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site updated:
February 1st, 2010
 About the Clinic
The Attention
Disorder & Related Disorders Clinic
Dr.
Janice Ann Hughes MA, MSW, LCSW, ED.D.
(239)
549-2940
drjanicehughes@aol.com
Mission Statement
Dedicated to expanding knowledge about mental
health issues, their identification, and prevention
to all at-risk and promoting the healthy
social/emotional development of children,
adolescents, and adults
GOAL
... to
promote improved social/emotional/behavioral
adjustment by facilitating increased
self-competency, self-confidence, and self-esteem,
thus, reinforcing the individual's overall general
functioning and well being...
peace love hope
courage
trust strength gratefulness
patience
The Attention Disorder & Related Disorders Clinic provides affordable
 | comprehensive diagnostic evaluations/assessments |
| extensive detailed written
documentation (report form) |
| documented diagnosis/diagnoses* |
| computer-scored
normative behavioral rating scales |
| psychotherapy |
| supportive counseling |
| cognitive therapy |
| cognitive-behavior
therapy |
| dialectical
behavioral therapy |
| couples therapy |
| family therapy
|
| crisis intervention |
| Life coaching |
| Baker Act
certification |
| Court work |
| substance abuse/dependency issues |
| educational services |
| school visits, IEPs |
| learning styles |
| referral to physicians
for medication evaluations |
| referrals to other
professionals/agencies |
| Love and LogicŪ
Training |
| in home sessions |
| Medicare provider to
seniors |
* many disorders overlap
with one another. For example Anxiety and Depression
can be hitch hikers which piggy-back onto the primary
disorder of AD/HD. Another example is Oppositional-Defiant
Disorder (ODD) which is unlikely a diagnosis to stand by
itself..........I believe it is a reaction to an
unidentified and untreated primary disorder such as AD/HD.
The frustration and stress manifests as anger,
oppositionality, defiance. The ODD is thus a
'tagalong,' or secondary or related disorder to the
untreated AD/HD.
Psychotherapy is a broad
term relating to many treatment methods of talk/verbal
psychological intervention. Woven together are general
psychology, child or human growth and development, cognitive
learning theory, social psychology, abnormal psychology, and
personality theory. Cognitive therapy is a treatment
form which helps the patient refocus or reframe
problems/issues in which new ways of perceiving them or
thinking of them gives them insight into change or how to
reduce or eliminate the symptoms. The goal of therapy is to
uncover unconscious conflict, unrealistic thinking, etc., in
hopes of conflict resolution and/or improved social
interpersonal relationships.
When AD/HD is
unidentified and untreated and if it is in the
moderate-to-severe range of seriousness, AD/HD effects can
have catastrophic implications/ ramification/consequences
such as
| school failure |
| grade retention |
| school dropout |
| unemployment |
| low wages |
| limited hours |
| job hopping |
| Alcohol (ETOH) abuse |
| Alcohol (ETOH)
dependency (self-medicating) |
| Other drug abuse |
| Other drug
dependency (self-medicating) |
| Social Relationship
Problems |
| Problems with the
juvenile justice system |
| Problems with the
adult justice system |
| Poor Driving record |
| Accidents |
| and, others
|
Dr. Hughes is Certified to
Supervise Social Work
and/or Mental Health Counselor Interns
who are required to obtain 2 years of clinical supervision
 Dr. Hughes has more than 40 years in the
fields of social work, child development, and education and
more than 30 years devoted to study and research on
attention and related disorders as well as mood disorders.
Dr. Hughes' philosophy revolves around children
growing up in environments with limited love and attention,
guidance, structure and supervision - often a reflection of
conditions in today's fast and demanding society - who have parents
who are stressed and overwhelmed. Many children live with a single
parent. Financial worries exist. There are surprise expenses
and the child support does is not paid. Economic issues
compound social/emotional neurobiological conditions.
Dr. Hughes is particularly mindful of those
individuals who cannot afford the typically high costs of
mental health services. Serving adults, adolescents, and
children is based on individual needs being sensitive to
their level of ability to pay for services. This is
the goal of the Attention Disorder & Related Disorders
Clinic.
Initial Fee - Standard fees
Waived initial fee - sliding fee
scale
some pro bono
most insurances
Medicare
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Motto: Follow Your
Dream
To be successful, individuals must be motivated with a
positive attitude to want to become more emotionally and
mentally healthier.
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