Thrive Socially with Adult ADHD: Shame-Busting Strategies to Build Better Relationships Using Polyvagal Theory and Neuroscience

by Shawn Horn PsyD, Stephanie Moulton Sarkis PhD (Foreword by)

Overview

A neurodiversity-affirming guide to communicating with confidence as an ADHDer. 

If you have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you may have trouble building and maintaining relationships. Social pressures may send you spiraling into fits of chaotic thought and speech, or feelings of shame and low self-esteem. You aren’t alone, and it’s not your fault. Many adult ADHDers just like you struggle with communication and social interactions as well. The good news is there are skills you can easily learn to help you cultivate meaningful connections and thrive. This empowering guide can help you get started.

Packed neurodiversity-affirming strategies, Thrive Socially with Adult ADHD translates the neuroscience behind ADHD into practical skills for improving your communication and building better relationships. You’ll gain crucial insight into how your brain works, and—most importantly—how it differs from a neurotypical brain. You’ll also develop new social executive functioning skills, giving you the ability to appropriately process and respond to social information, smoothly navigate complex relationships, and improve interpersonal interactions.

From enhancing self-awareness to staying cool under pressure, this is your guide to genuine, authentic connection with yourself and others. If you’re ready to overcome the obstacles of ADHD and take your conversations, relationships, and confidence to another level, pick up this book on your way to a life full of promise.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781648486166
Publisher:	New Harbinger Publications
Publication date:	12/01/2025
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, PhD, is an adjunct assistant professor and a clinical trials subinvestigator at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL. She is author of 10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD, Adult ADD: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed, Making the Grade with ADD, and ADD and Your Money, as well as a blogger for The Huffington Post and Psychology Today. She is a nationally certified counselor and a licensed mental health counselor, and has a private counseling practice where she specializes in ADHD counseling and coaching. She won the American Psychological Association Outstanding Dissertation Award in 2001 for her research on ADHD and executive functions. Sarkis received her PhD from the University of Florida in 2002. She has been published in the Journal of Attention Disorders, The ADHD Report, and numerous other publications. She lectures internationally on ADHD, and has been featured on many media networks. She is the founder of the Moulton-Farnsworth Scholarship for college students with ADHD. She can be contacted at www.stephaniesarkis.com.