ADHD Diagnostic Clarity Bundle

Description

Far too many adolescents and adults live with undiagnosed ADHD, which remains masked by complex trauma, misinterpreted as mood disorders, or hidden behind high-functioning success and cultural expectations. When clinical old-world explanations stop fitting, the ability to "see the invisible" through a nuanced, neurodiversity-affirming lens becomes a vital act of care that prevents years of ineffective treatment.

This self-study bundle serves as a steadying force for clinicians, offering the insight and structure needed to reframe client experiences that have been overlooked for decades. This specific collection provides a deep synthesis of biological data, trauma-informed care, and neurodivergent resilience to restore confidence and self-trust in both the practitioner and the client.

Our expert instructors include Crystal Hooper, M.A., LPC-S, NCC, a TBRI® Practitioner and trauma recovery expert with over 15 years of experience, and Melanie Smith, PhD, LMHC, CEDS-C, a national trainer and authority on the intersection of eating disorders, comorbidity, and hormonal health. Together, they bring a powerful combination of scientific precision and deep empathy to the diagnostic process.

These courses move beyond theory into practical application through a blend of "day-in-the-life" frameworks, language labs, and real-world case illustrations. Clinicians will gain immediate access to evidence-based assessment scripts and collaboration strategies designed to sharpen the clinical eye for internalized and evolving presentations of neurodivergence.

The bundle covers a dense range of clinical themes, including the impact of estrogen and progesterone fluctuations on regulatory systems, the "blurred" lines between trauma responses and inattention, and the high cost of masking. Topics include rejection-sensitive dysphoria (RSD), executive dysfunction during menopause, and genetic overlaps with ASD and bipolar disorder.

Key Takeaways:

• Diagnostic Precision: Recognize how ADHD symptoms are hidden behind high-functioning overachievement, perfectionism, or "mimicking" behaviors that frequently lead to chronic burnout.
• Hormonal Integration: Understand how hormonal shifts during the menstrual cycle and perimenopause alter working memory, emotion regulation, and medication response.
• Intersectional Awareness: Apply a specialized lens and targeted probing questions to distinguish ADHD symptoms from overlapping anxiety or trauma responses while identifying how cultural expectations and gender norms contribute to pervasive underdiagnosis in women and marginalized populations.
• Relational Healing: Utilize targeted psychoeducation to immediately reduce marital tension and replace "chronic criticism" with empathy and shared responsibility.

Why this course bundle?

• Expert Clinical Guidance: Learn from instructors with specialized backgrounds in TBRI and the Unified Protocol who untangle the overlap between trauma, hormones, and neurodivergence.
• Immediate Clinical Tools: Gain tangible resources ready for session use, including visual schedules, "window of tolerance" scaling, and cycle-aware history-taking models.
• Comprehensive Synthesis: Bridge the gap between biological data and psychosocial realities to prevent costly misdiagnosis and provide profound relief to overlooked clients.

Through this comprehensive training, a client's history of perceived laziness or irresponsibility is transformed into a narrative of neurodivergent resilience and growth. We invite you to strengthen your practice with the tools and stigma-free language that truly make a difference for individuals and families in crisis.

Enroll now in the ADHD Diagnostic Clarity Bundle and become the clinician who sees what others miss, providing the clarity and care your clients have been waiting for.

Format and Access

Instruction consists of a total of over 4.5 hours of video instruction, and a post-test for each course.  Each course is a non-interactive, recorded self-study.

Individual Course Information

Upon registration, the following courses will be added to your account:

1. Hidden in Plain Sight: Identifying Undiagnosed ADHD in Adolescents and Adults

Far too many adolescents and adults live with undiagnosed ADHD, which remains masked by trauma, misinterpreted as mood disorders, or hidden behind high-functioning success and cultural expectations. This often leads to years of ineffective treatment and unnecessary suffering for clinicians and clients alike, making the ability to "see the invisible" a vital clinical skill.

This course provides the specialized lens needed to sharpen your clinical eye and recognize ADHD in its less obvious, internalized forms. You are invited to explore the nuanced presentations of neurodivergence and gain the strategies necessary to bring clarity, effective care, and profound relief to clients who have been overlooked for far too long.

Crystal Hooper, M.A., LPC-S, NCC, is a TBRI® Practitioner and trauma recovery expert with over 15 years of experience. As the author of Mom, What is ADHD?, she specializes in untangling the overlap between complex trauma and neurodivergence while using stigma-free language to communicate clinical findings to families.

Her approach combines evidence-based practices with real-world case illustrations to move clinicians from theory to practical application. Through a "day-in-the-life" framework, she explores how ADHD symptoms impact relationship dynamics, household stability, and workplace performance.

Topics include differentiating ADHD from trauma, anxiety, and depression; masking through perfectionism; and internalized hyperactivity as mental restlessness. The course examines cultural and gender norms, genetic overlaps with ASD and bipolar disorder, and themes such as the link between caffeine and "adrenaline rushes," executive dysfunction during menopause, and the ethics of master’s level diagnosis.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the core signs and symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) that may be masked or misinterpreted due to co-occurring disorders, trauma histories, cultural expectations, or life circumstances.
• Identify the core signs and symptoms of ADHD across inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, and combined presentations.
• Develop strategies to communicate ADHD findings to clients and families in ways that reduce stigma and promote engagement with treatment.
• Recognize the impact of cultural and gender norms on ADHD diagnosis and understand how these factors contribute to underdiagnosis or misdiagnosis.

