Living Well with Adult ADHD: Practical Strategies for Improving Your Daily Life (The Guilford Living Well Series)

Knouse, Laura E.,Barkley, Russell A.

ISBN 10: 1462558399 / ISBN 13: 9781462558391

Published by The Guilford Press, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Living Well with Adult ADHD: Practical Strategies for Improving Your Daily Life (The Guilford Living Well Series)
• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1462558399
• ISBN 13: 9781462558391
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Imagine an ADHD toolkit filled with tried-and-true skills that empower you to be more focused and productive--and to "hack" daily life so your strengths can shine. That's exactly what expert therapist Laura E. Knouse and preeminent authority Russell A. Barkley offer in this friendly guide. In short, engaging chapters, you get a menu of science-based strategies and resources for getting organized, completing tasks from start to finish, managing time, regulating your emotions and impulses, and addressing common relationship problems faced by adults with ADHD. Drs. Knouse and Barkley share ideas you can use every day, complete with checklists, self-coaching tips, helpful links, and downloadable forms.

About the Author

Laura E. Knouse, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Richmond. She is an expert in studying and treating ADHD in adults. Her research focuses on the skills people need to cope with ADHD symptoms and achieve their goals--and the most effective ways to teach them. Dr. Knouse lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband and two children. 

Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, before retiring in 2021, served on the faculties of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the Medical University of South Carolina, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Barkley has worked with children, adolescents, and families since the 1970s and is the author of numerous bestselling books for both professionals and the public, including Taking Charge of ADHD and Your Defiant Child. He has also published six assessment scales and more than 300 scientific articles and book chapters on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, executive functioning, and childhood defiance. A frequent conference presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, Dr. Barkley is past president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (the former Division 12) of the American Psychological Association (APA), and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. He is a recipient of awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the APA, among other honors. His website is www.russellbarkley.org.