A View of an Adult Person with ADHD from the Standpoint of Transactional Analysis

Abstract

The article examines attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from The point of view of Transactional Analysis, namely: what injunctions, drivers, script processes and adaptations adults with ADHD can possibly have. We considered how the symptoms of ADHD manifest themselves in childhood and transform in adulthood; what we, as therapists, will observe in our office, and how it will help to make the correct diagnosis. The article touches on the topic of the complexity of the diagnosis of ADHD due to its comorbidity. The question is raised whether a standard therapeutic treatment plan is suitable for neuroatypical (neurodiverse) people.The question is also raised about how the therapist and the client may not feel “OK” if both do not know that the client may have a neuroatypical brain, and as a result of this ignorance, they focus on the therapy of other disorders. In this case, the results of therapy may be insignificant, or symptoms may return again. In the presence of such markers, it is possible to make an assumption about the client’s neurodiversity and recommend that he or she undergo a diagnosis for ADHD, which will significantly increase the results of working with him or her.