RESUMPTION
It has been six years since I retired from prescribing for hyperactive adults. If you are familiar with me and my work, nice to be with you again. If you are not, welcome.For 30 years I was one of the only stimulant prescribers in the New York area who also provided specific therapy for ADHD/ADD adults. Nowadays, it is commonplace if not ubiquitous for stimulant prescribers to offer little or no guidance on how to optimize the effects of these powerful but useful drugs.
The simple techniques I developed combine hypnotic and meditative ideas to address the two main challenges facing neurodiverse adults: executive functioning and emotional dysregulation. These techniques are fully explained in my articles, book, videos & presentations which are available here on my website.
I am currently working on organizing and assembling an “Archive” of our most useful content which will be posted soon. I am also n the process of restoring social media presence and producing new material, video reels and other content to promote the awareness and understanding of treatment opportunities to optimize prescriber therapies based on the techniques I have developed and now the ongoing work of specializing in individuals and family systems involving multiple neurodiverse members.
All of the content on this site is free in the hopes that it helps you. Please enjoy it, share it with your family and friends and know that while mainstream awareness of adult ADHD/ADD is still on the rise our current pharmaceutical treatment and prescriber model do not provide us with the needed guidance even if they allow us the regulation required to master it.
I am now available to provide coaching to a small number of new individuals and families who are looking for assistance beyond simple prescribing methodology. If you are interested in coaching or in talking with me directly please contact me here. I look forward to hearing from you. -Don Kerson
Our Approach
Medication, Meditation, Procrastination and Disorganization: The Four Step Program for Adults With ADD and Depression
Latest Blog Posts
Stirring in Attentionland: Dr. Don Goes Video
Howdy one and all; long time no blog! Once again, against my better judgment, I am going to subject myself to the harsh glare of the camera, this time to create a record of the work I am doing (and doing and doing and doing). As the environment for stimulant...
The Doctor is ‘In’! Psychiatric Stand-Up Jan. 29
As ever, mental health threads itself through the media landscape in one form or another. A few weeks ago New York Mayor DiBlasio announced a new mental health focus at Riker's Island prison, which is much needed as everyone knows we closed our asylums and moved these...
Peter Kramer in the N.Y. Times
The front page article in the Sunday review section of the Times today is by Peter Kramer, of "Listening to Prozac" fame, a fellow Brunonian, (the attention doctor was Class of ’76). He's one of us aging prescriber therapists; but I'd be surprised if you can use...
Regulatory Juggernaut Attacks Attentionland
Many readers of this material are current or former patients of mine, and as such they have already experienced the misery of rolling stimulant shortages, shifting co-pays, unresponsive byzantine insurers whose live employees know less than their automatons. They have...
Audio
Audio: Dr. Don’s Trances
Dr. Kerson leads clients through focus-enhancing relaxation exercises and guided meditations in these audio recordings.
Audio: Improving Focus & Functioning
An hour-long talk about Dr. Don’s revolutionary new approach to managing AD/HD in Adults. Recorded live on November 3rd, 2008 at a meeting of the New York chapter of CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder).
Audio: Treating AD/HD Adults
This is an audio recording of Dr. Kerson’s live address to the 2013 New Jersey state convention of the NASW. Dr. Don describes his four-part program for treating adults with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD).
Audio: Rewiring Your Brain Podcast
In this podcast, Dr. Don outlines his new approach to handling attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in adults. This is followed by a brief question-and-answer segment.
