Description
It’s never just one person’s ADHD. Kaitlin Soulé knows that better than most — as a licensed marriage and family therapist, a mom with ADHD, and a parent whose son was diagnosed at age 6.
Kaitlin is back for her second visit to ADHD Aha! This time, she opens up about what it really looks like when ADHD runs through an entire family system: the toll on her marriage, the worry that her daughters are quietly absorbing the fallout, the exhaustion of the afterschool hours, and what it means to know exactly what to do as a therapist and still struggle to do it as a mom. Plus: Honest advice for navigating the holidays with an ADHD family. Therapists… they’re just like us.
For more on this topic
Listen: ADHD and marriage: Rachel and Jon’s story https://www.understood.org/en/podcasts/adhd-aha/adhd-and-marriage
Read: ADHD moms share what it’s like to parent kids with ADHD https://www.understood.org/en/articles/double-trouble-adhd-moms-share-what-its-like-to-parent-kids-with-adhd
Watch: What is an ADHD shutdown? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B6vdAN19Cmc
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