The Attention Disorder

&

Related Disorders Clinic 

Janice Hughes MA.  MSW, LCSW, ED.D.

Dr. Hughes is an experienced licensed clinical social worker with double masters' and a doctorate in human growth development. 

She is a life-long student and researcher who has pursued the understanding of various attention and mood disorders. 

Dr. Hughes has over 40 years of experience in the field of social work and brings her skills and talents to individuals who need services and who are capable of accepting and taking responsibility for their own behavior.  

Helping individuals learn how to become self-competent, self-confident, and self- empowered are major goals enabling oneself to 'find the gifts at the end of the rainbow'!

Many individuals have gone without evaluation and treatment for years.  They wonder why they have so many problems which interfere with their overall general functioning.

Impairments that were once small are now huge, more complicated, and maybe out-of-control. 

Problems surfacing at home, school, and/or the work environment as well as an involvement with the juvenile or criminal justice department are often the consequences of an attention (AD/HD) and/or related disorder which has gone unrecognized and untreated. 

Today, many children are being seen with Early Onset Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. These are children with the following characteristics:

These children are riddled with 'intensivity.' One minute they are happy, the next they are mad.... They are irritable and unpredictable.

There are combinations of:

AD/HD with Bipolar symptoms

which explains why there is a combination or related disorder of AD/HD and mood disorder.

Affordable help is available to redirect an individual's thinking, habits, behaviors, and temperament toward personal and social wellness.  (The Attention Disorder & Related Disorders Clinic is a non-profit business.)

Being emotionally and mentally healthy is the 'pot of gold' found at the end of the rainbow! 

Dr. Hughes believes that through understanding old thoughts and behavioral  habits an individual may learn to adapt to new thinking and behavioral patterns which serve to increase self-competency, self-confidence, and self-esteem. 

Learning to be in control of one's life is therapy's primary goal.  Learning how to take control of one's life is what counseling/psychotherapy promises to do. 

Changing old behaviors into new behaviors is the focus. 

The Attention Disorder & Related Disorders Clinic will work closely with physicians who prescribe medications as needed. Medication alone is often not enough.  The state-of-the-art thinking is that supportive counseling / psychotherapy and medical treatment go hand-in-hand.  It is true that medication may suppress certain problems, such as aggression, hostility, depression, anergia (loss of energy), anhedonia (loss of desire), and sadness,  but it cannot correct the root of the problem.  The Attention Disorder & Related Disorder Clinic  will  teach the the individual to become aware of the behavior triggers (behavior patterns) as well as learn new coping techniques to avoid those (triggers) patterns of fear, despair, abuse, neglect, manipulation, control, etc.   Helping individuals  to increase their self-esteem competency, rebuild their self-confidence, and realize self-esteem is Dr. Hughes' goal in successful supportive counseling / psychotherapy.

It is known that the majority of individuals needing supportive counseling / psychotherapy are unable to financially afford such services.  The Attention Disorder & Related Disorders Clinic aims to help this universal problem by providing services at an affordable rate.  For individuals who are motivated and serious about resolving problems, fees for diagnostic evaluation, supportive counseling / psychotherapy will be based on an individual's ability to pay. There are some pro bono services available especially for children.