“Family Dynamics and ADHD: Challenging Generational Patterns and Power Struggles” [Video Replay & Podcast #596]
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Episode Description
Every family develops patterns — familiar relationship “dances” that emerge when stress runs high. In families touched by ADHD, these roles and relationship patterns tend to surface more quickly and with greater intensity. Emotions escalate rapidly. The same arguments happen repeatedly. One person steps in to handle everything while another pulls away. And everyone is left wondering, Why do we keep ending up here?
Tamara Rosier, Ph.D., will provide a clear and compassionate approach to help parents, partners, adult children, and caregivers understand the roles they play and the patterns that repeat — to break free from negative cycles and improve relationships.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- How ADHD affects family systems and pushes us into familiar patterns
- What drives power struggles, and why certain patterns clash under stress
- How emotional sensitivity, working-memory gaps, and quick-reacting nervous systems contribute to ongoing conflict
- How ADHD families often fall into roles like the Overfunctioner, Underfunctioner, Peacemaker, and Intensifier—and how these can lead families into predictable cycles
- Practical tools to shift these patterns and redefine your role in the family
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Meet the Expert Speaker
Tamara Rosier, Ph.D., is the author of You, Me, and Our ADHD Family: Practical Steps to Cultivate Healthy Relationships, and Your Brain’s Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD. (#CommissionsEarned) She has been a college administrator, a professor, a high school teacher, and a faculty developer. As founder of the ADHD Center of West Michigan, Dr. Rosier leads a team of professionals to provide resources for individuals and their families after they receive a diagnosis of ADHD. In her coaching, she helps her clients understand their thinking processes to develop more confidence, smoother communication, closer relationships, and increased academic or work success. She is a board-certified coach (BCC) and is the former president of national association, ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO). #CommissionsEarned As an Amazon Associate, ADDitude earns a commission from qualifying purchases made by ADDitude readers on the affiliate links we share. However, all products linked in the ADDitude Store have been independently selected by our editors and/or recommended by our readers. Prices are accurate and items in stock as of time of publication.
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