ADHD IS A RESPONSE TO STRESS is a powerful episode with renowned NYC psychoanalyst Erica Komisar.
Erica is also a parent guidance expert and author of Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters as well as her most recent book ‘Chicken Little the Sky Isn’t Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety.'
Erica is a psychological consultant who brings parenting and work/life workshops to clinics, schools, corporations, and childcare settings including The Garden House School, Goldman Sachs, Shearman, and Sterling and SWFS Early Childhood Center and she has appeared on major media networks such as CBS, ABC, FOX, and NPR. She is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Daily News, and FOX 5 NY as well as a Contributing Editor to the Institute for Family Studies.
Erica and I talked about ADHD over diagnosis, over-medication, the possible real causes of ADHD behaviors and the theory that ADHD is a response to stress in our environment...
For more information on Erica, please visit https://www.ericakomisar.com
To purchase Erica's latest book, got to https://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Little-Sky-Isnt-Falling/dp/0757324002/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2SLOD8FQD64TQ&keywords=erica+komisar&qid=1640034022&sprefix=erica+komisa%2Caps%2C340&sr=8-1
Erica's infamous Fox & Friends appearance I mentioned during this episode: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6011977753001#sp=show-clips
For more information on our podcast, go to www.adhdisover.com