596- Family Dynamics and ADHD: Challenging Generational Patterns and Power Struggles
ADHD Experts Podcast
ADDitude
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Tamara Rosier, Ph.D., explores how ADHD affects family systems and pushes us into familiar roles—like the Overfunctioner and the Underfunctioner, Peacemaker and Intensifier—and shares practical tools to shift these patterns and end the power struggles.
Resources: ADHD and Family Dynamics
- Free Download: Get a Grip on Tough Emotions
- Read: Make It a Family Affair
- Read: "I Married Him to Be His Partner, Not His Boss."
- Read: Recognizing the Stressors That Paralyze ADHD Brains
- Read: "I Have ADHD, Mom… and So Do You!"
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine. |
| 0:13.5 | Everyone, I'm Carol Fleck, and on behalf of the Attitude team, I'm delighted to welcome you to today's ADHD |
| 0:20.7 | expert's presentation titled |
| 0:22.9 | Family Dynamics and ADHD, challenging generational patterns and power struggles. |
| 0:30.0 | Leading today's presentation is Dr. Tamara Rosier. She is the author of you, me, and our ADHD |
| 0:36.8 | family, practical steps to cultivate healthy |
| 0:39.8 | relationships, and your brain's not broken, strategies for navigating your emotions and life with |
| 0:46.4 | ADHD. |
| 0:47.7 | Dr. Rosier is the founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan. |
| 0:52.3 | She coaches her clients to better understand their thinking processes |
| 0:55.6 | and develop more confidence, closer relationships, and increased academic or work success. |
| 1:02.3 | She is a board certified coach and is the president of the ADHD coaches organization. |
| 1:08.4 | Family dynamics can be tricky. We each play a role in our family, and it's important |
| 1:13.2 | to understand how these roles affect and shape us. Dr. Rosier will tell us about four such roles. |
| 1:19.9 | The over-functioner, that's the one who takes over and fixes everything. The under-functioner, |
| 1:26.3 | that's the one who pulls back and freezes. The peacemaker, |
| 1:30.2 | that's someone who smooths over tensions. And the intensifier. That's the one who escalates |
| 1:36.1 | emotions and raises the volume. Finally, the sponsor of this webinar is Brain Balance. Brain Balance |
| 1:43.7 | helps kids, teens, and adults with ADHD, learning differences, anxiety, and more through their integrative cognitive development and brain wellness program. Their approach combines cognitive, physical, and sensory training with nutritional guidance to strengthen and build brain connectivity |
| 2:03.0 | without the use of medication. Stronger connections translate to improved attention, |
| 2:08.7 | behaviors, and social emotional well-being. Attitude thanks for sponsors for supporting our webinars. |
| 2:15.5 | Sponsorship has no influence on speaker selection or webinar content. |
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