauma and an inability to imagine their future. The fascinating new insight is that dissociation is very common in people with ADD due to the (PTSD) trauma they experience from their undiagnosed challenges and issues.

Kerson shares his insightful approach in getting people's lives moving again, by tackling their ADD, depression and dissociation. He recommends hypno-therapeutic integration exercises and meditation in this unique approach to a devastating issue. Highly recommended.