I was quoted in an article on Adult ADD in Saturday’s Globe and Mail Newspaper (the major National Canadian Newspaper) written by Dr. Gabor Mate, Oct. 15th, 2005 p F7 in the focus section.

Dr Mate has ADD and written several books including a groundbreaking book on ADD called Scattered Minds: a New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

"Adults with ADD need self-compassion. Pete Quily coaches people to organize themselves, to complete tasks, to maintain long-term goals — all difficult for the person with ADD — but he also helps with issues of self-esteem. “Often,” Mr. Quily says, “they will do eight things great and one not so well, but that one thing is all they see and beat themselves up about.” "

However there was a mistake in one of my quotes,

Medications don’t by themselves solve the problems of the adult or child with attention deficit disorder,” says Pete Quily, a Vancouver ADD coach and the host of an ADD-support website. “If a doctor or psychiatrist gives a prescription only, without recommending, they are doing a disservice.

After “without recommending,” it should read “other treatment options such as ADD coaching, cognitive-behavioural therapy, diet, exercise, self care activities, ADD support groups etc”.

I’m not anti ADD medication, they can be very useful, but by themselves they’re not enough. Hence the title of the book on ADD Jeff Hamilton, an ADD coaching client of mine and I have written and are trying to get published about his experiences in dealing with ADD, Pills Don’t Teach Skills. The pills are useful, they can make it easier to learn the skills you need to effectively deal with ADD, but you won’t learn the skills just by taking a pill and doing nothing else.