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ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

EP. 210: CBT, Perfectionism, and Learning to Lean In with Therapist and Author, Kristen Baird-Goldman

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Kristen Baird-Goldman is a licensed psychotherapist and ADHD certified clinical specialist with a unique perspective on the intersection of psychology and integrative wellness. Kristen recently released her first book, The CBT Workbook for Adult ADHD, which was inspired by her and her clients’ experiences as adults with ADHD. Reading through the workbook, it’s clear it was created with ADHD brain in mind; it has simple exercises designed to help you examine the most common obstacles that adult ADHDers encounter, followed by mindfulness and CBT-based techniques for navigating those obstacles successfully. Kristen’s philosophy and approach to therapy is strength-based, allowing individuals to discover their best selves, which is why I knew she would be the perfect person to cover these topics on the podcast. During our conversation she provides an easy-to-understand explanation of what CBT is, how she uses it with her ADHD clients and herself, the important role of discomfort, and more. Resources: Website: bairdintegratedtherapy.com Instagram: @theadhdguru

Transcript

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One of the best ways to make shifts or see change occur is to get to the thoughts and

0:08.0

challenge them in a realistic way.

0:10.6

Not to slap on some flowery affirmation that doesn't feel real, but really look at, you

0:18.1

know, is this thought, like I had said, like, I can't write?

0:22.7

And, you know, I often say to my clients, do you have proof or evidence to support this

0:28.5

negative thought?

0:30.0

And a good majority of the time they say when they really look at it, they say, no, right?

0:35.0

They're just these assumptions that have been made.

0:38.0

But when you speak with an individual of ADHD, they've got proof, they've got evidence

0:43.2

to support these thoughts.

0:45.2

And so what I do is I ask my clients, but how old is that proof or evidence?

0:51.9

How far back does that go?

0:54.3

And once we start seeing that, wow, this thought is from childhood.

0:59.4

I can't do math, I can't do writing.

1:02.9

We buy into these thoughts and we take them on.

1:06.4

And then we go about our lives believing that these are things that we can't do.

1:16.6

Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Mozart, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.

1:26.3

That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of locations.

1:32.1

Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or had ADHD?

1:38.3

And you know what we hear even less about?

1:44.0

Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Woopy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Aaron Brockovich,

1:52.9

Cher.

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