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Digital Seminar

Rethinking ADHD with Gabor Maté and Terry Matlen: From Origins to Healing


Speakers:
Gabor Maté, MD |  Terry Matlen
Duration:
2 Hours 47 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
May 12, 2026
Product Code:
NOS096752
Media Type:
Digital Seminar

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Description

Watch Gabor Maté, M.D., and Terry Matlen, MSW, for a transformational workshop that reframes ADHD beyond symptom management. Instead of viewing ADHD as a fixed genetic disorder, this event explores it as a dynamic neurodevelopmental state shaped by brain development, attachment, and environment. 

Through teaching, conversation, and interactive Q&A, you’ll discover how understanding neuroplasticity and relational factors can promote long-term emotional growth—not just short-term behavioral change. Ideal for clinicians, educators, parents, and anyone seeking a deeper, more compassionate perspective on ADHD. 

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Gabor Maté, MD's Profile

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Gabor Maté, MD (pronounced GAH-bor MAH-tay) is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of five books published in nearly 40 languages, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. His most recent book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture is a New York Times and international bestseller.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Gabor Maté receives compensation as a presenter. He receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Maté receives a speaking honorarium and recording and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Gabor Maté has no relevant non-financial relationships.


Terry Matlen's Profile

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Terry Matlen, LMSW, ACSW, is a psychotherapist, author, consultant, and leading advocate for women with ADHD. For more than 25 years, she has dedicated her career to helping women feel understood, supported, and less alone as they navigate life with ADHD. Terry provides multiple resources to support ADHD clients, including one-on-one ADHD consultations, time-management programs, newsletters, and a long-running blog. She is also the author of two influential books: the award-winning The Queen of Distraction and Survival Tips for Women with ADHD. A sought-after speaker and media expert, Terry has presented at numerous conferences, webinars, and podcasts, and her insights have been featured in major outlets such as NPR, The New York TimesThe Wall Street JournalThe Washington PostTIMEBBCHuffPost, CBC News, and many others.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Terry Matlen maintains a private practice and is the founder of ADD Consults. She receives compensation as a consultant and royalties as a published author. Terry Matlen receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Terry Matlen is a member of the Attention Deficit Disorder Association and the National Association of Social Workers.


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Objectives

  1. Analyze the symptoms and signs of ADHD. 
  2. Utilize psychoeducation strategies with clients and families to illustrate that behaviors reflect unresolved psycho‑emotional dynamics and delayed (though not impaired) development. 
  3. Utilize clinical strategies to address the psycho-emotional dynamics of ADHD to promote healthy development and maturation.  
  4. Identify the special needs of ADHD students in the classroom. 

Outline

Part 1: The Origins of ADHD 

  • Limitations and Risks 

  • Neither disease nor syndrome but a neurodevelopmental entity 

  • How the human brain develops 

  • Stress and the developing mind 

  • The adaptive native of tuning out  

  • Impulse regulation as a developmental attribute 

  • Genetic sensitivities as a predisposition (not a predetermination) 

Part 2: The ADD Child and Healing 

  • The developmental impact of attunement and positive regard 

  • Improving the emotional milieu as a template for healthy neuropsychological growth 

  • Understanding oppositionality not as a “disorder” but as a natural and reversive response  

  • Promoting intrinsic motivation on a basis of autonomy, not coercion or reward 

  • The ADHD teenager: creating and fostering the conditions of development 

  • ADHD in the classroom: what teachers need to understand 

Part 3: Helping the ADHD Adult 

  • Promoting intrinsic rather than contingent self-esteem 

  • Implicit memory: how it influences adult behavior, and how to loosen its impact 

  • The ADHD relationship: advice for the partner with and without ADHD 

  • Self-Parenting to promote healthy development at any stage 

  • The special challenges faced by women with ADHD  

Part 4: The Use and Misuse of Medications 

Part 5: Q and A, interactive case examples 

 

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