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Neurodivergent children, adolescents, and adults demonstrate both learning and attention challenges that contribute to academic, social, and workplace failures. The emotional consequences of these disorders can often include lowered self-esteem, pervasive feelings of shame, profound insecurity about academic skills, and a deep sense of vulnerability. This leads many individuals with neurocognitive difficulties to consult with psychotherapists for help in alleviating their psychiatric symptoms. Nechama Sorscher argues that it is therefore essential for clinicians to be mindful of the various types of learning disorders and their impact on the developing psyche while facilitating insight and awareness of these issues. Assessment and Intervention with Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Neurocognitive Challenges: A Psychodynamic Perspective provides an overview of the different types of learning disorders, reviews the literature on common psychological themes found in the psychotherapy of individuals with these disorders, and offers practical suggestions for treatment, as illustrated in case histories. This book discusses how to accurately assess and successfully intervene with children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities, attention disorders, and autism spectrum disorder.
List of contents
Chapter 1: What Are Neurocognitive Challenges?
Chapter 2: How To Evaluate Neurocognitive Challenges
Chapter 3: The Emotional Impact of Neurocognitive Challenges
Chapter 4: Accommodations, Modifications and Common Emotional Responses to Assistive Methods
Chapter 5: Understanding the impact of neuropsychological testing on patients with neurocognitive challenges: Integrating test results into the treatment
Chapter 6: Treatment for Patients with Neurocognitive Impairments: An Integrated Approach
Chapter 7: Transference/Countertransference issues in the Assessment and Treatment of Individuals with Neurocognitive Challenges
Chapter 8: The Impact of COVID and remote learning on patients with ADD, LD, and Autism
Chapter 9: Race, Culture and Socioeconomic Status: Factors in diagnosis and intervention with patients with neurocognitive challenges
Chapter 10: Future Directions
About the author
Nechama Sorscher, PhD, is a New York City-based clinical psychologist who treats a diverse range of patients specializing in neurocognitive challenges. She also teaches and supervises graduate students at the William Alanson White Institute. Sorscher is the author of a forthcoming book for clinicians, A Psychodynamic Approach to Neurocognitive Challenges: Assessment and Intervention.
