ADHD and Trauma: A Collaborative Approach for Healing and Resilience

Presentation Description:

The intersection of ADHD and trauma in counseling settings is becoming more widely recognized in the mental health field. Presenters will explore the unique features of ADHD and trauma as it presents in counseling settings. Attendees will learn how to integrate trauma-informed, neurodiversity-oriented counseling interventions when working with this population. Attendees will also learn how to facilitate a collaborative treatment approach, combining counseling with ADHD coaching. Attendees can anticipate an interactive session with creative and innovative strategies counselors can implement across settings (clinical and school), which includes practical tools and resources.

Learning Objectives:

· Attendees will gain an understanding about the intersection of ADHD and trauma-related symptoms and how these symptoms present in counseling.

· Attendees will learn best practices for integrative counseling approaches for counseling ADHD and trauma.

· Attendees will learn how to facilitate collaborative treatment approaches utilizing external resources, such as ADHD coaching, to enhance client/student resiliency and success.

Presenter Bios:

Alicia K. Hall, M.A., LPCC-S is a practicing counselor and doctoral candidate who has practiced as a clinical mental health counselor since 2010 and specializes in trauma and neurodiversity. Her current clinical work is in private practice, and she is passionate about serving children, couples, and families. Her counseling experience has spanned all ages in settings such as community mental health, school and home-based settings, and hospitals.  Alicia has taught graduate courses as an adjunct and guest lecturer on trauma counseling, vicarious trauma, and trauma across the lifespan. She has provided conference sessions and trainings locally, state-wide, nationally, and internationally on counseling, resiliency, and trauma for past 13 years. Alicia engages actively in advocacy for mental health recovery and resiliency and has served in various leadership roles for the Association for Humanistic Counseling, North Central ACES, and the Ohio Counseling Association, including her most recent service as founder and inaugural president, and current past-president of the Ohio Association for Resiliency and Trauma Counseling.

Elle O’Flaherty, JD, PCC, ACCGis a performance optimization speaker and coach. She founded Interlace Solutions, an executive coaching firm with a specialization in ADHD coaching. Elle’s work on performance and ADHD has been published in national and international publications. She has been featured and interviewed for her expertise in ADHD by global media outlets and podcasts. Her groundbreaking course certifying career development professionals to work with ADHD clients and students has been lauded by participants and counseling educators. Elle was previously a federal appellate litigator and international trade negotiator for nearly two decades. She is a subject matter expert on World Trade Organization dispute settlement litigation and international agricultural trade, which doesn’t come up much. Elle holds a J.D. from the College of William & Mary School of Law and a B.S. from James Madison University. Elle lives in Washington, DC with her family and the most beautiful dog in the world, Penny.