2. The Overlooked Diagnosis: ADHD in Women, Perimenopause, and Mental Health

ADHD doesn’t fade with age—it evolves. For many women, midlife brings a sudden storm of forgetfulness, emotional swings, and overwhelm that doesn’t quite fit the familiar categories of depression, anxiety, or burnout. What’s often really happening is a hidden convergence of ADHD and perimenopause—an overlooked diagnostic intersection where hormonal shifts amplify executive dysfunction and emotional dysregulation. This course invites clinicians to re-examine their diagnostic lens and learn to identify what’s been missed for decades: how ADHD manifests, masks, and morphs in women navigating midlife transitions.

As estrogen and progesterone fluctuate, the brain’s regulatory systems change. Clients who once coped through structure and sheer determination find their old strategies collapsing—stimulant medications suddenly feel less effective, the late-luteal week becomes a predictable crisis point, and emotional reactivity intensifies. Meanwhile, cultural scripts around competence and caregiving pressure women to mask harder, leading to shame, self-blame, and a painful sense of “I should be managing this.” This training names those patterns and translates emerging neurobiological and clinical insights into clear, compassionate frameworks for assessment and care.

Melanie Smith, PhD, LMHC, CEDS-S, brings extensive experience as a psychotherapist, national trainer, and co-author of The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity. As Director of Training at The Renfrew Center, she merges scientific precision with deep empathy—offering clinicians language, structure, and tools that honor both biology and lived experience.

Dr. Smith delivers this as a clinic-first seminar: brief myth-busting to surface why women’s ADHD is missed; a cycle-aware model you can map with clients; and short lecture segments interwoven with case vignettes, guided reflection prompts, and “language labs” that reshape scripts for assessment and psychoeducation. You’ll see decision trees for differential diagnosis, documentation cues, and collaboration frameworks for prescribers. The tone is neurodiversity-affirming, precise, and practical—aimed at tools you can use in session the same day.

You’ll learn how estrogen and progesterone fluctuations alter attention, working memory, emotion regulation, and medication response—why stimulants may seem to “stop working,” why late-luteal weeks reliably worsen symptoms, and how cycle-aware history-taking prevents misdiagnosis with mood and anxiety disorders. Dr. Smith surfaces lived realities—masking, overcompensation, rejection-sensitive dysphoria (RSD), and the cost of being “high-performing yet misunderstood”—and translates them into concrete steps for differential diagnosis in perimenopause, targeted psychoeducation, psychotherapy strategies, and effective prescriber collaboration.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify at least three ways ADHD symptoms present differently in women compared to men, particularly during perimenopause.
• Differentiate between ADHD, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders in midlife women, accounting for hormonal influences across the lifespan and cycle.
• Apply evidence-based strategies for assessment, psychoeducation, and treatment planning that address the intersection of ADHD, perimenopause, and mental health.

Course Details

What is included: 

Enrollment in the ADHD Diagnostic Clarity Bundle includes:

• Two individual courses that offer a total of 4.5 CEs
• Instruction provided by seasoned instructors on a variety of topics
• Instruction material that addresses biological data, trauma-informed care, and neurodivergent resilience topics

Who Should Attend: 

These courses are intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

These are non-interactive, self-study courses. Teaching methods include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to Attend:

Course access and completion instructions.

Instructors and Disclosures

Instructors

About Crystal Hooper, M.A., LPC-S, NCC

Crystal Hooper is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, TBRI® Practitioner, and founder of Crystal Clear Counseling & Consulting, based in Louisiana. With over 15 years of experience in mental health, education, family systems, and trauma recovery, she is passionate about helping individuals and communities heal, reconnect, and thrive.

Crystal is known for her ability to deliver clinical insight with compassion and clarity, often speaking on topics such as restorative practices, relationship repair, parenting, women’s empowerment, conflict resolution, and work-life balance. She is also a published author of “Mom, What is ADHD?” and the anthology co-author of “Surviving the Stretch”.

Through dynamic keynotes, training, and workshops, Crystal combines evidence-based practices with lived experience to inspire change and promote wellness in schools, churches, and community organizations. She is a mother, mentor, and mental health advocate committed to creating spaces where truth, transformation, and healing can happen.

About Melanie Smith, PhD, LMHC, CEDS-C

Melanie Smith (she/her) is a therapist in private practice at CBT of Central & South Florida (https://cbtcentralflorida.com) and a Consulting Clinical Training Specialist for the Renfrew Center. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Qualified Supervisor in the State of Florida. Additionally, she is a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and Approved Consultant (CEDS-C) and is a Certified Therapist & Trainer of the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP). Special treatment interests include Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction such as Rumination Syndrome, OCD, phobias including emetophobia, health-related anxiety, and coping with chronic pain & chronic illness.

Dr. Smith is passionate about the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments, clinical supervision, and clinical training and has presented numerous lectures, workshops, and Keynote presentations at academic and professional conferences nationally and internationally. She has co-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals and is co-author of the peer-reviewed treatment manual and patient workbook, The Renfrew Unified Treatment Model for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity, published by Oxford University Press.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This program consists of a total of 4.5 continuing education hours of credit. (Individual courses offer separate certificates with CEs)

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